We live in very cool times. I post a comment to Guy Kawasaki’s How to Change the World Blog and received a comment to my comment from Mark Grimes. The next thing you know, I’m talking with Mark on the phone, discussing entrepreneurial efforts in Africa. He’s a founder and activist of http://www.ned.com/ – a [...]
Entries from February 14th, 2008
Tipping Point Revisited
February 9th, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
I love teaching the concept of the Tipping Point, or the Social Epidemic Curve to my students. It’s great to see the “Ah ha” moment it almost always produces. I learned the concept from Brian Uzzi at the Kellogg School of Management in Evanston, Il. Mary Cemenski is the teacher of Marketing at Mankato West [...]
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Pulled the trigger
February 8th, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
Heading for South Africa with Dr. Scott Fee to visit Eden Campus. We leave March 11th and return the 25th. A few posts ago I told you a little about the school – a “green” university built and funded by students through their own entrepreneurial ventures. Designed to help poor rural South Africans build and [...]
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Make Meaning
February 6th, 2008 · Comments Off · Entrepreneurship, ideas, making meaning
Guy Kawasaki tells the tale in “The Art of the Start” that great businesses don’t start out trying to make money – they start out making meening. I go through this list of ideas with clients and students when coming up with new products or promotions. Feel free to use them to jump start the [...]
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Eden Campus
February 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off · Uncategorized
I just spent the week with an social entrepreneur from South Africa. Steve Carver has helped create Eden Campus – the first green business school in South Africa. It’s an incredible vision – free tuition to impoverished Africans – elected by their villages. The school has an great entrepreneurial mission. The students built their own [...]
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