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Muhammad Yunus and Social Business

On January 26, 2008 By

Last summer I wrote a post about the book A Billion Bootstraps which led to Amy and I getting involved in Microfinance. Since that time, I’ve been wrestling in my mind with how to combine some of the most successful elements of capitalism with those of non-profits in order to create charities that are self-sustaining. [...]

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A Billion Bootstraps – a must read

On August 2, 2007 By

A couple months ago I was in my local book Bookstore looking for Al Gore’s “Assault on Reason” (forthcoming review) and happened to stumble on a book called “A Billion Bootstraps“. Being new to the idea of Microcredit, and a philanthropist at heart, this one caught my eye. I have to say, this book is a great introduction [...]

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Bill snyder: they said it couldn’t be done

On April 28, 2007 By

I recently finished reading “Bill Snyder: They Said it Couldn’t Be Done” and thought it a noteworthy recommendation. This book is a narrative about one of the greatest turnaround stories in college football told through a personal interview with the man that made it happen. I grew-up in Manhattan,KS (home of K-State) at a time when the wildcats were consistently ranked [...]

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the prosumer developer

On January 31, 2007 By

I’ve seen a lot of discussion lately around the likes of Coghead and other Do-It-Yourself (DIY) coding apps. To date most of it has been the developer community dismissing the idea that anyone outside the ivory tower could possibly have the mastery skill sets required to create a software application on their own. Well guess what guys, the party’s over. So [...]

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Little Black Book of Connections – Book Review

On January 9, 2007 By

Well I’m a little overdue in my book review of Jeffrey Gitomer’s Little Black Book of Connections: 6.5 Assets for Networking Your Way to Rich Relationships, but I thought since he released his new book today Little Gold Book of YES! Attitude: How to Find, Build and Keep a YES! Attitude for a Lifetime of SUCCESS, I [...]

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Idea #12 – The People You Meet

On November 10, 2006 By

In my last post I referenced the following quote from Jeffrey Gitomer’s “Little Black Book of Connections” about building success strategies: “The only difference between where you are right now, and where you’ll be next year at this same time, are the people you meet and the books you read.” — Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, author [...]

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