Archive for the ‘Economy’ Category
Glocal Coupons
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
With the current state of the economy, the Internet is being shaken down again and I’d like to propose a few thoughts on how it can finally be monetized in the coming age. Web 1.0 was a starter with Amazon, Ebay, and Google being the only survivors, Web 2.0 captured the consumer’s time with Facebook and Twitter, and the next phase of the web will finally bring every imaginable enterprise business online and engaged. And I don’t just mean the big guys, I mean every little local store will develop a web presence because they understand the importance in building their customer base through the online medium, even if they’re just trying to reach people in a small town. This is because they can leverage the established social community platforms and advertising systems, such as community groups and AdSense, to target their services locally… or glocally as we like to say. (more…)
Tags: coupon, glocal, promo codes, savings, Web 2.0
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Nature to the Grid: Renewable Homes
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Always in search of the sustainable solution that will sweep the world, I’d like to propose a new idea.
The green movement has no doubt tipped into the public’s consciousness, and yet still hasn’t been consolidated into a feasible, economic starting point. I attempted to unify the myriad of renewable energy and consumption/waste innovations in my last post with the concept of ‘nature to the grid’, and will now attempt to expand on it further. The question is where can the average person start incorporating this concept into their life to not just benefit their ecolistic mentality and environment, but to save and make more money?
In continuance of our nature to the grid dialogue, I’ve come to the conclusion that it starts, from both an ecological and economical standpoint, with people taking a proactive role in turning their home into a renewable power station… turning their home into a ‘tree’ if you will.
Tags: biodynamics, clean tech, ecolism, Efficient energy use, Energy conservation, Green building, green home, home power station, nature to the grid, passive income, property development, property investment, renewable, renewable energy, sustainability, Technology
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Ecolism: Spiritual Entrepreneurship
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Tags: Capitalism, ecolism, Entrepreneurship, Grameen Bank, social entrepreneurship, spiritual entrepreneurship
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Lifecycle of Democracy
Friday, January 9th, 2009
Tags: Artificial intelligence, Barack Obama, collective intelligence, DARPA, lifecycle of democracy, renewable energy, United States
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Recycle Bank
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Here’s a company that’s doing something very special. I watched Ron’s presentation at VLAB (MIT/Stanford Venture Lab) Green Tech for the Consumer Market this past January and got very excited. Then after hearing Trae Vassallo’s glowing presentation at the Silicon Valley West Coast Green conference, I knew they were out to change the world.
Tags: Austin Energy, Bed Bath & Beyond, clean tech, Coca Cola, Coca-Cola Company, Energy, garbage, Kleiner Perkins, KPCB, Marketing, material recovery facilities, MRF, News, Pepsi, Recycle Bank, Recycling, RFID, single stream recycling, sustainability, Trae Vasallo, VLAB, Whole Foods
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