Reinventing the board meeting may offer angel-funded startups that don’t have formal boards or directors (because of geography or size of investment) to attract experienced advice and investment outside of technology clusters (i.e. Silicon Valley, New York). – Steve Blank, Why Board...

#7. PRACTICE THE ART OF COLLISION The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup is a metaphor for life. What seems completely new is often just an unexpected combination of the familiar but previously disconnected. This is Innovation 101, but too often we forget, and think the one asset we have is the...

“Young people are engaging in constant communication,” she said. “Whether it’s highly literate or not is another question. But there’s all kinds of Web activity that is enhancing literacy.” – Montreal Gazette: Literacy no longer either/or Nice Nice...

#7. PRACTICE THE ART OF COLLISION The Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup is a metaphor for life. What seems completely new is often just an unexpected combination of the familiar but previously disconnected. This is Innovation 101, but too often we forget, and think the one asset we have is the...

How to turn an unknown social network of yours into your kids safety net and maybe even help you start connecting too. Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one. – Bill Gates Background I have two start-up projects underway. The first, Twetailer was inspired by...

I never thought assigning homework would be so easy but, this is social software in elementary schools. … a simple process: find leaders (the heretics who are doing things differently and making change), and then amplify their work, give them a platform, and help them find followers-and...