Archive for April, 2011

Corporate Ecosystem Valuation at WRI

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Business and environmental leaders are participating in an event at the World Resources Institute to discuss the new Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV) and how businesses can incorporate ecosystem valuation into their planning and financial analysis. The event is being hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the World Resources Institute (WRI), and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on Tuesday, May 3 from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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Posted: April 28th, 2011
at 5:34pm by mnp


Categories: green,business,development,events

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5 Kinds of Bloggers

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Invest in Female Entrepreneurs

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It was a scene straight out of the 1990s: A web start-up, flush with nearly $1 million in new investor cash, threw a party at a downtown bar to toast that success.

But here’s the 2011 twist to the story of DailyWorth, a daily email newsletter of financial tips: the founder, Amanda Steinberg, isn’t a 24-year-old male Stanford dropout. She’s a thirtysomething mom of two who is determined to change the image of what a serious entrepreneur looks like.

"I started this thing with the vision of having millions of subscribers from day one," she says. She spent 10 years in the tech world and saw many "half-baked business models." She knew she could "do a much better job."

That might be true — but Steinberg is one of the rare women who has convinced the so-called angels and venture capital investors who fund start-ups of that fact.

Women own 29 percent of all businesses, according to a recent American Express study. Yet various expert calculations find they receive well under 10 percent of all equity financing. Many female entrepreneurs either use their own funds or take out bank loans to grow. These methods have their merits, but also their limits. According to AmEx, women-owned businesses employ just 6 percent of the country’s workforce and contribute less than 4 percent of overall business revenue.

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Posted: April 28th, 2011
at 3:52pm by mnp


Categories: "ninja",development,entrepreneurship,innovation

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Evolution of the MBA

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Posted: April 28th, 2011
at 3:51pm by mnp


Categories: life,too good to be true,business,mnp is for the children,"ninja",education

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Your dad drank obscure sodas before you did and he has the cavities to prove it. Fuck Coke and Pepsi, they’re the Justin Bieber of refreshments. When your dad was thirsty he tossed back sodas so obscure that sometimes he didn’t even know what they were. Ginger lemon agave soda, fuck yeah he’s drank it and it doesn’t even exist.

So hipsters, next time you’re crushing a glass bottle of Jarritos or Boylan soda at your favorite taqueria while complaining about how mainstream it has become because of a Groupon, remember this…

Your dad’s soda game was on point and next time you want to earn some indie cred, maybe you should ask dad what to drink. Dads: The Original Hipsters

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Posted: April 28th, 2011
at 9:46am by Black Ock


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New Wave Gardening

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.- Mohandas K. Gandhi

Learn about the new wave of permacultural polyculture organic edible forest gardens here. Or check out this post on how to grow $700 of food in 100 square feet!

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Posted: April 28th, 2011
at 8:35am by mnp


Categories: green,grub,development

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Can Falcons Save Dubai?

We mentioned it before, but pigeons must go!

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Posted: April 28th, 2011
at 8:35am by mnp


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Eating Healthily for $3 a Day

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Eat a variety of fresh, unprocessed foods. Focus mostly on produce and, if you’re an omnivore, choose high-quality meats.

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Posted: April 28th, 2011
at 8:35am by mnp


Categories: business,weaponry,grub,development,health

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Shopify’s Build-A-Business Contest

Last year’s contest was responsible for helping create almost 1,400 businesses which accounted for 66,503 total orders and over $3.5 million in revenue. The winner of last year’s contest was San Francisco’s DODOcase - a company that makes stylish iPad cases using traditional book-binding techniques. The founders are now running a multi-million dollar company thanks to help from Shopify.

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Posted: April 27th, 2011
at 3:41pm by mnp


Categories: web,business,competitions,entrepreneurship

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