The Anthropreneur Angle: delivering a good life through other-focused business culture
A good life is one rich in, above all, “human potential,” the capacity to seed, nurture, and harvest all the many different kinds of wealth. – Umair Haque, Betterness Building your own business on your strengths, passion, and self-determination goes a long way towards generating wealth on many levels. You’ll find your reserves of creativity [...]
The People Business – or – Why social media starts OFFLINE
My first website was a “local” arts & crafts blog. What I did not consider when starting my online business was that people would want to meet me outside the comfortable confines of the online space. To me, online business was being safe & sound on my couch. Alone. Possibly in my PJs. Meet? For [...]
The Great Engine of the You-Centered Economy: Media
Media is the great engine of the You-Centered Economy. Why? We are all producers, writers, broadcasters, and personalities. Access to all forms of media has never been so open. You are at the center of media creation & media consumption. Media is also a source of connection (to each other, to our communities, to the [...]
beyond social media: I’ve seen the future and it’s name is Google+
“How are you going to use Google+?” That’s the question on early adopters’ lips. We have been programmed to look at each and every evolution of Web 2.0 as something to use, something that can be harnessed to do our bidding and serve our needs. The race to establish your profile, the mad hunt for [...]
words without end – or – on the obfuscation of our digital language
There is a trend on the net today with which I’m rapidly approaching my boiling point. Everywhere I go: words. While there is much beautiful writing, many transformational stories, and an abundance of powerful thought, there is also a deep cavern of meaningless words on the internet. Words modifying words strung together with other words. [...]
