August 2011
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“Women receive a disproportionately low amount of venture capital dollars — only...”
– Via “Financing Female Entrepreneurs,” Forbes.
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“Asking someone to make an impact investment isn’t a move along a rational...”
– Acumen Fund’s Sasha Dichter via Fast Company.
Watchyoungthegiant:
#VMA
One of my fave bands! Love them.
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“It is better to lead from behind and put others in front, especially when you...”
– Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom (via nettra)
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“The philosophy of Beyonce’s alter ego Sasha Fierce, as traced through her song...”
– On whether Beyonce’s Girls Run the World song & other pop culture references to women empowerment are all that they’re chalked up to be. Via Guernica Mag.
“My mother never gave me any idea that I couldn’t do whatever I wanted to do or...”
– - Rory Gilmore (via keepcalmandcarryaquotebook)
This one’s for you, Mama.
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“Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s...”
– Steve Jobs, the now former CEO of Apple, during his 2005 Stanford Commencement.
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“Leadership in social enterprise relies on ethics, integrity and expertise which...”
– Very true, via “Strong Leadership is Crucial for Social Enterprises,” Guardian.
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“One lesson I’ve learned from this is as a society we must teach our young women...”
– Noreen Iqbal, the cousin of Nazish Noorani, who was killed by her husband in New Jersey last week. “Staying in an Abusive Marriage,” The New York Times (via azmatzahra)
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NBC’s Richard Engel has literally been dodging bullets during his live shots from Libya today.
I heart Richard Engel.
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“Innovation is about solving problems. When you base your business on an existing...”
– Dr. Larina Kase, a business psychologist, via “9 Reasons Why it Pays to Imitate,” Inc.
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Watchthepoliticalnotebook:
A brief interactive crisis map of Tripoli. Using maps from Sky News, CBC and the BBC as well as Google Maps, I put together a small map showing the spots of note in Tripoli and their juxtaposition with one another. Click on the markers for names, brief descriptions, and for some of them, photos. Photos courtesy of the LA Times, Reuters, Sky News, the Think Progress Yfrog...
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“The artist is the man in any field, scientific or humanistic, who grasps the...”
– Marshall McLuhan - Understanding Media (1964) (Or the woman.)
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“Dhaka, Bangladesh, is poised to become one of most populous cities in the world...”
– Via GOOD, on Rainwater Harvesting in large urban cities.
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WatchLove the work of Cynthia Koenig’s @WelloWater. Congrats for the ABC News coverage!
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“Understand that the more deeply you hold your ideals, the more you are morally...”
– Barney Frank (via Yi Wei)
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WatchMeet Faheem the rapper, who 30 Mosques encountered on Day 9 of their journey. Check out 30 Mosques’ adventures here.
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“Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put...”
– Desmond Tutu = greatness (via @benjewilliams).
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“High on their list of grievances was the absence of a strong rule of law:...”
– Helen Coster for Forbes.
“You is kind, you is smart, you is important.”
– Wise & apt words by Aibileen in The Help. Great book & joyous film.
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WatchThe latest episode from the Unreasonable Institute is up!
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"Apparently, Sarah Palin's version of the...
—STEPHEN COLBERT, on The Colbert Report
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“Walking home from Tottenham Hale tube station at approx 22:00, many people were...”
– An eyewitness account from the London riots over the weekend. Via the Guardian’s coverage.
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“Last year, a study seriously dented the conventional wisdom about job creation....”
– Via GOOD, on a study conducted by the Kauffman Foundation, on the impact of “gazelle” companies on the economy.
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“Defining your company as a “consultancy” will announce to the market...”
– Advice that I need to take, mayhaps? Should i2i be a consultancy or an intermediary? (Via Inc., “How to Avoid the C Word.”)
“I know that it’s a matter of time before we forget we ever talked about women in...”
– @SorayaDarabi
Great feature in Mashable Soraya!
(via Startup Success: How Soraya Darabi Put Foodspotting on the Map)
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