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I think its our generation. Maybe its the way we were brainwashed in school; I can still hear my 3rd grade geography teacher trumpeting “Every day is Earth Day” and handing out stickers… Unrestricted, unconditional idealism exuding from our elementary school teachers, finding its way to our actions and thoughts. It seems that some people [...]

My interest in emerging markets and bottom of the pyramid has taken me beyond India– I feel it is important to understand the other roaring tiger, China. Will says I’ve been Friedmanized — probably so Part of the problem with China is the veritable language and cultural barrier that a non-native faces in designing and [...]

Tribe Wanted is a concept in which a few guys and some social/environmental groups came together to create an adventure island on Fiji. If you buy a membership (available in 1, 2 or 3 year blocks), you have access to the island for a certain amount of time a year (7 days). What is more [...]

I’ve been waiting for someone to make digital ink viable since freshman year of college (believe it or not, not only for Green reasons.. its great having a copy that you can mark up electronically and archive into OneNote or email to someone). I hate subscribing to print magazines like Business2, Entrepreneur, Inc, and RedHerring, [...]

Yesterday was the long drive. And I feel tremendously guilty, we spent >$100 on 30some gallons of gas.. But I guess easily justified by the fact that you don’t really need a car in Chicago. Right now I’m in Vinita’s apartment. I thought it’d be completely tiny, but its not too bad and the view [...]

At long last! I finally have encryption on my Gmail with Greasemonkey. If you want to send stuff to me securely, please use my public key, located here: pub:12413263:19 Cheers mates– No post for a few days, I’m driving to Chicago to move Vinita into her place downtown. The drive is supposed to be 8 [...]

I gave a short presentation Saturday at the Kansas City Investor’s meetup. Here is a copy of the presentation in case anyone was interested in reading. Some really good resources to learn more about this burgeoning investment vehicle: ETF Investor ETF Connect learning center And a personal favorite: The Radical Guide to Investing (the core [...]

For those who don’t already know about Beyond Grey Pinstripes, it is a survey that is put out once every two years that ranks business schools in terms of their social and environmental stewardship. Notable is Stanford’s perch at #1 (Also ranked #1 in B-schools overall). Of the other schools on the list, only Stuart [...]

I am extremely excited. I found out that I got into the Insitute of Design @ IIT in Chicago. I am going to try to apply for a scholarship/assistantship or fellowship though because I frankly have no way of affording 30K a year in tuition for 3 years! (more $ if I want to go [...]

Well its late. And this is, quite frankly, a cop out so I don’t have to owe someone a chipotle. This is the essay I turned in for the NetImpact 7th Generation essay contest. Check it out when you have a spare minute. Download file p.s. Though backdating is not allowed, I can modify posts [...]

I thought of this while I was thinking of ways to advertise KC GMATprep, a little side undertaking a friend and I have been working on lately… We were making some ads to put up in coffeshops.. and I thought to myself, if I saw this ad somewhere, would I actually email the person unless [...]

I just joined NetImpact so I could enter 7th Generation’s essay contest. Well, not so I could enter the essay contest.. It seems like a pretty neat group to be involved in… but I’m a little leery to start with.. I hope its not like the KC Entrepreneur meetup that (during my tenure in KC) [...]