Jacqueline Novogratz shares stories of how "patient capital" can bring sustainable jobs, goods, services -- and dignity -- to the world's poorest. htpp://www.churchbrandarchitects.com htpp://www.jrichardbyrd.com htpp://www.macyourministry.com...
At his day job, Steve Truglia flips cars, walks through fire and falls out of buildings -- pushing technology to make stunts bigger, safer, more awesome. He talks us through his next stunt: the highest jump ever attempted, from the very edge...
Architect Thom Mayne has never been one to take the easy option, and this whistle-stop tour of the buildings he's created makes you glad for it. These are big ideas cast in material form. htpp://www.churchbrandarchitects.com htpp://www.jrichardbyrd.com htpp://www.macyourministry.com...
When you watch a Major League Baseball game, it can seem like magic. The organ is playing, the crowds are madly cheering, the diamond is groomed just so, and the players are all in the zone. It seems impossible that they can miss a ball...
Today, as I looked through my newspaper clippings on the Internet. I came across an article from Facebook. This article was very interesting because it asked a specific question that got me thinking and thinking hard. The question although innocuous , pierced me to my...
How often do you check your email? Every hour? Every few minutes? Or is it every time that little “unread” number pops up? If you suffer from email overload, that little number can make you crazy – and plenty unproductive as well. But a little discipline...
Reading, writing, and arithmetic – the three basics of a traditional education. As an entrepreneur, you already know how important the writing and arithmetic are. But reading is just as important, and the end of summer is a perfect time to start (or finish!) a...
Several years ago I came across a book called Choose to Cheat, by Andy Stanley. In this book Andy, goes on to describe that at any given time you are making decisions that pit you against your work or your family. Andy says that when you...
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.4 For an angel...
At the opposite end of the social media debate is the guy who jumps on every social media platform before it’s even out of beta. The social sharing buttons on his blog seem to go on forever, and he’s got profiles on every site from...