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Maximizing Social Return from The Giving Pledge
July 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I originally wrote this post for the Social Entrepreneurship Section of Change.org. You can find the original Change.org post here or read below. A Vision in a Time of Peril It’s hard to see the big picture in times of turmoil. Let’s go... [Read the full story]
The Brand New iContact.com – Oh My How Design Standards Have Changed!
June 22, 2010 · 12 Comments
In late 2002 I met my business partner Aaron Houghton at the October meeting of the Carolina Entrepreneurship Club on the UNC campus over Chic-Fil-A nuggets. At the time, Aaron ran Preation and I ran Virante. We partnered to launch IntelliContact Pro,... [Read the full story]
Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism (Awesome)
June 19, 2010 · 3 Comments
Session 10, Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program Year Two, June 19, 2010 I am getting so much value from this session by Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism. Wow this was awesome! I’ve tried to go to school... [Read the full story]
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The Brand New iContact.com – Oh My How Design Standards Have Changed!
June 22, 2010 · 12 Comments
In late 2002 I met my business partner Aaron Houghton at the October meeting of the Carolina Entrepreneurship Club on the UNC campus over Chic-Fil-A nuggets. At the time, Aaron ran Preation and I ran Virante. We partnered to launch IntelliContact Pro,... [Read the full story]
Tech Awards: $50K for Using Technology to Address Humanity’s Challenges
March 1, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tiffany Yee from Santa Clara University reached out tonight to ask me to share information about the upcoming Tech Awards which is offering five winners $50k each to scale their innovation solving a major human challenge. The Tech Awards, a signature... [Read the full story]
What Jess, Bob, and I Did in Africa
July 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Print This Article July 5th, 12pm – I’m looking out the Virgin Atlantic airplane window at Mt. Kenya as we end our twelve day trip to Kenya and Uganda. We’ve begun the twenty-eight hour journey home. East Africa is a beautiful region with substantial... [Read the full story]
Entrepreneurship
Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism (Awesome)
June 19, 2010 · 3 Comments
Session 10, Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program Year Two, June 19, 2010 I am getting so much value from this session by Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism. Wow this was awesome! I’ve tried to go to school... [Read the full story]
Brette Simon on Legal Issues for VC Backed Firms
June 18, 2010 · 1 Comment
Session 5, Brette Simon on Legal Issues for VC Backed Firms EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program Year Two, June 18, 2010 Brette Simon of Jones Day is talking about legal issues for VC backed firms. She did a great job and this was a really good refresher.... [Read the full story]
Don Hutson on High Performance Selling
June 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Session 2, Don Hutson, High Performance Selling EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program Year Two, June 17, 2010 Don Hutson is now talking about how to increase performance in a sales organization. Here are the notes… The Evolution of the Process... [Read the full story]
Thoughts
Dr. Gerry Bell on Leadership, Listening, Happiness and Peak Performance
June 17, 2010 · 1 Comment
Session 1, Dr. Gerry Bell EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program Year Two, June 17, 2010 I’m in Boston for a few days attending year two of the EO/MIT Entrepreneur Masters Program. Our first presenter this morning is Dr. Gerry Bell of my hometown... [Read the full story]
Social Good With Market Returns at Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
April 15, 2010 · 3 Comments
Why I’m At Skoll… I’m in Oxford, England today for the first full day of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. I’m making great connections with investors who care about social impact equally to financial returns and... [Read the full story]
Microequity at Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
April 15, 2010 · 3 Comments
What Comes After Microloans? As a technology entrepreneur and angel investor in both North Carolina and East Africa, I’ve been thinking about what comes next in microfinance? To me, it’s microequity. I had a fascinating breakfast this morning... [Read the full story]
Journal
To the Dominican Republic I Go
April 20, 2010 · 5 Comments
Weddings have been missed. Births have been missed. Babies have been conceived that otherwise would not have been. Lifelong friendships have formed. Serendipitous first romantic connections have blossomed in Hyde Park. Lovers have connected via Skype... [Read the full story]
Volcano Causing Entrepreneurs to Be, Well, Entrepreneurial
April 18, 2010 · 2 Comments
I’m stuck in London for a few days due to the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption in Iceland. I’m looking outside my hotel window at a calm Heathrow airport. It’s filled with parked planes, but nothing and no one is moving. All of the... [Read the full story]
How I Aligned What I Love With What I Do & Scaled Myself
February 3, 2010 · 19 Comments
This post will require a certain degree of vulnerability. Sometimes we build a hard shell around us when we’re going through difficult times. This is a story of personal growth. A year ago I was sitting late at night in my Durham office at iContact... [Read the full story]
Social Entrepreneurship
Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism (Awesome)
June 19, 2010 · 3 Comments
Session 10, Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program Year Two, June 19, 2010 I am getting so much value from this session by Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism. Wow this was awesome! I’ve tried to go to school... [Read the full story]
To the Dominican Republic I Go
April 20, 2010 · 5 Comments
Weddings have been missed. Births have been missed. Babies have been conceived that otherwise would not have been. Lifelong friendships have formed. Serendipitous first romantic connections have blossomed in Hyde Park. Lovers have connected via Skype... [Read the full story]
Volcano Causing Entrepreneurs to Be, Well, Entrepreneurial
April 18, 2010 · 2 Comments
I’m stuck in London for a few days due to the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption in Iceland. I’m looking outside my hotel window at a calm Heathrow airport. It’s filled with parked planes, but nothing and no one is moving. All of the... [Read the full story]
Travel
Recap: TEDxVolcano
April 18, 2010 · 4 Comments
I’m at The Hub incubator space next to London Kings Cross station this evening. I’m attending a spontaneous entrepreneurial event called TEDxVolcano that has been set up in 24 hours by Nathaniel Whittemore of AssetMap and Change.org with the... [Read the full story]
Volcano Causing Entrepreneurs to Be, Well, Entrepreneurial
April 18, 2010 · 2 Comments
I’m stuck in London for a few days due to the Eyjafjallajokull volcano eruption in Iceland. I’m looking outside my hotel window at a calm Heathrow airport. It’s filled with parked planes, but nothing and no one is moving. All of the... [Read the full story]
Social Good With Market Returns at Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
April 15, 2010 · 3 Comments
Why I’m At Skoll… I’m in Oxford, England today for the first full day of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. I’m making great connections with investors who care about social impact equally to financial returns and... [Read the full story]
Life Lessons
How I Aligned What I Love With What I Do & Scaled Myself
This post will require a certain degree of vulnerability. Sometimes we build a hard shell around us when we’re going through difficult times. This is a story of personal growth. A year ago I was sitting late at night in my Durham office at iContact wondering if I’d become a corporate sellout. Was I trading in some of my most productive years of life to build a company I was no longer passionate... [Read more]
Essays
- Maximizing Social Return from The Giving Pledge
- Social Good With Market Returns at Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship
- How I Aligned What I Love With What I Do & Scaled Myself
- Five Ways a Non-Profit Director Can Be An Entrepreneur
- Five Ways a For-Profit Entrepreneur Can Be a Social Entrepreneur
- The Revolution Will Be Tweeted – Saturday May Bring Change to Iran
Presentations
Changing the World Through Business
Here are the slides from my speech last weekend at the Entrepreneurship Education Forum in Norfolk, Virginia. The presentation was called, “Changing the World Through Business” The link is: http://bit.ly/3hTqhb UPDATE: Here’s the video… Enjoy! -Ryan Read More →
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I originally wrote this post for the Social Entrepreneurship Section of Change.org. You can find the... [Read more]
In late 2002 I met my business partner Aaron Houghton at the October meeting of the Carolina Entrepreneurship... [Read more]
Session 10, Raj Sisodia on Conscious Capitalism EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program Year Two, June... [Read more]
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