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The Revolution Will Be Tweeted - Saturday May Bring Change to Iran

June 20, 2009 · 3 Comments

As we sleep tonight in America, there is history afoot. Never before has the social web been used to such an extent within a country to attempt to remove a leader and coordinate a political revolution. Tomorrow, Saturday, will be an important day in the... [Read the full story]

Day One: EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program

June 18, 2009 · 1 Comment

I’m in Dedham, Massachusetts tonight (pronounced Dead-um I think) just southwest of Boston. Tonight, I started Day One of the Class of 2011 EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program. The program is a four day a year/three year program open primarily... [Read the full story]

Urgent: Protect Your Brand on Facebook

June 11, 2009 · 1 Comment

Facebook is allowing users to select a username at 12:01am EDT Saturday. Instead of long profile URLs like http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=2712652 you’ll be able to choose a username so that you could send people to a page like http://www.facebook.com/yourname. How... [Read the full story]

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Two New Podcast Interviews on Entrepreneurship from Stever Robbins and Jim Blasingame

May 4, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Podcast Description: Ryan Allis is the 23-year-old co-founder of iContact.com, a 95 person email marketing company in Durham, NC. Ryan spoke in this podcast with Stever Robbins about how he ended up where he is and the role passion plays in business. Download/Listen... [Read the full story]

Two More Interviews on Entrepreneurship

March 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Here are two more recent podcast/radio interviews on entrepreneurship done by Dr. Alvin Jones and Start-Up Spark. Enjoy! Dr. Alvin Jones Radio Interview with Ryan Allis - (9min 17sec, WMA file) - A March 26, 2008 radio interview on WCBQ-AM 1340 and... [Read the full story]

Now #2 on Amazon!

February 6, 2008 · 9 Comments

Zero to One Million reached #2 on Amazon around 5am this morning and is still there as of 1:30pm! We’re still pushing to get to #1. I’m up against Oprah-backed Eckhart Tolle. That guy is amazing! My only hope may be to get on Oprah! Check... [Read the full story]

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What We’ll Be Doing in Kenya and Uganda June 25-July 5

June 7, 2009 · 3 Comments

From June 25th through July 5th I’ll be in Kenya and Uganda with Jess Shorland and Bob Phoenix. The purpose of our trip is to: Visit the non-profits that The Humanity Campaign and iContact have provided funds to in order to see and document how... [Read the full story]

MIT IDEAS Competition Slides - The Great Opportunity of Our Generation

May 6, 2009 · 2 Comments

I wanted to post my Powerpoint slides from the presentation I gave at MIT for their 2009 IDEAS Competition on Monday night. You can view them on Scribd or below via this blog post. The topic was “The Great Opportunity of Our Generation” Some... [Read the full story]

Guest Post - A Day Without Wearing Shoes

April 18, 2009 · 1 Comment

Guest Blog Post from Madison Hipp, UNC Student: A Day Without Wearing Shoes I loved going barefoot as a child. There was something so incredibly freeing about ditching my shoes and giving the tootsies some breathing room, and yet the thought never crossed... [Read the full story]

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MIT IDEAS Competition Slides - The Great Opportunity of Our Generation

May 6, 2009 · 2 Comments

I wanted to post my Powerpoint slides from the presentation I gave at MIT for their 2009 IDEAS Competition on Monday night. You can view them on Scribd or below via this blog post. The topic was “The Great Opportunity of Our Generation” Some... [Read the full story]

Beware: The Beijing Tea Ceremony Scam

February 8, 2009 · 9 Comments

The fireworks are blasting outside my window as I write. I happened to have arrived in Beijing on the night of the Festival of the Laterns, which involves hours upon hours of continuous fireworks all over the city. Today is the 15th day after the Chinese... [Read the full story]

LocalTechWire Article on Nourish International Wine Tasting

January 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment

WRAL’s LocalTechWire ran a nice article today promoting the Nourish International “World Wines & Global Poverty” fundraiser. The Nourish International Event is Friday night (tonight) at 8pm with speaker Dan Ariely, author of Predictably... [Read the full story]

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What We’ll Be Doing in Kenya and Uganda June 25-July 5

June 7, 2009 · 3 Comments

From June 25th through July 5th I’ll be in Kenya and Uganda with Jess Shorland and Bob Phoenix. The purpose of our trip is to: Visit the non-profits that The Humanity Campaign and iContact have provided funds to in order to see and document how... [Read the full story]

MIT IDEAS Competition Slides - The Great Opportunity of Our Generation

May 6, 2009 · 2 Comments

I wanted to post my Powerpoint slides from the presentation I gave at MIT for their 2009 IDEAS Competition on Monday night. You can view them on Scribd or below via this blog post. The topic was “The Great Opportunity of Our Generation” Some... [Read the full story]

Inside The White House Friday…

March 8, 2009 · 10 Comments

On Sunday March 1 I got a voicemail. The call was from Elliott Bisnow. It said, “Come to The White House on Friday.” Background on The Summit Series I’ve written about Elliott before. He’s 23 and somehow, with an excellent team,... [Read the full story]

Social Entrepreneurship

MIT IDEAS Competition Slides - The Great Opportunity of Our Generation

May 6, 2009 · 2 Comments

I wanted to post my Powerpoint slides from the presentation I gave at MIT for their 2009 IDEAS Competition on Monday night. You can view them on Scribd or below via this blog post. The topic was “The Great Opportunity of Our Generation” Some... [Read the full story]

Guest Post - A Day Without Wearing Shoes

April 18, 2009 · 1 Comment

Guest Blog Post from Madison Hipp, UNC Student: A Day Without Wearing Shoes I loved going barefoot as a child. There was something so incredibly freeing about ditching my shoes and giving the tootsies some breathing room, and yet the thought never crossed... [Read the full story]

Malaria Kills - Send a Net, Save a Life, Go to Africa

April 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Dare Mighty Things Blog Readers– I am in a Social Media Giving Contest to see who can generate the most unique contributions by this Sunday April 12 at 8pm ET to Nothing But Nets, a campaign to eliminate malaria in developing countries. So far I... [Read the full story]

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Urgent: Protect Your Brand on Facebook

June 11, 2009 · 1 Comment

Facebook is allowing users to select a username at 12:01am EDT Saturday. Instead of long profile URLs like http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=2712652 you’ll be able to choose a username so that you could send people to a page like http://www.facebook.com/yourname. How... [Read the full story]

Inside The White House Friday…

March 8, 2009 · 10 Comments

On Sunday March 1 I got a voicemail. The call was from Elliott Bisnow. It said, “Come to The White House on Friday.” Background on The Summit Series I’ve written about Elliott before. He’s 23 and somehow, with an excellent team,... [Read the full story]

OptInNow.org - Opportunity International’s New Kiva-Like Site

December 18, 2008 · 1 Comment

This is something really cool. I had coffee this evening at the HW55 Starbucks in Durham with Sam Serio from Opportunity International. Opportunity International is a Christian microfinance organization that’s been around since 1971. Opportunity... [Read the full story]