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All you need is love – MLove is all you need

Sunday, June 27th, 2010Last week I was speaking @ participating and co-creating in an event called MLove. Which was held in Beesenstedt in an old Schloss, in the middle of nowhere. When we landed in Altenburg, our driver said "welcome to nowhere. I ...

Enable and empower communities don’t build apps

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010Most government agencies are missing out on a core ingredient with their contests. Sunlight had a not-so-secret sauce in its contest strategy that ought to be sharedFor us at Sunlight, the not-so-big secret was that it was never about the ...

No Straight Lines interview @dishymix

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010Here is a link to the interview that I had with the fabulous Susan Bratton of DishyMix.It was said that Alan Moore sounded like a character from a Guy Ritchie movie at his SXSW keynote. Skyping in from Over, England (a ...

Qustodian development opportunity

Monday, June 21st, 2010People need brands and brands need people, its just that in the early 21st Century we can help those people and those brands, find each other when they need each other the most – this is all based upon the ...

MLove Berlin = space to think

Monday, June 21st, 2010Last week it was Helsinki, talking to, and running workshops for, mobile operators and others interested in the business of mobile. This week its Berlin and the MLove festival. There is real strength in depth in the quality of the ...

Mobile lessons for us all – all six of them

Thursday, June 17th, 2010I had the benefit of getting to know Philip Sugai via Lars Cosh-Ishii from Mobikyo, and was very excited when Philip told me about his new book - The Six Immutable Laws of Mobile Business which are,Immutable Law #1—Value Over ...

The hungry spirit seeks disorganised religion

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010It was Charles Handy that tells the story in his book The Hungry Spirit, that there are two hungers the lesser and the greater. The lesser is enough food to eat, the greater is why? Why are we here, what ...

Networked solutions offer new frameworks for innovation

Monday, June 14th, 2010This statement was made by Jouko Ahvenainen of GrowVC – V=Venture, C=Community.The thought sprang to mind when reading about the challenges governments face, not only with slow growth, but also as the Economist points out large deficits and unsustainable debts.In ...

Hero’s and villians: GrowVC in conversation with Ole Tillman

Monday, June 7th, 2010well worth a listen (here)People remember stories, they like stories and they will even share stories with others. We’re discussing the value of a great story, with Markus and Jouko from Grow VC, and our special guest, actor and presentation ...

The virtual silicon valley that is GrowVC

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010Some say, its the future of funding for entrepreneurs, and they just may be right. easy to understand presentation on a company that I am a great believer in GrowVC - V=venture, C=Community.In Communities Dominate Brands, we always said the ...

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