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Personal thoughts, ideas, insights and more. I often like to prose and post my own musings. That way, I can point back, years sometimes, and say—See, I said that years ago!

Bill Gates toilet obsession won’t make a difference in our lifetime

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It’s been reported on many occasions that the Gates Foundation has created a fund for the “next generation” toilet. Of course, this seems noble in concept and principal. Not an article recently published regarding this; http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27665/. As I see it, here’s the problem. Even if….and that’s a big “IF” there were some great new technology …

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What does it take to be a Visionary?

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What is a Visionary? What does it take to be called one? Well, it could be one who is called crazy, or laughable. But here is the actual definition: “Given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes” Fanciful! Not presently workable! Unpractical! Yes, that is a visionary. What …

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What makes a good conference? CGI would know.

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I had the privilege recently to attend the CGI event in New York. This is the Clinton Global Initiative, which was the brain child of a longtime associate of President Bill Clinton. I’ve attended conferences all over the world; as an attendee, participant, and panelists, and CGI is truly unique. What makes this conference special? …

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The Seeding of America- How to create a Micro-Loan economy

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I was thinking the other day as I watched the news of the Solyndra collapse, that there has to be a better way. To begin, I’m not against the fact Solyndra got a loan. What I think more about is the difference in approach. To me, Solyndra is like planting one tree and “hoping” it …

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Is America succumbing to the “Crab Theory”?

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Is America succumbing to the “Crab Theory”? Are you familiar with the Crab Theory? It’s the idea that, if you put a single crab in a bucket, he will successfully escape. However, if you put many crabs in that same bucket, any one that tried to escape will be pulled back down by the others …

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As I had predicted- Groupon is Fudging the numbers

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I had stated many months back that I really felt the Groupon numbers were over inflated. Well, they just restated to the amount of $400 Million—LESS! For those of you not familiar with Groupon, they are a Chicago based company that provides Group Coupons around a hot new space of “daily deals”. What Groupon (as …

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As I had predicted- Groupon is Fudging the numbers

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I had stated many months back that I really felt the Groupon numbers were over inflated. Well, they just restated to the amount of $400 Million—LESS! For those of you not familiar with Groupon, they are a Chicago based company that provides Group Coupons around a hot new space of “daily deals”. What Groupon (as …

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