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Why Grow? and Other Wisdom from 37Signals
I’ve known the guys at 37Signals for a little while. I first met Jason Fried at SXSW in 2008, and I then got to know David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) over e-mail and in person last year. On a fundamental level, I think, our philosophies just mesh well

Team Performance and Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Intelligence Training
Team Performance and Emotional Intelligence: Emotional Intelligence Training.
Bringing Association Teams Together - One Game At a Time!
In this article published in the Canadian Society of Association Executives Association Magazine details tips and techniques for getting teams to work together more efficiently.
Bringing Teams Together - One Game at a time
Using natural group dynamics to accelerate group learning.

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Silicon Valley is Like High School
The quote of the week (at least in my world) was from one of the CEO’s I work with regarding Silicon Valley.

How to Kick Silicon Valley\'s Butt
From the fjords of Norway to the sands of Israel to the ice of Alberta to the waves of Honolulu, many regions of the world have Silicon Valley Envy. They look at the Valley as a place where people start cool companies that generate billions of dollars of wealth (and tax revenue), create thousands of jobs, and yet does not pollute the environment (at least compared with a smokestack). The question I hear over and over is, “How can we create our own Silicon Valley?”
How to Write a Business Plan: Ten Questions with Tim Berry
I work in the surreal world of Silicon Valley where venture capitalists fund companies based on PowerPoint pitches and executive summaries. My friend Tim Berry rightfully pointed that business plans still serve an important role in "the rest of the world." He's right, and he should know because he's the president of Palo Alto Software, the principal creator of Business Plan Pro, and the author of a blog called Planning, Startups, Stories. He was recently named the US Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Corporate Entrepreneur of the Year for 2007.
New Research and a Dirty Truth: Read This Before Chasing the Dollar
“You’re nobody here at $10 million,” said Gary Kremen, the 43-year old founder of Match.com, of Silicon Valley.

Zipping Forward: Musk Starts His First Company
It was 1995. Musk was getting ready to begin his doctorate at Stanford University, but it was not the academic world that was exciting him. Instead, it was the Internet craze that he found himself surrounded by in Silicon Valley. “I could either watch it happen, or be part of it,” he says.

Africa needs a technology bubble
According to the WSJ, silicon valley is on the brink of another technology bubble bust like what was witnessed in 1999. According to the article the emergence of "strange" website names such as Orgoo and businesses whose sole purpose is to sell t-shirts bearing the logos of internet companies(check out Startup Schwag) is evidence of a bubble and its eminent bust. I cannot even pretend to understand the dynamics of silicon valley, so I won't even argue with the writer of the article, but I'm left wondering when will Africa expereience it's own technology bubble?
10 Steps to Launching a Green Business
Green could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st century. We'll get a clean environment because entrepreneurs will make it happen. John Doerr 1951 -Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist In fact today, most things (authentically) “going green” are looking very promising. For example, one of the mainstream issues on everyone’s mind is energy. And of the many things being developed in the energy sector, one segment to really watch in the very short term is nanotechnology. Perhaps it’s time for you to consider ramping up your green factor? 10 Steps to Determining Your Green Product / Service
Entrepreneurialism
Last week in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal there was an article on James Gutierrez. Gutierrez is the co-founder of Progreso Financiero, which he started in 2005. His company has brought in $26 million in venture funding, has partnered with Sears and has made 20,000 loans from 24 locations throughout California.
The Secret of Silicon Valley's Magic with Technology and Innovation
Silicon Valley is a special place. Why is it so entrepreneurial? Why do start-ups sprout like weeds? Many have tried to copy this cradle of innovation and its success, and yet no one has been able to duplicate it. What makes Silicon Valley different?
Lesson #3 Know The Game Part I
Lesson #3 of Chris Golis's talk 5000 Business plan, 50 deals, 25 write-offs lessons learned from 25 years as a venture capitalist. It is 1986. I had been a VC for two years in Sydney and was making my first visit to Silicon Valley. How I finally learned the game.
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