Around the horn: 2009 edition

The Route 1 journey has been completed, and I’m now on my way back up after a celebratory couple of days in Key West (where I wrote part of this post). Strangely, it seems that goings-on in the world have not halted in my absence, so here’s a round-up of what’s been popping up inRead More

Around the horn: road trip edition

I’m writing from lovely Caribou, ME, where my girlfriend and I are resting after the first day of a rather quixotic quest to travel the entire north-south length of US Route 1. The towns of northern Maine are, shall we say, sleepy in the winter; we have the run of our B&B since we areRead More

The Blogroll Revealed: Part I

This is the first in a new series at Createquity. Ever since my first post over a year ago, I’ve slowly been building that list of links over there on the right (for those of you reading this on the web), and I continue to add new sites every few weeks. These are all blogsRead More

Around the horn: end-of-semester edition

Posting volume has been light as of late due to standard end-of-semester craziness combined with preparations for the SOM Philanthropy Conference, which thankfully went off without a hitch last Friday. I’m now done with two of my classes, however, and should be able to publish more frequently this coming week. The only one of theseRead More

Live from Net Impact: Day 2

The Net Impact Conference finished up on Saturday with another round of sessions and a keynote with the director of sustainability for Wal-Mart. The first session I attended focused on “Funding Nonprofits Throughout Their Lifecycle” and featured panelists from New Profit, M&T Bank, SeaChange Capital, and the Robert and Elizabeth Mannweiler Foundation. The latter wasRead More

Live from Net Impact: Day 1 – Sundries

Rather than go through each of the sessions I attended yesterday blow-by-blow, I’ll provide highlights of the most interesting things I learned. I didn’t realize that Jeff Skoll, in addition to being the first chairman of eBay and one of the more important supporters of social entrepreneurs in the world, also owns a media companyRead More

Live from Net Impact: Day 1 – Opening Keynote

Hello from balmy Philadelphia, where I’m liveblogging from the 2008 Net Impact North America Conference hosted by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Net Impact is an umbrella organization founded about 15 years ago to be an organizing force for business school students interested in social impact. The organization has grown to aRead More

Around the horn: President-elect edition

Wow…been quite a week, hasn’t it? My election-watching story isn’t as dramatic as some, but I’m glad I decided to break with tradition this year and watch returns with company instead of in the privacy of my home. Something about history makes you want to experience it with others. Anyway, on to the issues ofRead More

Behavioral economics

Back at the beginning of the semester, I promised that by mid-October I would have “cracked this nut” with regard to economics, with the help of a course called Behavioral Economics and Strategy that I finished up this past week. Well, I’m not sure I can quite make that claim after all. But I don’tRead More

Fractured Atlas and NYC Performing Arts Spaces to Merge

Two of the coolest arts organizations I know of are about to become a single entity. Fractured Atlas, a 10-year-old national service organization providing healthcare, fiscal sponsorship, and other goodies to its members, is merging with NYC Performing Arts Spaces, a collection of online, searchable databases for rehearsal and performance venues in music, dance, andRead More