I just read some insightful comments from Brad Feld, picking up on an idea that was originally championed by Paul Graham back in April – The Founders Visa. Under this conceptual program, entrepreneurs who were in the process of developing start-ups would be granted special visas, enabling them to remain in the country.
Given the United [...]
Filed under: Business, News on September 14th, 2009 @ 12:00 pm
Tagged with: Brad Feld, Business, economy, effective, entrepreneur, Founders Visa, immigration, industry, innovation, insights, jobs, opportunities, opportunity, Paul Graham, people, progress, start-up, startup
Coming on the heels of the “Cash for Clunkers” program that helped reinvigorate the auto industry, while simultaneously adding some much needed fuel efficiency to the US highways, the government has announced a $300 million incentive aimed at the appliance industry. Beginning in October, consumer will receive rebates ranging from $50 to $200 for the [...]
Filed under: Business, Environment, News on August 28th, 2009 @ 2:51 pm
Tagged with: appliances, cash for clunkers, consumer, economy, efficiency, energy efficient, Environment, funding, government, growth, industry, job creation, jobs, manufacturers, markets, progress, stimulus, sustainability
In this week’s New York Times magazine, the lead story concerns the battle for women’s rights in this century. While there’s little argument that countries in the first world have made huge leaps in the during that time, bringing the franchise to millions of women, expanding the number of women in the work force, and [...]
Filed under: Community, News, Philanthropy on August 19th, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
Tagged with: education, equality, funding, progress, thought, women's education, women's rights
Recovery has been a huge buzzword for economic news in the past month. While many experts have said it is too soon to make any hard and fast assumptions either way, others have described the current financial climate as the beginning stages of an end to the longest global recession since the end of World [...]
With the tense debate raging over how best to overhaul the healthcare coverage infrastructure, the White House has launched an offensive today against what it refers to as “viral whisper campaigns” designed to harbor dissent and negativity against the healthcare agenda.
Having taken many lessons from last year’s presidential campaign, the administration will be using the [...]
Filed under: News on August 5th, 2009 @ 3:55 pm
Tagged with: bipartisanship, communication, David Axelrod, health, healthcare, insurance, internet, leaders, Obama, PR offensive, President Obama, progress, Rick Scott, Robert Gibbs, strategies, strategy, success, US
Ever since the Academy Award-winning song “Jai Ho” made it to hit charts, the music world has been wondering if other South Asian talents can go global as well.
Envision Solar, a San Diego-based company known for its solar-powered carports, has announced a new product in line with the company’s goal to make use of solar energy in unconventional places.