economy Archive
The First Shot Fired in the Next American Revolution
2 Comments Published by kevin January 9th, 2010 in economy, entrepreneurshipOne of the great things about being a connector is that I get to listen in across many different people- what they are saying, what they are finding interesting, and if there is any correlation among these topics of conversation.
Recently, there’s been one meme that has gotten tweeted and talked about by quite a few [...]
Making the Local Economy Resilient in 2009
1 Comment Published by kevin December 26th, 2008 in community, economy, entrepreneurshipIts interesting to see how knowledge from our past experience prepares us for the future. Over a year ago I wrote about a complementary currency system coming together to create greater opportunity between entrepreneurs. I never envisioned at the time of that writing that the economic conditions might just present themselves where such a system [...]
Share your war stories- Entrepreneur Happy Hour 10/24/2008
8 Comments Published by kevin October 23rd, 2008 in Austin, economy, entrepreneurshipSeveral of my fellow friends that are entrepreneurs were just discussing how we should get together for a happy hour- to share some war stories, reconnect with each other, and informally discuss what we can do to move our businesses forward, even in these troubled times. Given the number of others that have mentioned interest [...]
The Care and Feeding of Entrepreneurs
3 Comments Published by kevin October 22nd, 2008 in economy, entrepreneurshipToday I was at The Rackspace Cloud Event- Where Rackspace announced several new products, as well as the acquisition of JungleDisk and SliceHost. Between seeing many good friends that are entrepreneurs at the event, and what I believe to be some smart strategic acquisitions on the part of Rackspace- I felt like I must be [...]
Texas unemployment claims remain well above 2007 levels
0 Comments Published by kevin September 23rd, 2008 in Austin, economyYou’ve heard me chime in before about unemployment levels across Texas. I believe that the financial crisis that we are seeing is adding to this more than ever before. It is in this time of chaos that we, as entrepreneurs can create the biggest impact (and many times have some of the most interesting opportunities.) [...]






