The free enterprise system, like its consumers, seems now too focused on financial products and not focused enough on “making and trading”. We are in danger of becoming insatiable gamblers. [more]
By Jon Gertner Published: The New York Times on March 9, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/magazine/09metrics-t.html
August Song: Liberte Frites
Artist: Kevin McCarthy [more]
Editor's Note: Smile Train is a significant breakthrough in the non-profit world. It was also a place we sent one of our first donations as a foundation. Still, I didn't know the story told here - it's inspiring and typifies the end game I seek in our work. That is, to support charities who develop good business disciplines so that they can do more good. [more]
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
by Disney Book Club [more]
Complex problems are best solved by simple, if sometimes difficult approaches. The most important of these is getting good people and respecting their work. [more]
Celebrity graduation speakers: Wit and wisdom from John Legend, singer and musician, for University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences [more]
By Leonard Felder from Ode Aagazine September 2008 issue
http://www.odemagazine.com/doc/56/burn-bright-dont-burn-out/
July Song: Sunshine on the Land
Artist: David Wilcox [more]
