Economics

Retiring

For those of you not familiar with this site, I’ve been blogging here since 2003. Did we even call it blogging back then? That’s a question for internet historian and my co-author Randal Moss to answer. No matter what the answer is it’s been my home for a long time. But times change and people move. This will be my ...

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Ni Hao Regulation, So Long Crowdfunding!

A special guest article from my co-author Randal Moss. The People’s Bank of China just put a full force strangle hold on innovation and with its bone crushing grip on nontraditional funding mechanisms it is choking off the lifeblood out of a potential major growth engine. Even worse, it’s actions are creating a chilling effect on the entire start-up/garage-brew culture.  culture ...

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What’s the State of the Union in Austin Nonprofits?

Now this is something I love. This “state of the sector” report from our friends at Greenlights shows the numbers behind our social sector and has implications for not only nonprofits, but also philanthropists, high-dollar donors, social businesses, board members and more. From national and local data, the report details employment data, sector growth, financial health, and wages in comparison ...

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We could all use this class….srsly…

This is pretty brillant. I know that the modern donor has way too many choices and anything the sector can do to help them make better choices…is better for all of us. Plus recently completing a MOOC I’m pretty in love with the format. Your thoughts? http://www.learningbygivingfoundation.org/

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