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POPSUS Relinquishes Control of the Internet But the fresh focus will give other countries a more prominent role in determining what takes place online, and even the way in which it happens " opening the door for a virtual United Nations, where many officials gather to discuss potential changes to the internet. Icann chief Rod Beckstrom, a former Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Washington insider who took over running the organisation in July, said there had been legitimate concerns that some countries were developing alternative internets as a way of routing around American control. "It's rumoured that there are multiple experiments going on with countries forking the internet, various countries have discussed this," he said. "This is a very significant shift because it takes the wind out of our opponents."
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POPSRebubbacan Newt Gingrich Hearts Porn Company “Newt would like to arrange a private dinner with you at the historic Capitol Hill Club on the evening of October 7, 2009 in Washington. You’ll dine privately with Newt at this exclusive venue and he’ll take the occasion to present you with your well deserved award and have your photo taken together.” Alas, after McKenna's post, American Solutions for Winning the Future, Gingrich's PAC, rescinded the offer. Family Values Rebubbacans strike again. FAIL!
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POPSSome insight from meetup's founder (via @dfnssr) Great nugget from Scott Heiferman, founder of meetup.com and serial entrepreneur (and a very successful one at that). Brand's, companies, and people will always try to control their message, product, positioning etc. But, as Scott notes, how your consumers and constituents perceive you or even use your product/service is up to them.
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POPS Obama File 82 Exclusive! Obama, The Communist Van Jones and the Demos Connection Obama file 81 here http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2009/08/obama-file-81-former-weathermen.html Incidentally in the mid 1990s, Collins was one of several IPS people who helped organise the New Party-which Obama joined in 1995 in Chicago. Van Jones serves om the Demos Board of Trustees. So where does Obama fit in? According to the Demos website; Demos began as a vision of Charles Halpern--then the president of the Nathan Cummings Foundation and a veteran non-profit entrepreneur. He was troubled by the narrow conversation about America's future. On the eve of the 21st century, it seemed that America no longer had the imagination to tackle its largest problems and build a more just society . In 1979 Don Rose, a mentor to Obama's right hand man David Axelrod served in the leadership of the IPS spinoff Conference on Alternative State and Local Policies, with Miles Rapoport.
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POPSTake this job and shove it I clipped this from a very interesting article discussing the new entrepreneurial spirit of America - particularly among younger people. Highly recommend reading it.
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POPSJo Public is making money designing apps. Here's a squeaky clean iphone app that took Kostas Eleftheriou a week to make and so far has netted him 40K. It really doesn't do anything but one cool effect. New java based userfriendly WYSWYG software is currently in development that can pare that one week timeframe into 1 day. The upside is this software develops across multiple platforms, not just iphone friendly apps. See http://www.xpressmo.com for more details.
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POPSIn France, a Government-Led Revolution in Entrepreneurship But there are some caveats to the scheme's success. First, it's primarily aimed at individuals who already have jobs or unemployed or retired people who yearn to try their hand at a service they think might find a market. Because of that, new companies created by auto-entrepreneurs start out as single-person operations and usually as part-time or moonlighting ventures. If business starts booming, neophyte owners seeking to expand by taking on employees have to register under the normal labor regime, which means assuming the taxes and salary-linked social charges that prove so dissuasive to many would-be entrepreneurs in the first place.
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POPSShould founders remain as CEO? I guess my opinion here isn't the most objective given my position with Amplify/Clipmarks, but i honestly do agree with him. As a founder of a company, the vision is core to who you are as an individual - if an investor thinks a company is worth investing in then i think they'd be best served keeping the team that got it there in charge.
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POPSTax Refunds What a great reason to adjust your tax withholdings. I like to adjust my holdings so that I send the government a few dollars at tax time. I don't like the idea of a interest free savings account.
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