Daily Archives: November 23, 2013

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Crowdfunding para todos

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Para terminar un documental, realizar una escenografía o producir una edición limitada de bicicletas, la busqueda de financiación colectiva es un modelo que demuestra ser un camino válido para los emprendedores que recién se inician. Un caso de éxito y dos en vías de serlo. 
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70 years of international development

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BBI

This past Tuesday, along with my colleague Mark, I gave a presentation to YPFP‘s International Development Discussion Group. We briefly shot through some 7 decades of international development (tilted heavily towards the Western view of history, I must admit). We roughly categorized 4 periods, followed by a brief discussion of new alternative approaches:

  1. Bretton Woods (post WWII through late 60s)– The international community would attempt to bring down national barriers and invest in rebuilding Europe through funding infrastructure and institutions, such that economic growth would take root and lift people out of poverty. Keynesians dominated the dialogue, showing that governments themselves could drive markets in important and desirable ways, as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (formed at Bretton Woods and precursor to the World Bank) lent money to countries like France and Germany to the tune of 2+% of GDP.
  2. Bottom up approaches (mid-60s-80s)– When it became clear that the…

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Olmo: Uma empresa que nasceu para ajudar com crowdfunding social

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É um cruzamento entre o KickStarter e uma lista de casamento online. A Olmo quer ajudar a financiar projetos humanitários e de cariz social

Quando uma jovem californiana pediu ajuda para dar a volta ao mundo no seu barco, apareceram donativos de todo o lado. A sua campanha no KickStarter foi bem-sucedida e angariou 8141 dólares de 148 investidores. Se uma volta ao mundo consegue apoio, projetos sociais como a reconstrução de escolas em São Tomé e Príncipe também conseguirão?

É isto que a plataforma Olmo, da associação portuguesa com o mesmo nome, pretende descobrir. Trata-se de crowdfunding social, como explica ao Dinheiro Vivo Domingos Farinho, sócio da Terceiro Quadrante e um dos fundadores do projeto.

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2013, Centenaire d’Aimé Césaire : contribuez à la production d’ “Une Saison au Congo” à Broadway, New York ! (19-22 décembre 2013)

Mise en scène par Rico Speight. Avec Ezra Mabengeza.

La MaMa presents Aimé Césaire’s A Season In The Congo, December 19-22, 2013. This historic program celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famed poet, playwright and politician.

In A Season in the Congo, surreality subtends history.  Splicing film, dance, music, and poetry, this spirited production recalls the global impact of Patrice Lumumba, “the poet leader who lights the fire of Africa,” and introduces his timeless legacy to a new generation.

For all times, the transformative aesthetic of Aimé Césaire evokes intense drama and incites “a delight in changing reality.” A Season in the Congo, Césaire’s  most political theatrical work, was first published in 1965.  Is there a need for political theatre today?  Urgently! Yet the fact remains that political theatre is still risky business in our culture.

Please join us in supporting A Season in the Congo.  Contributions are tax deductible and will underwrite the December 2013 restaging of the play. Thank you for your generosity.

Please donate HERE

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Trust metrics – your future distributed reputation?

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Digital Anthropology

In my report on the Startup Speed Dating & Pitching event of nov 20th, I observed (without originality), that trust was the real currency of the sharing economy sector.

I had a discussion after the presentations with another attendee whose name I have shamefully forgotten (if you’re reading, get in touch!) about the future importance of trust metrics, and he came up with a very interesting example that makes it clear how such ratings derived from a particular service context can ripple out into a wider arena.

Consider the scenario (he said), of a boutique hotel, with relatively high prices. The hotel has, say, a 60% occupancy rate. Obviously, it would be good to improve this. But simply lowering prices will encourage budget tourists whose appearance in the lobby might detract from the supposed ‘cachet’ of the brand (yes, I know, I don’t want to stay there either…

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