By Brian Swanson on 6/14/2005 9:45 AM

via A VC blog:

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people
can change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever has!"
                        -- anthropologist Margaret Meade

By Brian Swanson on 1/14/2005 1:33 AM

I think someone at www.changethis.com has been working overtime lately.On January 11th ChangeThis.com posted 6 new “manifests” about a broad range of subjects. Two of the manifests caught my attention and are both great reads:“Fixing Venture Capital” - By Joel Spolsky (JoelOnSoftware.com author)Written in Joel’s usual easy to read, but informative and often funny style, this manifest is a good read especially if you have ever considered getting funding from a VC for your software company. Joel delves into the world of Venture Capitalists and why their motives and goals are different than those of the founders of software companies. These differences of opinion are the main reason why he thinks that software companies should not look for investments from a venture capital firm.”Beginner’s Guide to Business Blogging”...

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By Brian Swanson on 1/11/2005 1:35 PM

Terry Gold has written a great article about how some words and catch phrases are used WAY TO OFTEN in corporate america. It seems that the larger the company the quicker some of these phrases catch on, and the longer they linger in meetings.

If you work in corporate america, or ever have you'll find some part of this article that rings a bell to you.