LeVar Burton’s Reading Rainbow Campaign Breaks Kickstarter Record, Raises $5.4M

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

op Stor LeVar Burton?s Reading Rainbow Breaks Kickstarter Record — LeVar Burton’s Reading Rainbow campaign got off to such a great start that it seemed like it was only a matter of time before it broke some sort of a record. Indeed, that’s just what took place on Monday, as …

More than 200 Organizations will be at WorldFuture 2014: What If

Jay OwenTrendspotting

The Annual Conference of the World Future Society July 11-13, 2014 • Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek • Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. Register by June 20 to save $100!   Register Dear Colleague: WorldFuture 2014: What If will welcome a wide range of new participants, both as speakers and attendees, from some of the …

IBM’s Internal Crowdfunding Initiative Promotes Employee Innovation

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, September 25 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS IBM’s Internal Crowdfunding Rewards Employee Innovation — We take a look at an internal IBM program that makes use of crowdfunding to help Big Blue stay innovative. The initiative was first implemented during summer 2012. Since then, it’s been tried at two …

Global Financial Integrity: Income Inequality, Wealth, And Illicit Financial Flows In Asia

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance

YOUNG’S CHINA BUSINESS BLOG:Canadian Solar Gets State Financing

Jay OwenGreentech

   YOUNG’S CHINA BUSINESS BLOG                                                    DAILY NEWSLETTER                                                       June 4, 2013 Lenovo Raises Funds, IBM Servers In Sight? PC giant Lenovo (HKEx: 992) has announced plans for a major new bond issue, in the latest signal that it still hopes to revive stalled talks to buy IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) low-end server …

Verge: The value, interconnection, and opportunities of water

Jay OwenResource Efficiency

    By Elaine Hsieh, Program Director & Senior Analyst – VERGE We don’t typically talk about water here at VERGE, but that’s about to change. While there may still be a disconnect between the cost and value of water, global drought has squeezed our energy and food systems to the point that the …