The Daily Entrepreneur: Billionaires, Innovation, and Leapfrogs

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-04-14 22:19:00 UTC
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David de Rotchschild (or Desmond Hume?)

Leapfrogging technology and Rwanda's knowledgebase: Jim Crust writes on the Bottom Billion blog about Rwanda's (and specifically Rwandan President Paul Kagame's) approach to trying to leverage technology not just for niche industries but for the economy as a whol.

Innovate or Die: Newspapers and Advertisers in the Post-Advertising Age: frog design thinker Tim Leberecht writes about the blur between advertising and editorial content. It's an interesting and important conversation; I'm nervous about the blur, and wondering if newspapers move, en masse, to a nonprofit model with blended revenue strategies, a la NPR?

Eco-warrior sets sail to save oceans from 'plastic death': Banking heir David de Rothschild is planning a voyage to raise awareness of the giant floating garbage dump in the middle of the pacific ocean and the broader crisis of climate change.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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