The Daily Entrepreneur: Unproven Charities, TEDspiration, and VC Sheep?

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-05-11 22:04:00 UTC
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Small, Unproven Charities: There's some stuff here I don't agree with (i.e. the implicit assumption that charity dollars are a zero sum game so that if you didn't invest in a small, unproven charity it would be automatically transferable to other, more proven work), but as always, the GiveWell folks are a provacative, smart, and essential voice. (via Sean Stannard-Stockton)

Four All-Time Favorite TED Talks: TED Curator Chris Anderson lists his all time favorites - a serious distinction and worth serious attention.

Time for Venture Capitalists to Stop Acting Like Sheep?: Anne Field has another provocative "Not-Only-For-Profit" post questioning whether VCs exit from clean-tech is another example of a rooted culture of follow-the-leader?

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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