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Twenty Questions for Canadians Regarding Scottish Independence
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Arc of Prosperity, BC, Canada, Creativity through Reorganization, Currency innovation, Ice Hockey, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Referendum Debate, Regional Innovation, Scotland as a Spinout, Sooke, tech currency on September 7, 2014
Questions for the Canadians and on their perspective on Scottish Independence from the Academic Entrepreneur I am asking these because in my “ethnographic experience” in Canada, I’ve noted one or more of the following around the issue of Scottish Independence: a) apathy surrounding the issue; b) a lack of an awareness of the […]
Goldman Sachs Gets it Wrong for Scotland: Shortsightedness and Neglectfullness
Posted by academicentrepreneur in altcurrency, Arc of Prosperity, cryptocurrencies, Currency innovation, Entrepreneurial finance, Immigration Policy, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation in Banking, Old Knowledge to New Things, Referendum Debate, Regional Innovation, Schumpeter, Tax Policy, tech currency, Technology, Triple Helix on September 6, 2014
There are many who would hold an investment bank such as Goldman Sachs up next to God. Its analysts are impeccable and accurate, and not only can see every financial catastrophe coming, but also understand the opportunity cost of what could have been but wasn’t. Thus the financial world was shocked by the recent polls […]
Venture Capital and Innovation in Banking
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Business Models, Creativity through Reorganization, Crowdfunding, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation in Banking, Innovation Policy, Referendum Debate, Regional Innovation, Schumpeter, Scotland as a Spinout, tech currency, Technology, Triple Helix, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Policy on August 26, 2014
Innovation in banking can be had in various levels. In today’s innovation economy, new technology and its applications, as well as new business models, lead to innovation in the sector. While painful, allowing banks to fail leads to creative destruction and new, entrepreneurial banks that better serve their customer bases and are more efficient. Bailing […]
The Imagination Economy: Scotland as a Spinout launch
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Corporate R & D, Creativity through Reorganization, cryptocurrencies, Currency innovation, Edinburgh, Entrepreneurial finance, Entrepreneurial risk capital, Entrepreneurial University, Entrepreneurs in Scotland, Entrepreneurship Education Pedagogies, Hackerspaces, Hadrian's Wall, Hospitality Technology, Hotel Industry, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, Referendum Debate, Schumpeter, Scotland as a Spinout, Sequoia Capital, StartX, Tax Policy, tech currency, Technology, University-Incubator interaction, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Fund for the Arts, Venture Capital Policy, Water on May 5, 2014
The Imagination Economy: Scotland as a Spinout talk and eBook has been launched on Kickstarter. Find the link here: The campaign is 31 days and ends on Thursday, June 5th, 2014. The discourse series will start in July in Scotland and run through the end of August. And the video as well is here. […]
Currency in Scotland: Commentary and the Block Chain Possibility
Keiser report where Scottish Independence and cryptocurrency is discussed. A couple of great conversations here about cryptocurrency, and the possibilities for a new country to put its system “on the block chain“. Just put it all on the block chain. If you aren’t familiar, read about the block chain here. Its actually the “Alternative […]
Scotland Decides: Currency Debate Is Sparse on Imagination
Posted by academicentrepreneur in altcurrency, Capitalism, Creativity through Reorganization, cryptocurrencies, Currency innovation, Edinburgh, Income Tax, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, Schumpeter, Scotland as a Spinout, tech currency, Technology, University-Incubator interaction on April 2, 2014
Through Jo Young of the Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club https://twitter.com/Joysci I followed Twitter to an article from a publication called “The Conversation” on “Scotland Decides ’14: The Conversation Expert Panel”. There are a series of online debates to be posted. The first one, much to my chagrin, was on the currency issue. If these end up […]
Universities Have Opportunity for Experiential Education Under Their Noses and Don’t See It
Posted by academicentrepreneur in altcurrency, cryptocurrencies, Currency innovation, Entrepreneurial finance, Entrepreneurial risk capital, Entrepreneurial University, Entrepreneurship Education Pedagogies, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Policy, tech currency, Technology, Uncategorized, University-Incubator interaction on March 8, 2014
Universities have the opportunity to facilitate experiential entrepreneurship education right under their noses but they don’t see it. Yet. A fascinating article about maverick students mining cryptocurrency using university computer systems in some shades of grey areas can be found below following the Academic Entrepreneur’s commentary. Hmmmmmm let’s think. The Academic Entrepreneur has a […]
TechCrunch repost: Overstock.com Exceeds $1M in Bitcoin Transactions in Two Months
Posted by academicentrepreneur in altcurrency, cryptocurrencies, Currency innovation, tech currency on March 6, 2014
See Techcrunch.com for full article Overstock.com Exceeds $1M In Bitcoin Transactions In Two Months Posted yesterday by Matt Burns Surprise! People have bitcoins and want to spend them, a fact that Overstock.com quickly discovered after they started accepting bitcoin payments.“We did not expect to hit this milestone so quickly,” states Overstock.com Chairman and CEO Patrick M. Byrne. “Bitcoin […]
Techdirt repost: Rep. Polis Asks Treasury to Ban Dollar Bills
Posted by academicentrepreneur in altcurrency, cryptocurrencies, Currency innovation, tech currency, Technology on March 6, 2014
From Techdirt – by Mike Masnick ———– Rep. Polis Asks Treasury To Ban Dollar Bills, Mocking Senator’s Request To Ban Bitcoins from the you-win dept Last week, we wrote about the technologically clueless grandstanding Senator Joe Manchin’s bizarre request to the Treasury Department and the Fed that it figure out a way to ban Bitcoin. Almost everything in […]
Big Canada and Wee Scotland: Opportunity for Imagination Economies
Posted by academicentrepreneur in BC, Canada, cryptocurrencies, Currency innovation, Entrepreneurial finance, Entrepreneurial risk capital, Entrepreneurial University, Entrepreneurship Education Pedagogies, Immigration Policy, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, tech currency, Technology, University-Incubator interaction, Venture Capital Policy on March 3, 2014
Discourse from the Academic Entrepreneur The Academic Entrepreneur is “going on tour” in order to create an awareness of the Imagination Economy, explore its possibilities, and suggest innovation policy for its facilitation and growth. I’ll be giving this talk throughout Canada to audiences where I can find them be it universities, incubators, or other cities. Stay […]
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