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What Then Must We Do
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What Then Must We Do

By Gar Alperovitz

January 5, 2014

Editor’s comment: Warning to my conservative friends: This book can be interpreted as an attack on American capitalism! I realized that only a few pages in, and almost threw the...
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Newsletter – “Peer Pressure” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

December 6, 2013

When I would tell my Mom that “my friends are doing it,” she would say “If your friends all jumped in the lake, should you?” Being an inveterate wise ass...
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Creating Innovators
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Creating Innovators

By Tony Wagner

October 4, 2013

Editor's note:  Creating I nnovators offers an expose on what it takes to foster creative and entrepreneurial skills in students and adults alike.  I agreed with Tony W agner’s general...
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Newsletter: “Hope is Not a Strategy” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 4, 2013

The program director at an entrepreneurial class I taught recently said, “no one speaks to us so frankly about failure.” I then had fun with a colleague discussing that thought...
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The Lean Startup
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The Lean Startup

By Eric Ries

August 31, 2013

Editor's Note: We have a team in the process of launching a promising start-up social enterprise called America Mentors (dba Cleveland Mentors), designed to significantly increase the size and quality...
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CASE HISTORY The Spirit of Jake

By Tim McCarthy

August 31, 2013

Editor’s note: Attached for your viewing is a 12 minute video of a commencement address I gave last week the day after we celebrated the life of my good friend,...
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Startup Communities
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Startup Communities

By Brad Feld

July 29, 2013

Editor’s note: Our foundation has enjoyed our work in my little town, Ashtabula, since 2009 that started with loans to five entrepreneurs. We didn’t know we were doing a lot...
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Fierce Conversations
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Fierce Conversations

By Susan Scott

May 31, 2013

Editor's Note: This is a very difficult book to read for me. Yet I will read it at least two more times. I was raised in an atmosphere where it...
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Article of the Month: “The Economics of Trust with Stephen Covey”

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2013

Editor's Note: Good thoughts from one of my favorite author’s son. Highlighted are two particularly interesting statements I hadn’t heard before. “The Economics of Trust with Stephen Covey” Article by:...
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Start with Why
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Start with Why

By Simon Sinek

April 29, 2013

Editor’s note: This is the best business book I’ve read in a year or more. Mr. Sinek uses simple, if sometimes repetitive language and tangible examples to support the concept...
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The Advantage
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The Advantage

By Patrick Lencioni

February 28, 2013

Editor’s comment: The soft side of business is the most difficult for most people, including me. And yet, the two most successful companies I’ve been involved in demonstrated exactly what...
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December Blog “Personal Empowerment” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2012

John Wooden, the legendary coach of UCLA basketball, told his players on the first day of practice each year: “you can either discipline yourself, or someone else will.” This thought...
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September Quote: John E. Jones

September 5, 2012

"What gets measured gets done, what gets measured and fed back gets done well, what gets rewarded gets repeated." John E. Jones
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August Quote: Steve Jobs

August 2, 2012

“That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple....
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July Newsletter: “Like Marriage, Business Takes Work” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

July 1, 2012

My experience says there are several reasons that business partnerships are like marriages: 1.  When you stop talking, the partnership dies – even if it appears to be alive Some...
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The World America Made
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The World America Made

By Robert Kagan

March 31, 2012

Editor’s note:  I went back and forth on featuring this book due to Kagan’s known conservative credentials and the books rambling nature.  But in the end, two ideas, one past...
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February Newsletter: “My Kingdom for a Leader” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

February 2, 2012

This is the 9 th in a series of 12 articles about mistakes I’ve made and lessons I’ve learned building a non-profit foundation since 1997. Leadership is the most written...
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February Quote:

February 2, 2012

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication…nature loves simplicity and unity.” Steve Jobs
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December Quote: Seth Godin

December 1, 2011

“If your non-profit isn't acting with as much energy and guts as it takes to get funded in Silicon Valley or featured on Digg, then you're failing in your duty...
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The One Page Business Plan for Non-Profit Organizations
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The One Page Business Plan for Non-Profit Organizations

By Jim Horan

August 31, 2011

Written by Jim Horan Author’s Note:  Strategic planning processes have changed little during my 35 year business career.  They remain too complex and ineffective.  In my opinion, many planning processes...
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Fault Lines
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Fault Lines

By Raghuram G. Rajan

July 1, 2011

Fault Lines Written by Raghuram G. Rajan Author’s Note:  The theories outlined by this former IMF Fund Chief Economist and professor at UChicago are more than just the recaps of...
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