You're not a social enterprise unless you share. When I mention the 's' word, the response is usually a panicked "share what?
" You see the truth is we're terrified of sharing. We've been sold the idea that having a lone wolf mentality means we're more likely to survive in business, yet now there's an overwhelming body of evidence, to show that the opposite is true. By 2050, roughly three billion more people will be joining us on this planet and it doesn't take a maths genius to realise, businesses that figure out more efficient ways to use the earth's resources, will thrive. Consider this: the survival of the human race depends on sharing. 1.4 billion people live in extreme poverty; one out of every five people don't have access to clean drinking water; every day 50,000 people die needlessly because they are denied the basic essentials to live; over half the world's assets are owned by less than 2% of the population; yet our greed to have more – our appetite to consume, has never been greater.
Standing desk revolution brings geeks to their feet. ByEf Rodriguez For the Colorado Daily Posted: 12/06/2011 01:46:16 PM MST Ef Rodriguez We spend a lot of time at our desks each day.
Though many of Boulder's tech workers hole up at coffee shops and teahouses, the majority of us wind up at desks to demolish the bulk of our tasks. We take a seat in a comfy chair, adjust our screens for optimal viewing pleasure and settle in for a productive block of typing time. However, not everyone is content to park their supple buttocks in a seat for hours and hours. As with the whole sitting-on-a-yoga-ball thing, I just don't get it -- so I reached out to someone who does.
Tim Miller, CEO of Boulder-based Rally Software, an Agile application lifecycle management and coaching services company, explained that his company's relocation earlier this year prompted a handful of employees to request the option of standing desks. "About 30 people in the Boulder office have converted to standing desks," Miller said, adding that Rally employs 212 people locally. Bay Area Coworking Spaces: The Xconomy Guide.
Wade Roush2/10/11 Building a company is hard enough—there’s no need to do it in lonely isolation.
That’s the realization hitting a growing number of tech entrepreneurs seeking desks at the coworking spaces scattered around San Francisco Bay. The appeal of these spaces goes well beyond the free coffee and the Internet access: proximity to other creative people is almost guaranteed to generate serendipitous collaborations, sales leads, or even employment offers. “If you are launching a startup or have one that is just one or two people, you should really try to get into a coworking space,” New York venture capitalist Fred Wilson wrote in a blog post surveying the coworking phenomenon last fall.
“It can be more cost effective, but that is not the best reason to do it. Yet despite all that goodness, there is, as far as I can tell, no complete list of coworking options in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Berkeley, Oakland, and environs. [Updated 2/11/11 with an added listing for Studio G.]