I am keenly interested in innovations in how society approaches learning.  Outstanding content is always the starting point for great learning.   With content as the base assumption there are many  considerations for how which mediums to convey this content to students.   The written word is still very powerful and I believe an integral part of many of the most effective approaches.  Three companies that I have invested in approach learning in different ways.   Flypaper enables content to be delivered in through powerful presentations.   Atheneum Learning and Expert Negotiator are both experts in their respective fields. 

So why the question - Best Year Yet?   In part because I read the book in 2009 and think it has an effective model that integrates good content with multiple-mediums.   It isn't the best example of the potential of online learning, but it is a good example of what works and importantly includes the follow-on tools necessary to improve the effectiveness of the online learning.  I recommend reviewing - Best Year Yet and consider for a moment what learning objectives you have not only for yourself but for your organizations.

This is a useful insight by the Koffaman Foundation regarding the real source of new employment. For anyone worried about a jobless economic recovery, we should take the focus off of just small business and look to how our nation supports innovation. Today's WSJ article by Carl Schramm, Robert Litan and Dane Strangler correctly points out the facts behind job growth. "The conventional wisdom is that such businesses account for half of the labor force and are therefore the engine of future...
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This article by David Koretz posted on MediaPost, struck me as something that would benefit my entrepreneurial friends, so I am passing it along not as a (tweet) but as something that will help make us think about our own companies and the organizations we are involved in building.

Organizations require different types of people at different stages.  Although my business life is mostly spent in the first category, I am thankful to have always had a good team surrounding me that were strong 2s ...
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This is a useful summary regarding the challenges facing capitalism. The timing of the Catholic Church suggesting a moral framework for market capitalism couldn't be better.  

In my view the recent failures of capitalism are not as much a failure of markets as a failure of morality.  The first place I start in evaluating companies and their potential is to understand the values behind the entrepreneurs.  If the only goal is money, then the purpose of the company will not likely endure or bene...

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We are fortunate to live in a nation that remembers the cost of our freedom.  Though our lives are hectic and opportunities are abundant because of the lives that went before us to secure our freedoms.  Our freedoms are so fundamental to the mindset that creates and pursues opportunities. 

It isn't economic freedom alone that defines a great nation, but also the corresponding freedoms that insure our individual liberties.  Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are elements that no amo...
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I am not sure if that is really the question or not, however, the purpose of this blog site is to bring readers attention to various articles or perspectives that I find useful when considering private equity investments. 

More of my views can be seen thru my actual operating company - www.nextgenins.com and www.slipstreamlabs.com

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