I’ve been reflecting for a while on the connection between truly conservative beliefs and sustainability.
I certainly don’t mean neo-conservatism (oy gevalt), nor conservative politics, which is more about slowing the pace of change (and must ultimately fail in an era of climate change and Peak Everything).  So the intellectual examination becomes a play on language, […]

If there were any doubt, a recent piece in the Financial Times leaked a report (free reg req’d) from the International Energy Agency which says that global oil production is already decreasing.
I wrote about this over at the Business Catapult blog.
Dylan said it best,
the first one now will later be last
the present now will […]

It has been an exciting few weeks, with many high-end networking events in Boulder around sustainability, investing and clean tech.  While the financial crisis remains in full swing, many investors, entrepreneurs and thought leaders are looking to the future and charting the course for the next phase in the Boulder / Colorado / U.S. economy.
Trustworthy […]

Blogged his interview with Charlie Rose over at Business Catapult blog.
Unique and interesting perspective.  Check it.

I wrote last week about transcending (and including) the current financial crisis.  The inspiration for that piece was partially grounded in a column I had written for Colorado Biz magaine, which runs today.  Assuming (as I did in the blog post) that the world continues to operate after the bailout and election, some US economic […]

Over at the Business Catapult blog, we just wrote about the detailed and confusing report from the Small Business Administration (SBA) on angel investing.
One conclusion is that there are at least two major categories of angels — professional, accredited angels who number roughly 5,000 nationally and made just shy of 1,000 investments in 2006; and […]

Well, it took me a while.  I came off my game for almost two weeks.
But on a drive home from an inspiring meeting with Kevin (Johansen, my Business Catapult business partner and long time co-consipirator), I fully and completely transcended (and included, as the integral school teaches) the financial crisis.  That is to say, the […]