http://www.startupowl.com Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:15:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Whom Does America Trust? In a recent Pew survey (March 11-21, 2010), most Americans (71%) said they trusted small business. Almost the opposite was true for big business–64% did not trust them. And Banks? A mere 22% of us trusted them! Congress was down there at the bottom, too, and Federal Government ... http://www.startupowl.com/2010/06/01/small-business-77%e2%80%93corporations-25/ Vermont Benefit Corporation Act The goal of for-profit companies is, naturally enough, to make profits. Legislation has been introduced in Vermont that would allow companies to exist for other reasons — providing a social good for the community while returning gains to investors. Such companies would register as a “beneficial corporation.” “This bill ... http://www.startupowl.com/2010/03/18/for-benefit-corporation-a-vermont-first/ Elizabeth Isele's Blog, Savvy Seniors Work is dedicated to Seniors aged 60+ who have all the talent, skill, energy and experience they need to land the job of their dreams but who have crashed head-on into the Age Bias barrier. Elizabeth is a social entrepreneur and based in Maine, provides insights, ... http://www.startupowl.com/2010/02/12/savvy-seniors-work/ Age is no barrier to adVenturing. Tom Lackey, 89, continued to embrace adventure late into life, in his case as a way past the grief of losing his wife to a heart attack 10 years ago. Mr. Lackey took up wing-walking. Last summer, he strapped his feet to the top of ... http://www.startupowl.com/2010/01/08/veteran-adventurers/ In the information age, presence in the minds of customers is becoming more important than being present physically. Access to goods and services can take place by many different means and through  multiple channels. Grabbing mindshare, or engendering repute and purveying knowledge has hence become critical to business success. Mindshare, or ... http://www.startupowl.com/2010/01/05/mindshare/ Google Caffeine is likely to be a major revision of the way that Google ranks web pages. Google has not revealed the details of Google Caffeine yet. Rumor has it that the following factors may play a role. Slow loading websites may not get high rankings; broken links may have a negative ... http://www.startupowl.com/2010/01/05/google-caffeine/ There is now a huge amount of work going on in the field of sustainability innovation, but much of it is hidden behind closed doors and under the wraps of patents. Much of the work relates not to stuff that is tied to product features that obviously need protection, but ... http://www.startupowl.com/2009/08/05/greenxchange-%e2%80%93-open-innovation-for-sustainability/ The American Dream expresses the aspiration for a "better, richer, and happier life." Hmm... The minimum wage in New York currently stands at just under $15,000 and the national average wage stands at about $31,500. By contrast it is forecast (NY Times, July 15) that Goldman Sachs employees “could on average, earn ... http://www.startupowl.com/2009/08/01/the-american-bad-dream-2/ Ethonomics is a word that will that spread, so don't be freaked out by it. Most recently used by Fast Company magazine to mean a hybrid of technology, design, and social responsibility that is about ethics in the marketplace. Progressively the concept of the triple bottom line will become the quadruple ... http://www.startupowl.com/2009/06/20/ethonomics/ Internships are harder and harder to find for young students interested in business. At the same time, many startups have a tough time justifying taking on new people on the payroll. Bootstrappers have always known how to get work done by means of begging, buying or borrowing labor. Students who might ... http://www.startupowl.com/2009/06/05/enternships/