From the monthly archives:

October 2008

Social Enterprise; Rating Systems

by Dan Robles

There is an ongoing discussion about the rating system for articles posted to a business oriented social network site that I belong to.  While am not part of the discussion, my one and only post to that site had been rated very low despite the fact that I am recognized internationally in the subject matter [...]

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Social Enterprise; Innovation Clusters

by Dan Robles

Innovation clusters are all the rage in regional economic development circles.  Actually, they are “industrial clusters” because several companies in similar industries collocate in the same geographical area.  The industrial cluster then attracts supporting industry and often causes the migration of educated and motivated people to the prospect of jobs.  I suspect the ‘innovation’ moniker [...]

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Social Enterprise; Can Innovation Be Manufactured?

by Dan Robles

Manufacturing is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or for sale.  When I think of manufacturing, I see images of machines spinning out high precision components into colored inventory buckets that are transported to clean areas to be precisely combined with other precious components creating some magnificent device such as [...]

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Social Enterprise; Show Me The Money

by Dan Robles

The term social capital is thrown around with great ease without really understanding what the word “capital” implies.   Capital is money used to earn more money; that means that social capital must somehow be related to, or derived from money.  There is no shortage of blog posts asking the timeless question “Where’s the money in [...]

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Social Enterprise; The Vetting Mechanism; #1

by Dan Robles

I read many articles with rants like “all this social network stuff is cool – but show us the money”.  Innovation Economics offers a way to see new markets and new businesses that are currently hidden by “the old way” of doing things.   This article is part of a series called ‘Business Plans of [...]

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The Ingenesist Project – press release

by Dan Robles

We have launched The Ingenesist Project. The Innovation Economy is an absolutely huge and necessary step forward for all of us. The current financial system is unstable and it will fail. At best, the innovation economy can increase human productivity sufficiently to support the debt load. At worst, there needs to be [...]

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The Ingenesist Project

by Dan Robles

The Ingenesist Project; Putting an End to Debt Economics

The U.S. National Debt is over 10 trillion dollars. Assuming deficit spending stops today, every man, woman, and child in the US is responsible for $33,500.00.
This means that $33,500.00 of every person’s productivity has already been spent. Obviously, the only way to pay the debt is to [...]

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Paradox Farm

by Dan Robles

Somewhere it occured to me,
extra-ordinarily,
purveyors of myth, rhyme, and charm
cultivate a Paradox Farm.
Everything seen, heard, or said
takes a trip on through the head,
Market value is disturbed
and livestock is a dirty word.
Paradox Farm, Paradox Farm,
don’t be alarmed, it’s only Paradox Farm.
Give an answer then find the clue,
the test of time is nothing new.
We’re petrified by what’s [...]

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INGENESIST PROJECT: Submission to the 10^100

by Dan Robles

INGENESIST PROJECT: Submission to the 10^100 Innovation Contest; www.project10tothe100.com
Single sentence:
The Ingenesist Project is an open source economic development program to induce the Innovation Economy utilizing Social Networks.
Tell us more (300 words)
The current financial system has reached the limits of its effectiveness. Interest on debt has exceeded the system’s ability to pay it off. But debt [...]

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