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Social Capitalism: The Value Game

by Dan Robles on August 9, 2010

The Value Game introduces a new class of business plans that will define Social Capitalism as a distinction from Market Capitalism rather than simply an extension of Market Capitalism (as most definitions currently hold).

This video begins with something called The Airplane Game – a project currently underway among a group of dedicated partners. Some of this material is found in other videos on our blog but the listener is encouraged review the ideas since this example forms the backbone of business methods which we will return to in later chapters.

This Video stands alone but is actually the 3rd in a series specifying Modern Social Capitalism. See Part 1: Introduction, and Part 2: Predictions.

All comments welcome.  Material based on video series here

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Making A Mess on Madison Ave

by Dan Robles on November 10, 2009

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Wall Street talks about a Basket of Goods. The UN talks about a basket of Currencies.  What would Madison Avenue say when Main Street coverts your baskets of goods with their basket of social currencies?

Here is a simple business plan that will screw everything up.

Suppose that a pool of advertisers in a single industry (yup, competitors) all throw 10% of their advertising budget into a basket.  Now, suppose that money is distributed among a basket of the top 10% most active social media mavens (bloggers) based on their rankings related to the affinity segment.

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The New Economic Paradigm: Part 7; Monetization of Knowledge Assets

April 20, 2009

We have specified a structure for a new economic paradigm by simply integrating the the knowledge economy into the same structure as the financial system. The result is a completely new way for entrepreneurs to create wealth.

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The New Economic Paradigm; Part 6: The Business Plan

April 10, 2009

The business plan of the innovation economy is very simple; it starts with the single transaction between two people. The lender provides information and the borrower combines the information with their existing knowledge to create more knowledge.

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Out of Cache; Will Work For Bandwidth

December 31, 2008

We can measure the time in minutes, we can measure distance in miles, and we can measure mass in grams – so how do we measure Innovation?  Am I missing something or is this possibly the most stunning omission in the history of civilization?  Who is keeping score? Where’s the referee? This is serious business, [...]

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Business Plans of the Innovation Economy

December 3, 2008

There is no shortage of money in the world but there is plenty of risk. Most business failures are due to knowledge deficits such as the inexperienced management team, a poor assessment of market conditions, underestimating the amount of money needed, underestimating a competitor, loss of a key employee, poor understanding of the technology, etc. [...]

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A System for Innovation

December 2, 2008

We have established that Innovation and wealth creation are profoundly related and that one cannot be sustained without the other.  A huge problem is becoming apparent because Money lives in a complex, global and highly integrated system where billions of dollars can circle the globe daily at the speed of light. Meanwhile, innovation does not [...]

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Social Enterprise; Show Me The Money

October 27, 2008

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

October 26, 2008

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

October 21, 2008

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 a system of [...]

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