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07/08/2012

Disruptive forces catalyze innovation. Dare to cover new territory.

On December 8, 1982, a disruptive force hit the world that would make young people around the planet act, dress, talk, and – ultimately – live differently than before. Though it took over two decades for the impacts of this force to begin spreading virally and seeping into the minds of America’s you...

07/08/2012

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06/08/2012

"Our world no longer contains the concrete scarcities of the past. The keys to our salvation are in our own creative functions and capacities. We have the ability to express this through productive or destructive methods. The only political reality left is the choice."

The initial concept for this essay was gauchely “appropriated” from Walter Benjamin’s 1936 glimpse into classic modernity, where he describes the world where all artifacts, including cultural artifacts, are infinitely reproducible and distributable through means of ever-advancing technology. Benjami...

05/08/2012

Nick Arnett describes the "double-decker catalyst" and how it's impacting downtown Fort Wayne.

Back in my days of working for the Downtown Improvement District here in Fort Wayne, we would get the occasional pessimistic Facebook comment or email from someone complaining about how Harrison Square had been pitched as a “catalyst project.” They would point out that downtown isn’t experiencing th...

04/08/2012

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02/08/2012

Last week, over 100 millennials in Northeast Indiana packed into a space downtown with ambitious ideas to change their region's future.

On Friday, dozens of young people from ten counties in Northeast Indiana packed into the basement of the Scottish Rite in downtown Fort Wayne to change their region’s future. They came with bold ideas and left with inspiration, new friendships, and a drive to make their home a better place.

01/08/2012

A new space in downtown Fort Wayne is cultivating the next generation of entrepreneurs in Northeast Indiana.

I’ve grown to become a fan of coworking. From working in an office setting, to a cubical, to a home-office, then to coffee shops, I realized that the more entrepreneurial and creative my “day job” became, the more I needed to be in a social setting. I would constantly come face-to-face with tough qu...

06/06/2012

Start Garden reports 13 projects have been funded since the group's launch in April.

Entrepreneurship | June 6, 2012 by Staff | 0 Comments

27/05/2012

Thanks for the good time tonight, One Lucky Guitar, LOTUS Yoga, Wellness, & Gallery, and Good Stuff Design!

26/05/2012

For coffee lovers everywhere (our team, especially): our friends at The Quest for Zest wrote a great piece on Intelligentsia Coffee in Chicago. Who's down for a road trip?

I think back to the shot of espresso from Intelligentsia that changed everything.

25/05/2012

What are your thoughts? Is coworking dangerous for growing startups, or do the benefits outweigh the costs?

The global coworking movement is (finally) starting to get attention from both big industry and main stream media. But sometimes, old reporting paradigms die hard.

24/05/2012

This is why we love what we do: the beauty of cities. Don't believe us? Watch the video below.

*UPDATE May 10th: Here's a video interview that I did this morning for MSNBC : http://on.msnbc.com/juqWHz ---------- I shot this timelapse montage from late 2010 through early 2011. One year in the making. My goal was to show the duality between…