Fractured Atlas On Learning to Code, pt. 3: Resources to Teach You Rails in a Month Since I find the process of memorizing by looking at the same material over and over again extremely tedious, I’ve developed my own method, which involves finding a handful of introductory classes online and speeding through them really quickly. When I was in college, I used to download podcasts of the same courses I was taking but at different universities, like Berkeley or Stanford. Then I’d listen to the podcasts while I was on the subway or walking around. It turned out that my approach eliminated hours of studying I would have had to do otherwise, and teachers love it when you’re able to bring in a unique perspective that wasn’t covered in class. If you were in a room full of smart people, would you ask the same person to explain something to you over and over again, or would you ask a bunch of people? What happens is that sometimes the way a concept is taught really resonates with you, and sometimes it doesn’t. Step 1: Ruby on Rails 3 Essential Training by Kevin Skoglund
Cultural Policy Advocacy A New Paradigm, or Beyond the Tin Cup A new paradigm for arts advocacy is needed. Rattling our tin cup for more government funding is no longer enough. Yet economic impact studies paint an incomplete picture and can be dangerously misused. Fractured Atlas's approach is holistic and focused on infrastructure. Policymakers shouldn't be curators, hand-picking artists and organizations to support based on perceived aesthetic merit. Talking to Policymakers Fractured Atlas educates policymakers about the importance of infrastructure on local, state, and federal levels. Organizing the Community We also work to organize the arts community on a grassroots level. Educating artists and arts organizations about the public policy issues that affect them Coordinating political communication strategies Building strategic cross-sector alliances Providing information and other resources that empower artists and arts groups to advocate on their own behalf
Grow VC - crowdfunding early stage startups in the virtual Silicon Valley PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA – 3 April 2014 – TradeUp Capital Fund, a new equity crowdfunding platform uniquely serving globalizing companies, announced its launch today at the Silicon Valley Crowdfunding Conference in Palo Alto. TradeUp is the first-in-class debt and equity crowdfunding platform for globalizing companies, an outperforming and rapidly growing segment. The Los Angeles-headquartered company brings together savvy investors with high-growth globalizing companies to fuel companies’ international growth and expansion. Through TradeUp, globalizing companies can raise $100,000-$20 million in debt, equity, or royalties-based financing for a variety of growth purposes. “Record numbers of small and mid-size companies in the United States and abroad are seeking growth through exports,” said Kati Suominen, TradeUp Founder and CEO. “TradeUp has a world-class team offering a critical service to globalizing companies.
ProFounder, the blog. Ideavibes Blog Spot.us - Home Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding - The Industry Website Demand For Organic Food Breaking Records On Wall Street » Good News Guardian The organic foods business is worth over $50 billion globally, and with a new trade agreement between the United States and the European Union opening up new markets, that number could double within the next few years. The organic foods movement is no longer a relic of the bygone age of free love and tie-dye, but a booming industry supported by all walks of life. Entire supermarket chains, most notably Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFM), rely heavily on that ever-growing faction of Americans who actually care enough about their health to put down that Quarter Pounder in favor of a soy burger, or maybe a free-range turkey burger. Read the whole story here: [amazon asin=B0027BOL4G&template=iframe image]
Organic Farming: The New Frontier (NASDAQ:WFM, NASDAQ:WINN, NYSE:PEP, NYSE:GIS, NYSE:HSY, NYSE:CAG, NYSE:DF, NYSE:MCD, NYSE:WEN, NYSE:BK, NYSE:KFT The organic foods business is worth over $50 billion globally, and with a new trade agreement between the United States and the European Union opening up new markets, that number could double within the next few years. The organic foods movement is no longer a relic of the bygone age of free love and tie-dye, but a booming industry supported by all walks of life. Entire supermarket chains, most notably Whole Foods (NASDAQ:WFM), rely heavily on that ever-growing faction of Americans who actually care enough about their health to put down that Quarter Pounder in favor of a soy burger, or maybe a free-range turkey burger. Hot Feature: Cloud Computing: The Sky is the Limit Blame it on Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me” or Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” The U.S. had the biggest organic market in the world in 2010, with sales climbing about $2 billion to $26.7 billion, roughly 45 percent of global sales that year. Of course, the big guys won’t go down without a fight.
Soho Loft Events | Capital Creation Events Projects in the News » The Kickstarter Blog Every week, we round up some of the stories about projects that made the press. We're happy to see them out there in the real world, and excited to share their progress with you! Read on. This week Wired wrote about the long-form investigative narrative journalism project MATTER, which will focus on science and technology: "The stories themselves are going to be really good, I think. Matter’s founders, Giles and Bobbie Johnson, are both first-rate journalists, and they’ve quietly amassed a list of really good writers and editors they want to work with. Popular Photography profiled Dennis Manarchy's Vanishing Cultures project to create a "mind-blowing in scale, 35-foot camera that produces two story tall prints, all in an attempt to capture some of the forgotten and evaporating societies of the United States."