Social entrepreneur who has started each of my businesses with cash on hand and all have been profitable within 90 days or less. <Ned> is different, it has not launched so much as it is evolving.

Founder <Ned> 05-current: <Ned> is the brand of doing good. <Ned> is media, community involvement, personal engagement, citizen journalism, business networks and networking, philanthropic giving circles, microfinance, social enterprises, social entrepreneurs, and much, much more. <Ned> is both vision and ideas, groups of individuals and organizations working together transparently and informally to help make the world a better place. <Ned> has "in house" business models and outside partners, affiliates and alliances all building within the same brand elements of making the world a better place. <Ned> is many things growing in many directions pushing decisions, operations and action to the outer edges. Open Source better world franchising and licensing.

//Lessons Learned//

Doing things transparently opens models up for great feedback early on.

Big visions, new models, and out of the box ideas are challenging to articulate.

Dig deep to understand the potential and power of collaboration.

Don't tell, show. Don't talk, take action. Not tomorrow, today.

Know your biggest weaknesses and find ways to plug those holes.

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Being part of Ned.com a global, all-volunteer, member-governed, online social network (in combination with real-world locations) that is made up of social entrepreneurs, activists, artists, social purpose enterprises, grassroots nonprofit, non-governmental, and community-based organizations, and is collaborating and taking action locally, nationally & globally, in order to make the world a better place. Including related orgs such as Razoo, Think MTV, Futureshifters, and others

Bill Drayton, Muhammad Yunus, Bill Gates, Pierre Omidyar, Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Richard Branson

Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. ~ Margaret Mead

Outside US: Mexico, Canada, Austria, & Uganda

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