A recent NPR podcast told of a report done back in 2011 by Oxford professor Peter Tufano. He set out to examine how fragile American households are by exploring if a family could come up with $2,000 with 30 days notice. Research showed that most emergencies can be solved by $2,000: unexpected car trouble; [...]
There are a number of immutable facts in the world. One of them is that bank accounts bear the names of their owners. For individuals, this means a first and last name. In the case of corporations, it is the complete name of the particular company or charity in question. In a perfect world, incoming [...]
Yesterday Hub Etzion, a co-working space located in Gush Etzion where I physically sit and serve as its board chair, hosted veteran PR & Communication strategist Alan Weinkrantz. Alan lent his talents by holding open "office hours" for over five hours for local businesses and startups. Then, later in the evening he hosted a pizza party [...]
Today, I attended the first meeting of the Nonprofit Forum on Information Systems. The first speaker, Raz Hyperman (it’s an Israel name, go with me here), a senior member of the Israeli government’s Information and Communication Technology Division, shared a number of axioms related to Business Models that are applicable to both for-profits and nonprofits, [...]
