Barbados Declaration: Energy Self Sufficiency for Small Island States

Posted on Thursday 10 May 2012

This is closer to home than you might expect. Of course, Maui is a small island where energy self-sufficiency is an important issue. But did you know that Maui plays an important role networking islands around the globe? Also, personally, I went to high school in Barbados. Read on. Representatives from the UN Affiliated Small [...]

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David Fisher @ 10:45 am
Filed under: Cool Projects andNews
Motivation Wheel: Learn how to motivate the crowd

Posted on Saturday 21 April 2012

Here is an interesting infographic to use as you are designing a crowd funding campaign, but also useful in designing a great website.Motivation Wheel: Learn how to motivate the crowd.

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David Fisher @ 7:00 pm
Filed under: Project Tools, Ideas & Resources
Most Dramatic Change In Securities Laws in 80 Years

Posted on Thursday 5 April 2012

The Jumpstart Our Business Start-ups (JOBS) Act was signed in to law today by president Obama. It has multiple components and covers start-ups to companies with just under $1 billion in revenues doing initial public offerings (IPOs). There will be rule making by the SEC so some parts of this, like equity crowd funding, will not go into effect until 2013.

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David Fisher @ 12:56 pm
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APEC Debrief

Posted on Tuesday 17 January 2012

Last week Teena Rasmussen, Maui County Economic Development Coordinator provided a short debrief or overview of the County’s activity for the APEC conference including sharing beautifully produced booklet and video which you can download and see here.

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David Fisher @ 3:06 am
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Moving from Thoughts to Actions

Posted on Tuesday 17 January 2012

This week we see the inaugural TEDxMaui, in what will hopefully be an annual event focusing on ideas from a diverse collection of thinkers and doers. It should be an inspiring day, and as with its parent TED Talks (Technology, Entertainment, Design) should produce a dozen or more short videos that will join the hundreds of invideos that provide small doses that motivate and inspire. Hopefully it will also stimulate interest in moving beyond ideas and taking actions: engaging in projects to solve problems and making a better world. We need more tools to help do this and hopefully TEDxMaui as well as other efforts on Maui can come together on a more frequent basis, at least monthly to help this happen.

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David Fisher @ 2:10 am
Filed under: Maui Venture Forum andNews
Crowd Funding Breakthrough in DC

Posted on Wednesday 21 September 2011

Crowd funding is primarily known for helping individuals and organizations raise money through donations. In early September 2011 both the White House and Congress reached bipartisan agreement on reforming securities regulations to go beyond donations to include raising investment from personal networks. Go to http://coolprojectsmaui.com for more detail and links.

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David Fisher @ 3:11 pm
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Ethical and Green Investing in Precarious Times

Posted on Wednesday 14 September 2011

Both those developing green businesses and those interested in investing will want to meet Michael Kramer and James Frazier based in Hawaii with Natural Investing. There will be two sessions on Tuesday, September 20th at 11:30 am and at 5:30 p.m. Both at the Maui Research & Tech Center in Kihei and also via http://coolprojects.webex.com

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David Fisher @ 1:30 pm
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Local Stock Exchange? Take a survey!

Posted on Friday 19 August 2011

Friends of the Hawaii Local Exchange, a new non-profit organization is doing a survey to explore interest in bringing back a Hawaii Local Exchange. Please help us by letting us know if you think this is a good thing to research doing by completing one or more of the surveys below. You may also want to check out the http://HILocalExchange.org website and watch the TedX talk by Michael Shuman.

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David Fisher @ 3:45 pm
Filed under: Cool Projects andNews
Incubators, Creative Spaces, Co-Working

Posted on Tuesday 26 July 2011

An informal conversation on how to improve the use of existing spaces. Tuesday, July 26 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. at the Maui Research & Tech Center in Kihei. OR via Webex at http://coolprojects.webex.com. The password is aloha.

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David Fisher @ 7:41 am
Filed under: News
How Can Communities Improve Their Connectivity

Posted on Tuesday 5 July 2011

Featuring Jay April who is the CEO of Akaku, Maui’s public access media organization. Why is broadband important? Why is it that Hawaii has some of the worst and most expensive Internet connectivity in the US, and the U.S way behind many other nations? How can we change this? Join in the discussion and learn both about national trends and what is going on in Hawaii.

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David Fisher @ 7:22 am
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