aka "Group Exemption Letters"

Delivering Exceptional Insurance Programs to Clients Throughout North America

"Where most of an organization's members are entrepreneurs or independent contractors, the organization does not meet the requirements of IRC 501(c)(5). Rev. Rul. 78-288, 1978-2 C.B. 179."

A discussion of "contributing" work and stuff to a charitable organization.

social welfare groups

Business Associations

Thinking of building something with this functionality for "Coworking Take 2"

Great turnout at Salad Potluck lunch! #workantile

"To counter this trend, and to encourage collaboration in the workplace, we built an internal tool called Lunch Roulette that selects random pairs of Fellows to join each other on impromptu lunch dates.…"

"Humans are habitual problem-solvers, so obsessed with puzzles and patterns that for millennia we’ve posed riddles and created games to fill our “idle time.” But these obsessive problem-solving habits are traditionally seen as a distraction from the “real work” of business, scholarship and public policy.

That is no longer true… if it ever was.

This is the first of a series of three open-format workshops scheduled for 2009 & 2010, where we’ll gather to explore the new ways game play is becoming “useful” work—useful for people and institutions."

"Kickstarter is a new way to fund ideas and endeavors.

We believe that...

A good idea, communicated well, can spread fast and wide.
A large group of people can be a tremendous source of money and encouragement."

"Here’s the summary. The market for seed capital is clearly broken. Most individual angels will only do about 1 deal per year, which means their portfolios lose money 40% of the time due to insufficient diversification. Even premier angel groups like the Band of Angels say they only do about 8 deals per year. Our math says you need to do 125 to achieve good diversification. On the other side of the table, only 14% of entrepreneurs who want angel funding will find it. Those that do will spend about 6 months looking for money instead of building their businesses."

"This website provides data on businesses with and without employees. These are referred to as “employer firms” and “nonemployer firms.” Employer firms have the lion’s share of receipts and payroll, while nonemployer firms are far more numerous."