What Would Google Do? - by Jeff Jarvis (www.buzzmachine.com)

Know what business you are in:
You should be asking: Am I a knowledge company? A data company? A community company? A platform? A network?  Where is your value and where is your revenue? Remember that they may not be the same place.

*People/Sites to Explore:
 - VC: Fred Wilson Blog (Union Square Capital)
 - Entrepreneur: college-startup.com
 - Social Lending: kiva.org
 - Motley Fool: CAPS service
 - Covestor.com
 - donorschoose.org
 - Lending Club.com / Zopa / Loanio
 - Berlin School of Creative Leadership

*How to: Creative Problem Solving:

• Exploring: Fulfilling Curiosity with Research
• one day a week, one course a term, one year in college to create something: a company, a book, a song, a sculpture, an invention
• Networking: join groups, attend the conferences, professional certifications, 
• Education: iTunes U: Open Course Ware (MIT / Stanford / Berklee), find the best person in that subject area and learn from them.
• Projects, experiences, network/collab = more important than degree (but MBA is still highly valued)
• Google Hiring Skills: 
• analytical reasoning - see opencourseware / excel books
• communication skills - public speaking study
• willingness to experiment - 
• playing in a team - PM study
• passion and leadership