Venetialoves

Passionate and sharing about storytelling, entrepreneurship, fearlessness & creativity. This is stuff I love. (Also what my friends love and then I share too.)

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Inside The Creative Office Cultures At Facebook, IDEO, And Virgin Airlines

The tech, design, and travel leaders have enviable creative cultures. Here's how they do it.

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I am a Buddhist who is critical of the present state of Buddhist practice, which is often too involved with ceremony and ritual. The proper practice is to use our human intelligence to transform our emotions. I am a human being, I also experience destructive emotions, but the only difference is that I use my intelligence to discriminate which of my emotions is helpful and which is harmful. I then try to restrain the harmful and increase those that are helpful and this gives me peace of mind. ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama

~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama

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When Craig Rowin publicly asked for a million dollars, he became the poster child for a new culture of ask that’s blowing through the corporate halls (despite the fact that his request was actually a hoax). Done right, it has the power to change your career, your life, and your business...

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A musician's guide to PledgeMusic: building & running a campaign

PledgeMusic is not a crowdfunding platform. Or rather, it's not merely a crowdfunding platform. It's a superfan community where artists grant access to...

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25 music crowdfunding mistakes that'll make you look selfish

Asking for money sucks. Maybe you fear rejection or maybe you worry that you’ll look desperate, greedy, incompetent or rude. It's a lot like being a...

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9 Surefire Ways to Get What You Want

In life, you don't get what you want, you get what you work for. Here are some ideas for making it happen: 1. Every morning ask: “Is this what I want for myself?” Whenever the answer has been “no...

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[] In-depth report from Forbes on Ikea's global expansion strategy.

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The portfolio and random thoughts of a crazy cat lady.

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Applying Ruthless Process To The Creative Process

Trying to execute large-scale art projects in my spare time

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Fascinating letters. Interesting correspondence.

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The Death of the Artist—and the Birth of the Creative Entrepreneur

Hard-working artisan, solitary genius, credentialed professional—the image of the artist has changed radically over the centuries. What if the latest model to emerge means the end of art as we have known it?

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Lava Mae

mobile showers for the homeless

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7 Pieces of Wisdom That Will Change the Way You Work

Advice that will make you think from Steven Pressfield, Kurt Vonnegut, Martha Graham and more.

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FutureCoast - Double Stop - The Work of Laura Sly

What do your futures sound like?

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