A curated gallery of digital clippings, thoughts, and bookmarks.Tumblr (3.0; @nhangen)http://nhangen.tumblr.com/<h3>The Power of Entrepreneurship</h3> <p>It takes a special kind of person to take the reigns of their own fate, but it takes a different person entirely to step up and accept the responsibility that comes with shaping a whole city.</p> <p>Entrepreneur Phil Cooley is that type of person.</p> <p>No one asked Phil to buy abandoned buildings and make them better. No one asked him to spend a fortune building businesses in Detroit, but he did it anyway.</p> <p>Why? Because he&#8217;s an entrepreneur, and entrepreneurs love to shape the world.</p> <p>We&#8217;re also selfish. We love to shape the world in our own image, because we believe that our image is best. Very often, we&#8217;re right. </p> <p>Call it pompous, call it arrogant - it is what it is.</p> <p>This is the day of the entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs like Phil are saving the world every single day, but because of selective journalism and mainstream interests, we don&#8217;t see it as often as we should.</p> <p>We see a poorly re-written history of Facebook rather than the real story. We see photographs of what was, rather than what might be. </p> <p>We hear about the demise of this industry, and that industry, not being told that within this destruction lies a thing of beauty - the great reset, and another golden age. </p> <p>This, my friends, is the renaissance, and it&#8217;s yours for the taking. The question is - are you bold enough to get off your ass and back on your feet?</p> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/player.js?embedCode=5qamlwMTrY0vUEPg88yBWEJWxvuRKTLo&amp;autoplay=1&amp;width=480&amp;height=270&amp;deepLinkEmbedCode=5qamlwMTrY0vUEPg88yBWEJWxvuRKTLo"></script>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/3403471228http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/3403471228Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:25:23 -0500<a href="http://framethink.wordpress.com/2011/01/17/how-facebook-ships-code/">How Facebook Ships Code « FrameThink – Frameworks for Thinking People</a>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2798070835http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2798070835Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:09:29 -0500<a href="http://whitehottruth.com/business-wealth-articles/20-personal-money-practices-that-got-me-to-a-place-of-grooving-prosperity-part-1/">20 personal money practices that got me to a place of grooving prosperity. (part 1) | White Hot Truth: because self-realization rocks.</a>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2685349097http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2685349097Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:57:45 -0500<a href="http://www.7bks.com/blog/179001">How I built 7books in under 4 weeks | 7books blog</a>: <p>This guy learned to code in just 4 weeks. 4 weeks!</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2585683494http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2585683494Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:28:39 -0500<a href="http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/internet-television-the-future-is-now-here/">Internet Television: The Future is Now Here | Social Media Examiner</a>: <p>Great insight from Revision 3 CEO</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2544177857http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2544177857Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:27:28 -0500<a href="http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/2010/12/bedtime-story.html">A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: A Bedtime Story</a>: <p>How to self-publish, and win.</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2504283381http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2504283381Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:13:05 -0500<a href="http://www.lisazhang.ca/2010/12/things-i-learned.html">A Notebook: Things I learned</a>: <p>Slightly generalized, but still rings of truth.</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2470360573http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2470360573Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:53:46 -0500<a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/03/ff_masterthief_blanchard/all/1">Art of the Steal: On the Trail of World’s Most Ingenious Thief | Magazine</a>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2432314058http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2432314058Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:27:25 -0500<a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/22/talking-santa-says-41-million-app-downloads-in-six-months/">Talking Santa Says: 41 Million App Downloads In Six Months</a>: <p>This is crazy…crazy.</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2420033098http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2420033098Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:01:59 -0500<a href="http://zachholman.com/2010/12/reputation/">Reputation: kind of a big deal</a>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2419218841http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2419218841Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:56:18 -0500<a href="http://www.comicsanscriminal.com/">Comic Sans Criminal - There's help available for people like you!</a>: <p>Love the way this page flows.</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2405993227http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2405993227Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:20:00 -0500<a href="http://connectedcomedy.com/kevin-smiths-secrets-to-a-successful-life/">Kevin Smith’s Secrets To A Successful Life</a>: <p>A lot of wisdom in this post.</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2388536998http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2388536998Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:21:24 -0500<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ninja-steve/id408221909?mt=8">Ninja Steve for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store</a>: <p>Classic. Steve Jobs gets the ninja treatment.</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2356429028http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2356429028Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:11:16 -0500<iframe width="400" height="243" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/pSYdwNHCmJA?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisweekin.com/thisweekin-startups/this-week-in-startups-101-phil-libin-founder-of-evernote-com/">This Week in Startups #101 – Phil Libin, founder of Evernote.com « ThisWeekIn</a></p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2339888721http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2339888721Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:18:39 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/16662374" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://devour.com/video/medal-of-honor/">Medal of Honor on Devour.com</a></p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2327626724http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2327626724Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:59:39 -0500<a href="http://www.dump.com/2010/12/13/the-vendor-client-relationship-in-real-world-situations-video/">The Vendor Client Relationship In Real World Situations [VIDEO]</a>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2319735041http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2319735041Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:37:27 -0500<a href="http://michaelmarshallsmith.com/blog/?p=231">CUSTOMER REVIEWS SUCK — NUFF SAID | Michael Marshall Smith</a>: <p>Having dealt with poor app reviews, product reviews, and other reviews, I feel this man’s pain. </p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2180673600http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2180673600Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:07:35 -0500<a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/1708233/ben-the-bodyguard">Ben the Bodyguard Revealed: The Perils of Promotion That's Better Than the Product | Fast Company</a>: <p>Great lesson for software companies.</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2157437531http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2157437531Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:07:38 -0500appsoftware<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19830-people-with-warrior-gene-better-at-risky-decisions.html">People with 'warrior gene' better at risky decisions - life - 09 December 2010 - New Scientist</a>: <p>holding out hope that this is in my DNA too :)</p>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2156001261http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2156001261Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:07:24 -0500<a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/a-silicon-bubble-shows-signs-of-reinflating/">Silicon Valley Bubble Shows Signs of Reinflating - NYTimes.com</a>http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2144320886http://nhangen.tumblr.com/post/2144320886Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:46:37 -0500startupvc