Tim's Library

In business, as well as in life, we are awash in data and starved for information.  Great business plans focus on developing a few manageable goals versus solving all organizational problems in one plan. More...

By David Leonhardt, Published: March 9, 2008, The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/magazine/09Psychology-t.html

Editor's Note: This month's very long feature article should interest both business people and fundraisers alike. Its point is basically that our conventional wisdom tends to be correct - with significant exceptions. More...

December Song: Christmas Song
Artist: Dave Matthews Band More...

By Steven Lawry, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2009 Issue

Editor's Note: This article is particularly relevant to me now as I research and decide whether our foundation will back Rubicon National's Emerge lending program, an alternative form of payday lending. I hope you enjoy the wonderful case histories of the pioneers Ford and Grameen. Someday... More...

Little Red Caboose
Written by Marian Potter
Illustrated by Tibor Gergely More...

Writing good business plans is a key to success, but good plans must accommodate searching and failing over time to be effective.  Said differently, no plan is perfect – nor should it be. More...

The Washington Post published the winning submissions to the Alternative Meanings for common words: More...

"To laugh…More...