Anybody know who Mary Kay Ash is? She's the woman who founded Mary Kay cosmetics. Her model of independence spawned thousands of women around the world to start their own businesses. Ash once said, "For every failure there is an alternative way of action."
Some folks at the Rocky Mountain News have taken this to heart. After 150 years, the newspaper closed it's doors last week, a victim of today's failing newspaper business model. Hundreds are out of a job, adding to an already lengthy list of out-of-work journalists. But out of this shit storm another story has emerged.
One of the founders of the launch , Steve Foster, will be a featured essay in our book. These types of stories are what needs to be reported on in blogs such as these. We know the mainstream press doesn't care. Does anybody honestly want to listen to Wolf Blitzer pompously pontificate about how many more Americans are unemployed?
Innovation or Annihilation? I choose innovation.
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