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Let’s dive deeper into the innovation blueprint (collaboration + sustainability + technology) for Economy 2.0. First up is collaboration.

In 2000, Seth Godin wrote about the progression from farms, factories, and now ideas in the first chapter of his seminal book Ideavirus. Godin brought up an intriguing point. How do we build a farm or factory for ideas? And how do we commercialize the ideas in the most efficient way?

To me, the key is through collaboration to maximize our resources. Open source is a perfect example of this. Bringing people together passionate about a mission with a minimum amount of overhead and the skills to get the job done. Using the sectors I mentioned in my last blog post, let’s check out examples of innovative collaborative approaches coming out of Portland…

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March 30, 2009

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