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What’s working in cities: Createhere in Chattanooga - How they’re addressing the leadership problem that CLE has too.

Knotice Brings 23 New Jobs to Northeast Ohio (A proud father of a talented group of exceptional people now approaching the 100 mark down in Akron!)

Since its inception, Knotice has been consistently recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in northeast Ohio (most recently #8 on the 2011 Weatherhead 100, among others). With increasing demand for Knotice’s marketing software and services, the company is in the process of hiring for approximately 23 new professional-level jobs between now and August 2011 across several departments. (For a complete list of opportunities, go to www.knotice.com/careers.)

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To help attract the attention of qualified professionals who may be ready to make a change, Knotice has even erected a billboard along I-77 North near downtown Cleveland that reads “Grow with us” – a not-so-common sight with the current economic conditions.

2 hours with the “Hunter S. Thompson of 140 Characters” of NEO/CLE on Friday the 13th

I had the pleasure of spending 2 hours this Friday the 13th afternoon on my back porch catching up with CLE/NEO’s answer to “Hunter S. Thompson in 140 Characters”. Did a Google image search and came up with these classics.

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If MBA CEOs aren’t good at running startups why are they running our Econ Dev Orgs? Elon Musk on Running Tesla Motors and SpaceX - BusinessWeek

Awesome news to start the New Year!

WOOHOO! Startup weekend is coming to Cleveland. What awesome news to start the New Year off with. Rise up Cleveland! An email I received yesterday from Andrew Kavanaugh:

Hi Everybody,

If you are receiving this email then I believe you are an invaluable member of the Cleveland Entrepreneurial Community and I’d like to ask you for a bit of help with the Startup Weekend - Cleveland event.  Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event that brings together developers, graphic artists, business & marketing, legal and more for a fun filled weekend of pitching ideas and bringing the popular ideas to life.  There have been nearly 30 Startup Weekend Events in the United States, Canada and, most recently, in Greece - including an event in our backyard (Columbus).  After a great run of votes on http://startupweekend.com/cityvote/ - I’m happy to announce that we’re bringing the party to Cleveland.

We’re still putting together the logistics of the entire event and talking with a few different venues in order to get enough space for the 80-150 expected attendees.  But in order to make this event a true success, I need a good team of people that can execute this event with me.  I’m looking for 5-6 people to assist in planning the event, specifically, people that can:

1)  Spread the word - the size of the event will dictate its’ success and ensure that we can continue to have these types of events in the future.
2)  Raise sponsorship dollars - since we’re providing food, entertainment, some legal advice, etc; we need to raise about $5,000 and possibly more or less depending on the venue’s level of generosity.
3)  Swag - who doesn’t like a gift bag for showing up to the event.  Someone that can help with the design of our logo & tshirts would be great as well.
4)  Help run the event - the event starts with registration, drinks, dinner, elevator pitches & voting, we’ll need a few volunteers to keep things running smoothly at all of these stages.

Crain’s Cleveland is running an article on the event in January and I hope to get The Plain Dealer involved in spreading the word shortly - this is shaping up to be quite the event and I hope that you can all assist or attend.  If you would like to be involved or know someone that can help, please contact me at your earliest convenience.  Everybody that replies will be invited to our first meeting in January where we can talk the logistics & roles.

Thanks for your consideration and Happy New Year,

-AK

THANKS ANDREW KAVANAUGH, the man behind http://cleveland.startupdrinks.com and everyone who voted Cleveland to the top!!!!!

best gyros in cleveland?

I think so. Whether it is lamb or chicken, Almanar Market, located near Lorain (and W. 117th) which I’ve dubbed the Hookah Highway, has the best fresh Gyros by far. Just woofed one down for lunch. Who do you think has the best?

Almanar Market
3279 West 117th Street
Cleveland, OH 44111
216.941.1900

Usury? Alive and well in Cleveland.

Bill Moyers:

What were you thinking as you saw that report from Cleveland? [The segment preceding this interview with Greider covered exorbitant lending practices in Cleveland].

Bill Greider:

Made me angry all over again, even though I know the story. And then I thought, “This is usury.” This is a living example of what the Bible prohibited, which is the sin of usury. Most Americans have never heard of it probably.

Moyers:

Usury?

Greider:

Usury, to be clear about it, is rich people taking advantage of poor people by lending them money on terms that are sure to make them fail. All three of the great religions, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, had a moral prohibition against usury because they recognized that society can’t function like that. People of great wealth and their institutions like banks naturally have the power to overwhelm people of lesser means. And you can’t allow that in a decent society. It won’t survive.

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