Trends &Forecasts.

The two links below include publications on worldwide economic and demographic trends.
I have already linked to one of the Goldman publications.
Also, the IMF has tons of interesting data, research papers and videos. However, The design of the whole website is not user friendly. But if you are patient you might find something like this. (A summary of the international financial system from 1871 to 1999)

(IMF: World economic outlook)

(Click on image to open in new window)

(Goldman Sachs research insights)

(Click on image to open in new window)

Innovation Partnership Programs at NASA

NASA has many initiatives to share the wealth of technologies and expertise.
The following page includes links to some, including:
-NASA small business innovation research/technology transfer.
-NASA technology portal.
-NASA SpinOff


(NASA: Innovation Partnership Program)

L

Blogs: Bnoopy (Entrepreneurship)

Quoting the blog's author: "My name is Joe Kraus and Bnoopy is a blog about entrepreneurship -- thoughts, lessons learned, open questions. It's all stuff I'm thinking about right now in the midst of starting a new company. My background is that I was one of the founders of Excite. Then I co-founded DigitalConsumer.org and now, I've got a new project still in stealth mode."



(Bnoopy: an entrepreneurship blog.)

Blogs: VentureBlog

There are a few blogs that definitely need to be highlighted. I will try to post some, hopefully sticking to the 5 main subjects of 'links-eyed':
Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business, and, Strategy.

I will start with Venture blog because it covers all five.
The contributors are investors and high-tech entrepreneurs.
The posts cover:'Conferences, Entrepreneurial Success,Legal Issues, Management Issues, Presenting Your Company, Semiconductors, Software, The Economy & Finance' and many others.


(Venture Blog: a random walk down sand hill road)

Social enterprise.

Whenever you feel like using your energy and skills for a good cause, you should consider the vast opportunities in social entrepreneurship.

Here are a few links that will provide some information about joining or starting and managing a succesful social enterprise.


(Socialedge: online community for social entrepreneurs)


(Social enterprise at Harvard Business School)


(Net Impact: Business leaders for a better world)

L

Magazine (S+B)

Strategy+Business is a very interesting magazine published by Booz Allen Hamilton, a strategy consulting firm.
Topics range from HR to the science of complexity management [s+b34 recommended].
And, unlike HBR, you can read most of the articles online by doing a quick free registration.


(Strategy+Business:click on graphic to open page in new window.)