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Why Kansas City Has a Shot at Bridging the Digital Divide

Tech Soup

I had the opportunity to participate in the launch of the new Kansas City Digital Inclusion Fund. It addresses the thorny problem of bringing the 25 percent or so of people in the city who are still not participating in the information age to inclusion. So why is Kansas City investing more money on digital inclusion?

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A Goal Without A Plan Is Just A Wish

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Because of good weather on most weekends, minimal injury setbacks, and a lot of races to select from in the Kansas City area each weekend, I reached my goal in October of that year. Also last year,, my then 49-year-old sister-in-law set a goal to run her first-ever 10K race.

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A Goal Without A Plan Is Just A Wish

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Because of good weather on most weekends, minimal injury setbacks, and a lot of races to select from in the Kansas City area each weekend, I reached my goal last Saturday, and now with two months left in the year will surpass my goal. A few months ago, my sister-in-law set a goal to run her first-ever 10K race.

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Google Fiber contractors vote to join union

The Verge

The workers are employees of Google contractor BDS Connected Solutions, a staffing agency in Kansas City. The structuring will let AWU represent any Alphabet employees who want to participate, including contractors, vendors, and temps, who typically wouldn’t be included in traditional collective bargaining under current US labor law.

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TripleBlind secures $24M for a new approach to enterprise-level, privacy-preserving data sharing

TechCrunch

Organizations that have made the leap into using big data to drive their business are increasingly looking for better, more efficient ways to share data with others without compromising privacy and data protection laws, and that is ushering in a rush of technologists building a number of new approaches to fill that need.

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Leadership Insights From The Third Door's Michael Combest

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Michael : The Law by Frédéric Bastiat - Without an exposure to the concept of liberty and the affect bad laws have on good people, a prospective leader should not even try to put together an organization, regardless of size. Read more about some of Kansas City''s most interesting leaders. John Sculley almost killed Apple.

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Ask Your Customers To Help You Write Your Strategic Plan

Eric Jacobsen Blog

What youll read is primarily based on what Ive learned from a variety of mentors, co-workers and supervisors over the past 30 years. -- Eric Jacobson -- formerly a Senior Vice President at Penton Media in Overland Park, Kansas (Kansas City, MO).