Comments on: Millionaires Chasing Billionaires http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/08/05/millionaires-chasing-billionaires/ Tech, Entrepreneurship, and Venture Capital in New York City Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Allan Benamer http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/08/05/millionaires-chasing-billionaires/#comment-73070 Allan Benamer Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:42:02 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/08/05/millionaires-chasing-billionaires/#comment-73070 "Too bad we can’t keep score in some kind of socially beneficial fashion. For example, it would be great if people competed over what percentage of their income they donate to charity instead of how much they earn. In that case at least the exhaust of the competition would be of greater benefit to the whole society." Hmm... that's the point of socialmarkets.org. We're going to have leaderboards devoted to who the best social investors are. Yeah, gaming philanthropy -- that's us. I love to game to -- liked GTA and Civ 4 and a host of other games with precisely the same notions of emergent systems. And what's just as emergent? Markets are and we need that in the nonprofit sector so we can get out of the rut nonprofits are in... “Too bad we can’t keep score in some kind of socially beneficial fashion. For example, it would be great if people competed over what percentage of their income they donate to charity instead of how much they earn. In that case at least the exhaust of the competition would be of greater benefit to the whole society.”

Hmm… that’s the point of socialmarkets.org. We’re going to have leaderboards devoted to who the best social investors are. Yeah, gaming philanthropy — that’s us.

I love to game to — liked GTA and Civ 4 and a host of other games with precisely the same notions of emergent systems. And what’s just as emergent? Markets are and we need that in the nonprofit sector so we can get out of the rut nonprofits are in…

]]> By: Amit Gupta http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/08/05/millionaires-chasing-billionaires/#comment-71252 Amit Gupta Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:00:11 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/08/05/millionaires-chasing-billionaires/#comment-71252 It's not limited to entrepreneurs or tech, either. I have tons of friends who started finance jobs thinking they'd do it for a few years, make some money, then backpack around the world or do whatever it is they wanted to do in the first place. Never happens. It’s not limited to entrepreneurs or tech, either. I have tons of friends who started finance jobs thinking they’d do it for a few years, make some money, then backpack around the world or do whatever it is they wanted to do in the first place. Never happens.

]]> By: Tony Stubblebine http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/08/05/millionaires-chasing-billionaires/#comment-70975 Tony Stubblebine Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:54:26 +0000 http://blog.andrewparker.net/2007/08/05/millionaires-chasing-billionaires/#comment-70975 I had the exact same reaction, scared and amused. I think "single-digit millionaire" just became a new silicon valley pejorative, along side "lifestyle business." I had the exact same reaction, scared and amused. I think “single-digit millionaire” just became a new silicon valley pejorative, along side “lifestyle business.”

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