Editor’s note: James Altucher is an investor, programmer, author, and several-times entrepreneur . His latest books are I Was Blind But Now I See and 40 Alternatives to College . Please follow him on Twitter @jaltucher . A few weeks ago I wrote a post about how this was the year you had to quit your…

Fundrise Two Washington, D.C., developers set out to democratize how commercial buildings are developed, and in the process they've invented an entirely new model of finance. Dan and Ben Miller began tugging two years ago at a simple question they believe is central to the failings of the American…

1. Whenever you tell people you’re an only child, they skeptically look you up and down before saying something cryptically judgmental and casually insulting, like “Hmm really? You don’t seem like an only child,” or, worse, “Yeah, that makes a lot of sense actually.” 2. No matter how old you get,…

The Sunday New York Times’ Dan Gilbert profile should be assigned to the “late to the party” file. The piece feels very 18 months ago, even by national media standards. It’s so untimely that it only mentions Gilbert’s recent and commendable efforts at “placemaking” — a fancy term for making things…

Santiago Swallow may be one of the most famous people no one has heard of. His eyes fume from his Twitter profile: he is Hollywood-handsome with high cheekbones and dirty blond, collar-length hair. Next to his name is one of social media’s most prized possessions, Twitter’s blue “verified account”…

Five Skills Designers Have That Global Development Needs Five Skills Designers Have That Global Development Needs Social Innovation by Share April 3, 2013 “Development is being disrupted,” says Raj Kumar, president of DevEx , a site devoted to helping the international development community deliver…

April 07, 2013 8:00 a.m. Updated By Email Print Entrepreneurship Real Estate Investing Mergers and acquisitions Photo by GLENN TREST From left: David Colman, Michael Colman and Tyler Ross, principals of Roco Real Estate, aim to triple their holdings to more than 5,000 units by the end of the year.…

We're getting ready to launch a new series on city-level experimentation around the world, and we need your help. This afternoon our colleagues at Atlantic LIVE announced an ambitious new event that everyone here in our offices is understandably excited about: "CityLab: Urban Solutions to Global…

10th Anniversary Essays Sixteen special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead. What does it feel like to start a new business and encounter government red tape and bureaucracy? What will it take to design a digital platform to help the unemployed…

“I think this is just the latest way for people to make money off state and local governments. This is the new way the investment banks, their lawyers, and consultants squeeze the taxpayers….They’re going around making these deals, and it’s very lucrative. It’s like a circus coming to town.” – Clint…

Booker's SXSW debut had all the makings (and soundbites) of a man who intends to continue his meteoric rise. AUSTIN, Texas -- We learned a few things about Cory Booker during his appearance at the massive South by Southwest Interactive conference here on Sunday: If Booker ever has a son or a…

Collections The Most Innovative Companies The top 50 companies in entertainment, media, sports, technology, and more. Most Creative People Meet this year's inspiring leaders. Innovation By Design A showcase for ingenious design solutions. World Changing Ideas New workplaces, new food sources, new…

Welcome to Canada’s “best” new public space. You can tell people are proud of the design, because no one wants to mess it up by actually using it. / Photo: Fred Kent Professionals are against participation because it destroys the arcane privileges of specialization, unveils the professional secret,…

Illustration by Tom Gauld Here’s a partial, redacted-for-the-sake-of-my-dignity list of stuff I once aspired to write but never did: a “Mamma Mia!”-esque rock opera called “Bastards of Young,” based on the songs of the Replacements. A sitcom set in Brooklyn that inverts “I Love Lucy,” so that the…

You’ve just had dinner at one of the best restaurants in the country, the kind of place where the chef talks about his passion for perfection, obsession with detail and demand for the best, freshest ingredients. You know that there is probably one cook in the kitchen for every couple in the dining…

The below post is geared toward alumni of Georgetown University (my alma mater). However, the same lessons can be applied for any school that you attended and using the exact tools LinkedIn provides. Did I get your attention with the title of this post? I hope so! For some background, for the last…

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Adam Bird for The New York Times SEED MONEY Rick DeVos, above, founded Start Garden, a venture capital fund in Grand Rapids, Mich., below. Rick DeVos could not wait to leave Grand Rapids, Mich. After high school, he made a beeline to Pepperdine University near Los Angeles and spent a year studying…

Features Cafe con Leche del Este pop-up in Lafayette Park, co-presented by REVOLVE. - Nicole Rupersburg I first discovered the pop-up concept while studying in Berlin in the summer of 2008. In Germany they call it “temporary use.” I was captivated by how urban pioneers reused vacant spaces in this…

Email Print Health Care Mark Kelley Mark Kelley, M.D., came to Detroit in 2000 as CEO of Henry Ford Medical Group with an eye to further develop the group into an integrated, multidisciplinary medical team that could serve both Henry Ford Health System 's hospitals and the 644,000-member health…

I am currently visiting Indian School of Business to teach design inquiry and its application for digital innovations. With Design Inquiry, I ask students to focus on the FIVE key questions: What inspires you? Who are the affected stakeholders? What are the unmet needs? What do you want to do to…

Next City members make our features possible. Donate today. Making a Virtual Village to Create a Better City Story by David Lepeska Illustrations by Alex Lukas Published on Sep 17, 2012 Download PDF On a sticky Friday morning in mid-July, Nuala Gallagher stood inside a chicken run in the back corner…

This story was made possible by our members. Join today. Can Entrepreneurship Save Our Cities? Story by Tanveer Ali Photography by Adi Talwar Published on Aug 6, 2012 Download PDF Every street tells a story, but there are some that capture an entire history. On Orchard Street in New York, tenement…