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Don’t Save the Best for Last

By JasonMichaelCleaveland / March 7, 2013

I’ve been working on a lot of different projects over the last few years. It has been quite a whirlwind adventure. I have got to do a lot of work-related travel, venturing to more than 20 cities all over the country. I’ve been invited to speak before some pretty amazing groups. I’ve even been able to meet…

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The Lean Startup – a New Philosophy for Non-Profits

By JasonMichaelCleaveland / March 6, 2013

I’ve been following up on my new year’s resolution to read more books, and began reading The Lean Start Up by Eric Ries. I could add all sorts of glowing recommendations to the long list of accolades from all over the globe, and I will. This book has the power to transform business as usual for the…

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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012

By JasonMichaelCleaveland / November 15, 2012

It’s been a while. No, seriously, it has really been a while since I’v written here. Its not that there hasn’t been a tremendous amount of change to journal. There has been plenty! It isn’t that my mind has just been languishing on the sidelines of existence and not creating any new juice. It has been creating…

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Of Magic and Music Snobbery

By JasonMichaelCleaveland / July 14, 2011

“I don’t ever want to understand the science that makes those work,” she said with that sly, half cocked grin of a child dazed by the wonders of the universe. “I want them to remain just as they are right now, magic.” This comment was of course in reference to the fireworks crackling overhead just…

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In which I will discuss TLC, Bill and Ted, and the Rapture, together in one semi-coherent thought.

By JasonMichaelCleaveland / May 23, 2011

Jesus was probably a time traveler, and never really meant to become an idol worshiped by half the human race. This statement really has nothing to do with anything but if you’re going to say something inflammatory, you might as well say it first. I like the stories about the guy and I think the…

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An entry on probability and/or ineveitability or Just another day in the life of…

By JasonMichaelCleaveland / May 19, 2011

A penny landed on the ground just outside the door of my car this morning. That penny was face-up. Interestingly enough, people look at a six-foot tall bald guy squatting to take a picture of a penny on the ground slightly askance. Especially when said penny lies mere inches from a car belonging to a…

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Doped up: The careless misapplication of psychotropic medications in today’s youth

By JasonMichaelCleaveland / February 12, 2011

The Deputy Juvenile Officer, the representative of the court, diligently scribbled notes into the boy’s file while the child’s case manager, the person in charge of navigating the murky waters of the state’s foster-care system droned on about attention seeking misbehaviors and individualized education plans (IEPs). The drab décor of the courthouse room reflected the…

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