Can a couple of alpha finance geeks bring the oligarchy giants, like Moody’s and S&P to their knees by replacing the current “gaming” system for credit ratings, with a platform based on open data and user generated content? This may be the solution to one of the world’s largest economic structural issues.

What appears to be the end, may really be a new beginning. As you can see the race to the finish line sometimes involves altering ones course “Right Away”!

We are in a remarkable period of economic and societal transformation driven by a continuing stream of new technology. It is a new era, a breath taking moment in history, full of opportunity, of exhilarating energy and motivation, of hope and imagination. In this new world

Imagine our existence explained by a single algorithm responsible for the rules of physics and everything else, that boils down to a simple computational process of a few lines of code? Touted by some as a Google Killer, Wolfram Alpha is a new “computational knowledge engine” designed to connect searchers with exact information by combining natural language processing and the web’s vast amount of organized and computable data.

14.6 million small to medium sized businesses are bracing to triple their web marketing budget according to Borrell & Associates in a recent report entitled: “Main Street Goes Interactive”. While these companies had traditionally spent their advertising dollars in the Yellow Pages, Direct Mail or Coupons, they have realized they have better, more immediate and measurable results online.

I am not sure what my son’s thoughts were when he presented me with his Mother’s Day gift of garden “worms” but his hand printed card read: “I love the way my Mums talks, the way she laughs and sings. I love the way she walks as if her heart had wings”. This is a keeper.

The current ecomomic crisis has brought into the spotlight a very troubling leadership crisis that permeates the current business environment. This crisis has been brewing for sometime and in fact has its origins in a managerial theroy which is still perpetuated by leading business schools today. The theory is that for a company to be successful managers and shareholders need to be aligned at the hip and to ensure this, stock options need to be part of their compensation. This has created a breed