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SNP or Sustainable National Product as a competitive advantage? So how does this work?

Let us first look at GDP as defined from Wikipedia

Around the world. Constantly. Something is happening. The snap of the moment. A flash. A picture. A video. A short text message. A reflection.

Why is energy such a big issue? Because current grid models don't solve the core challenges.

Energy is a multi-trillion dollar industry globally and yet the demand-supply gaps are extremely large, whether at the top of the pyramid or at the BOP.

With the WEF 08 in Davos just concluded there is much that is being discussed which may be of interest of all of us to take a look at.

http://www.forumblog.org/openforum/

Social as the prefix;
~ Social Commerce
~ Social Collaboration
~ Social Content

Models:
Social2Social
Social2Business
Business2Social

I once asked an audience of tech engineers I was speaking with. "What are you worth a year and the answer was around $200k". Then I asked the next question. What if you could not connect into a corporate network, www or telephone into a network and workflow of people, what would you be worth. There was a real shock and the answer was probably $8/hour.

Can we do this for the Reuters DV Fellows Program itself? Get around 2 million of people around the world to invest $100 at a time per year which creates a $200 million annual fund. This can spurt innovation for what we invest in innovation that comes out of Stanford as well as other schools around the world.

Often BOP conjures an image of emerging economies in Asia, Africa, Americas, etc. However the BOP in the G8 is a great opportunity of un-served markets due to current business models and where the next disruptive changes will emerge from.

* Mom & Pop stores
* Mobile phones
* Individual homes/Flats/Communities/Villages
* SOHOs
* Last mile businesses
* ...

Why? It's the low hanging fruit and not many are focusing on? Decentralization is the next big thing and ask anyone who is on a social community. Look at all the fastest information technologies that were adopted such as TV, Phones, PCs, Instant Messaging, email, Blogs, Collaboration and Workflow software, Malls, etc. Why again? These were all social-platforms that connected the last mile into networks and communities.