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By: Wise Elephant: Design and Influence » Blog Archive » What Pizza Can Tell Us About the New Economy

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:23:56 +0000

[...] if the New Economy (which I define as the Lace Economy) is about balance, a market correction pulling the economics of abundance (Free, or Freemium?) away [...]

By: Paul Carter

Paul Carter — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:01:47 +0000

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By: Wise Elephant: Design and Influence » Blog Archive » Trend Analysis: The Lace Economy – Kevin Sprague

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:09:29 +0000

[...] The Lace Economy has arrived. The grass roots are strong, and national brands, such as Starbucks (locally branded shops), and media outlets such as AOL and Yahoo (local news sites) and the New York Times (local neighborhood blogs), have already begun to interpret and act on the data. This shift is not an about-face from where we’ve been, it’s a fine-tuning of what we have into something genuine with a greater value. via blog.wiseelephant.com [...]

By: Wise Elephant: Design and Influence » Blog Archive » Where the Work is 2010: The End of the Middle, the Rise of the Middle

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:47:30 +0000

[...] This “natural” selection is producing solid, slow growth businesses that are built to last and are focusing on the basics. The Slow/Local Food movement is one burgeoning new business model that is rising from the floor. A premium for health and body nourishment (including spiritual, as places of worship are building new models too) is another. They are a renewed form of utilities and will one day be just as important to our mass-market daily lives as electricity, heat, and hot water. (I read recently Walmart is seeking to get into the local food movement.) I define this new shift “The Lace Economy.” (my earlier post here) [...]