links for 2007-03-29

• Winners of the 2005 Business Plan Competition

  Coverage from 2005’s Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup Business Plan Competition…Ben Hass and Stephanie Luongo, both seniors in the electrical engineering program, took the top prize in the Donald W. Reynolds Governor’s Cup last week. The team dev

  (tags: donald reynolds business plan competition ncet nevada unr unlv reno lasvegas vegas entrepreneurship entrepreneur)

• Reno AT&T» Blog Archive » GSM Phone Unlocking

  - What is the safest and most reliable way to unlock a Samsung Blackjack? – There are two different ways to go about getting your Blackjack unlocked. Or for that matter any GSM phone.

  (tags: unlock unlocking cell phone carrier samsung blackjack cingular AT&T tmobile jc&c)

• SWF07: Jacqueline Novogratz and designing products for the poor

  Some excellent notes taken by Bruno Giassani on social entrepreneurship and venture funds.

  (tags: social venture socialventure socialvc fund entrepreneurship entrepreneur acumen)

• Jacqueline Novogratz on TED Talks

  This is a very inspriring video of Jacqueline Novogratz. She is the charismatic founder and CEO of Acumen Fund, a non-profit that takes a business-like approach to improving the lives of the poor. In this talk, she applauds the heightened interest in Afri

  (tags: social venture socialventure fund socialentrepreneurship entrepreneurship capital africa non-profit microenterprise)

• RGJ.com: EDAWN to unveil new brand for area

  Business development leaders will unveil a new regional business brand at the Annual Luncheon on April 24 of the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada.The branding initiative, part of EDAWN’s ongoing Target2010 economic planning, will add

  (tags: reno nevada branding edawn Economic development target2010 seanadams)

• RGJ.com: Reno-Tahoe to Chicago and D.C.

  Flying to Washington D.C. from Reno-Tahoe International Airport just became a lot easier thanks to Southwest Airlines’ daily service to Chicago Midway, airport officials said today. Passengers can now fly to Washington Dulles by taking the new flight to

  (tags: reno nevada airlines Airport Tahoe Lake southwest.com southwest direct flights)

• Eat The Press | Revenge Is A Dish Best Served On The Internet: John McCain’s MySpace Page Hacked | The Huffington Post

  Brilliant lesson in online social graces. Too funny.The template was designed by Newsvine Founder and CEO Mike Davidson (original template is here). Davidson gave the template code away to anyone who wanted to use it, but asked that he be given credit

  (tags: social socialsoftware newsvine hacked hacking mccain security revenge politics)

• Nevada Conservation League Blog » Here Comes the Sun

  Nevada Conservation League has a blog now…great to see them in the Nevada Blogosphere. Thanks Myrna for the find.Senator Townsend was absolutely right. Nevada has the potential to be a world leader in developing renewable energy sources, as well as

  (tags: ncet nevada conservation league green clean fuels energy alternative randolphtownsend)

• RGJ.com: Heavenly plan moves closer to vote

  The controversy surrounds Heavenly’s plans to replace two slow and aging fixed-grip lifts on the resort’s Nevada side and replace them with a single, high-speed detachable quad lift. Environmentalists oppose the project and say the resort can build th

  (tags: heavenly green environment sierraclub laketahoe tahoe nevada TRPA)