The Hub Culture social network has just announced a new contest named The Ven Prize. It will be awarded to “sustainable, circular, cellular economic systems in Hub Culture and the world at large.”

The Wall Street Journal recently produced a fascinating video covering the new world of peer to peer finance which features Hub Culture’s Ven, which can be used both online and off.

I noticed a wave of bedouin or ‘Mobile Working’ in London when I was back there for nearly a month recently. In fact I spent most of my time in London either using the mobile workspace I am now a member of, Hub Pavilion, or attending meetings hosted by others (headhunters, ad industry people, independent consultants etc) in their similar space, most which also have “Hub” in their name somewhere. Hub Pavilion, and founder Stan Stalnaker, hosted a dinner for me and 16 of my guests in the space, which gave me a sense of how these spaces serve social [...]

Consulting group and global social network Hub Culture has just released their 2009 Zeitgeist Ranking. Culled from observations, discussions and various intel gathered from Hub Culture members around the world, the list is an intuitive, but curated read on where in the world exciting opportunities and cultural ferment is on the upswing.
In a surprising upset, (spoiler alert) Washington, DC has bumped out Los Angeles and claimed the number one spot on the list this year. Hub Culture attributes this to pervasive worldwide feelings of sobriety, simplicity and desire for quality of life. It’s the first time the buttoned-down DC has [...]