How do we connect Good Ideas with the Investment community in Today's Economy on a Global Scale? In this Digital Age of the 21st century, what is now required is a New Economic System, a New Platform that can measure economics and the currency of trading back and forth similar to the barter and trade systems of the past --- Intellectual Capital --- is the "New Currency of today". This new form of capital is the current world structure, and as we look upon this turning point today in our lives, taking this opportunity to move forward not only individually, but collectively as a community and globally as a world order. This new Intellectual Capital is leading us to a New Economic Order. Today we see the world at a strategic inflection point where it is growing as well as advancing in the areas of Intellectual Capital. Of course there are several known companies like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Amazon, eBay and many others. But we must never forget that Intellectual Property is what also created the automobile. It was Henry Ford's Intellectual Capital that brought automation of the automobile, which created the wealth of the auto industry. We then remember the minds of Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, which created industrialization on a level that, is still seen today, Rockefeller also added oil to his list of contributions and moved forward the car industry. The phenomenon of the social network website Facebook is a good analogy. Users can post a profile easily and with no barriers. The result is over 500 million people have added profiles so far in more than 170 countries. This has resulted in an incredible impact of one platform growing by collectivism. The financial brilliance of Goldman Sachs has seen this and blessed it with its golden gavel by partnering with Facebook which is now valued at $50 Billion Dollars. This valuation is not focus on advertising capability only or any other traditional measurable financial value. This value is placed on growth, and the number of people in the system as well as the future possibilities to reach these people directly. The key is anyone can enter a profile from anyplace in the world, because the barrier is so low. Facebook is not focused on economic development or global prosperity. But The Bank for International Ideas is.
Leonard S. Johnson is a serial entrepreneur who continuously comes up with new ideas and starts new business projects; he regularly conducts speaking engagements about public and private partnerships, economic development and the global flow of technology. Leonard is the former Chairman and CEO of the Pinnacle Group LLP, as well as conducting Senior Stock Loans for corporate executives, he is a member of several prominent organizations, including, The Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), associate of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), The Fabian Society, Forbes CEO Network, and Citizens for Global Solutions. Paula Singleton is a writer who has spent her life creating the idea that broke the rules. She is the former Vice President and Creative Director of the advertising agency, Singleton Creative Group In the business and fashion world, she could never keep an idea in a box. No matter her idea, she always wanted to help people be better than they asked to be. She began talking to the world via the internet long before it was considered the norm. Now, she's gone her usual step further. Her best creative project to date is her son, Graeme.
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