John F. Ince
Encyclopedia
John F. Ince is an author
, business journalist
, documentary
filmmaker, social entrepreneur
, podcaster and nonprofit administrator. Currently he is the host and creator of PodVentureZone, a regular podcast for the Venture Capital and entrepreneurial community and Founder / CEO of I-INSPIRE: An Operating System for the Social Economy.
As a journalist he covered the growth of the Internet economy as a Contributing Editor with Upside Magazine during the heyday of the dotcom boom and subsequent bubbleburst. He wrote major features on B2B
, Search Engines, Supply Chain Management
, E-Learning
, EMS
, Venture Capital Investment Banking and portals. His early articles on Google in 2000 and 2001, were amongst the first articles to predict the fledgling search engine's eventual success.
In 2005, he completed a documentary film on the U. S. National Debt Entitled, TIME-BOMB: America's Debt Crises Causes Consequences and Solutions. The film featured interviews with prominent businesspeople (George Soros, Peter G Peterson, Steven Rattner) U.S. Senators (Warren Rudman, Robert Byrd, Pete Domenici) and Economists (Harvard's Benjamin Friedman and Kenneth Rogoff, and BU's Lawrence Kotlikoff). In April 2006 the film was broadcast on national television, and again aired in August 2006.
He began his journalistic career as a reporter with Fortune Magazine in New York City and later joined the junior faculty of Harvard Business School
where he helped develop case materials and the curriculum for the "Management of Technological Innovation" course. He also worked on cases on solar energy and assisted with the New York Times bestseller, Energy Future, Report of the Harvard Business School Energy Project. He worked as a casewriter at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government under the supervision of former Massachusetts Governor and Presidential Candidate, Michael Dukakis
.
He is the author of three books and his writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal
, The New York Times
, The San Francisco Chronicle, Upside Magazine and numerous other publications.
Mr. Ince was recently selected as a featured hero by Better World Heroes (http://www.betterworldheroes.com/ince.htm) primarily for his role as the creator of the Earth Pledge Campaign. In that capacity he wrote "The Earth Pledge" a short statement of personal commitment that was made by millions of Americans on the 25 anniversary of Earth Day in 1995. Today, school children in schools around the country recite the Earth Pledge as a complement to the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mr Ince spent is the founder of One World Inc. and the Earth Aid Foundation, which assists with fundraising for a broad array of environmental groups by creating special events such as concerts and bikeathons.
Mr. Ince received his bachelor's degree in 1970 with honors in history from Harvard University, where he was an all American athlete in lacrosse, a member of three national championship squash teams and First Marshal, (President) of his graduating class. In 1973 he received his MBA from Harvard Business School, with a major in finance.
Author
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, business journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
filmmaker, social entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
, podcaster and nonprofit administrator. Currently he is the host and creator of PodVentureZone, a regular podcast for the Venture Capital and entrepreneurial community and Founder / CEO of I-INSPIRE: An Operating System for the Social Economy.
As a journalist he covered the growth of the Internet economy as a Contributing Editor with Upside Magazine during the heyday of the dotcom boom and subsequent bubbleburst. He wrote major features on B2B
Business-to-business
Business-to-business describes commerce transactions between businesses, such as between a manufacturer and a wholesaler, or between a wholesaler and a retailer...
, Search Engines, Supply Chain Management
Supply chain management
Supply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers...
, E-Learning
E-learning
E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching. The information and communication systems, whether networked learning or not, serve as specific media to implement the learning process...
, EMS
Electronics Manufacturing Services
Electronic manufacturing services is a term used for companies that design, test, manufacture, distribute, and provide return/repair services for electronic components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers...
, Venture Capital Investment Banking and portals. His early articles on Google in 2000 and 2001, were amongst the first articles to predict the fledgling search engine's eventual success.
In 2005, he completed a documentary film on the U. S. National Debt Entitled, TIME-BOMB: America's Debt Crises Causes Consequences and Solutions. The film featured interviews with prominent businesspeople (George Soros, Peter G Peterson, Steven Rattner) U.S. Senators (Warren Rudman, Robert Byrd, Pete Domenici) and Economists (Harvard's Benjamin Friedman and Kenneth Rogoff, and BU's Lawrence Kotlikoff). In April 2006 the film was broadcast on national television, and again aired in August 2006.
He began his journalistic career as a reporter with Fortune Magazine in New York City and later joined the junior faculty of Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
where he helped develop case materials and the curriculum for the "Management of Technological Innovation" course. He also worked on cases on solar energy and assisted with the New York Times bestseller, Energy Future, Report of the Harvard Business School Energy Project. He worked as a casewriter at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government under the supervision of former Massachusetts Governor and Presidential Candidate, Michael Dukakis
Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving...
.
He is the author of three books and his writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
, The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, The San Francisco Chronicle, Upside Magazine and numerous other publications.
Mr. Ince was recently selected as a featured hero by Better World Heroes (http://www.betterworldheroes.com/ince.htm) primarily for his role as the creator of the Earth Pledge Campaign. In that capacity he wrote "The Earth Pledge" a short statement of personal commitment that was made by millions of Americans on the 25 anniversary of Earth Day in 1995. Today, school children in schools around the country recite the Earth Pledge as a complement to the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mr Ince spent is the founder of One World Inc. and the Earth Aid Foundation, which assists with fundraising for a broad array of environmental groups by creating special events such as concerts and bikeathons.
Mr. Ince received his bachelor's degree in 1970 with honors in history from Harvard University, where he was an all American athlete in lacrosse, a member of three national championship squash teams and First Marshal, (President) of his graduating class. In 1973 he received his MBA from Harvard Business School, with a major in finance.
External links
- http://www.johnince.com
- http://www.time-bomb.org