Josh Lerner: 6 books
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed--and What to Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Silicon Valley, Singapore, Tel Aviv--the global hubs of entrepreneurial activity--all bear the marks of government investment. Yet, for every public intervention that spurs entrepreneurial activity, there are many failed efforts that waste untold billions in taxpayer dollars. When has governmental...
Innovation and Its Discontents
How Our Broken Patent System is Endangering Innovation and Progress, and What to Do About It
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2011
The United States patent system has become sand rather than lubricant in the wheels of American progress. Such is the premise behind this provocative and timely book by two of the nation's leading experts on patents and economic innovation.
Innovation and Its Discontents tells the story of...
Patient Capital
The Challenges and Promises of Long-Term Investing
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
How to overcome barriers to the long-term investments that are essential for solving the world’s biggest problems
There has never been a greater need for long-term investments to tackle the world’s most difficult problems, such as climate change and decaying infrastructure. And it is increasingly...
Everyone Counts
Could "Participatory Budgeting" Change Democracy?
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce exceptional innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world.
The inaugural medal winner, the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP), is an innovative...
Making Democracy Fun
How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Drawing on the tools of game design to fix democracy.
Anyone who has ever been to a public hearing or community meeting would agree that participatory democracy can be boring. Hours of repetitive presentations, alternatingly alarmist or complacent, for or against, accompanied by constant heckling,...
by Josh Davis, Nikki Lerner
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2015
Worship Together in Your Church as in Heaven is a practical and foundational resource for pastors and worship leaders of all kinds. It addresses an urgent need in the church today: as our communities become increasingly diverse, how can we offer worship that is authentic and engaging for all of God’s...