Some cottage industry efforts and new inventions are growing because of affordable shared space and shared knowledge.
But greater access to information and shared knowledge does level the playing field, at least a little.
The internet and social media contribute greatly to the spread of shared knowledge.
In 2003, when I was looking to start my next business, I came onto this idea of community shared knowledge.
We must take responsibility for this global commons, and build on shared knowledge and international cooperation to manage it sustainably.
The nine single-handed yachtsmen who set off at different times in 1968, bidding to be the first to sail non-stop around the world, shared knowledge and friendship.
For Addison Fischer, a board member and cofounder of Planet Heritage Foundation, the shared knowledge around the table and collective funding is critical to the success of the group.
"Shared knowledge should be freely accessible, " says Wales.
The crew aboard a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier has massive turnover rates yet maintains their shared knowledge and 90 years of accumulated expertise, operating at extremely high levels of risk and expertise.
It absolutely is, however, the 90-year accumulation of shared knowledge that the US Navy has amassed since 1922 when the first plane was launched from the deck of the USS Langley CV-1.
The President of the Campaign for Female Education, Ann Lesley Cotton, shared knowledge drawn from 20 years of work in rural communities of Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular the focus on the social environment, community participation, and building a broader rural economy with the full participation of women.
Participants shared their knowledge and experience to highlight the contribution community-level observations and traditional knowledge can make in the design of tools to adapt to climate change at both national and global levels.
When the Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony gave thanks for a bountiful harvest nearly four centuries ago, they enjoyed the fruits of their labor with the Wampanoag tribe -- a people who had shared vital knowledge of the land in the difficult months before.
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You can go to seminars and screenings all day, but nothing compares to the depth of knowledge shared this week through face-to-face communication.
Power comes not from knowledge kept but from knowledge shared.
Some of these collaborations are documented, such as the assistance of George Graham, who shared his vast knowledge of how metals are affected by the relative heat or cold of different latitudes.
Sports business luminaries such as David Stern, Dave Checketts, and Donna Lopiano have served as lecturers in years past and have shared their vast knowledge with a captivated audience that usually includes students, alumni, faculty, administrators, advisory board members and the media.
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Combining IBM Research's expertise in the areas of mathematical sciences, computer science and high-performance computing with the deep-power engineering and operational know-how of the participating members, the Institute will focus on five core innovation tracks to pursue joint research and where shared investments, knowledge and capabilities will benefit every member.
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But I shared a lot of knowledge, and gave time and a lot of practical help as well, bc I wanted to help others.
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It is hard to believe that our knowledge is not shared by others.
Suddenly isolated individual knowledge can be shared quickly and cheaply.
But if you are a Wharton professor, it is a pretty certain bet that you have a great deal of knowledge that is not shared by the general public.
When shared amongst elders and youth, this knowledge provides the basis for important comparisons between what is observed today, and what occurred in the past.
Many of these gains are shared today by non-unionized labor and knowledge workers.
Scientific knowledge must be pertinent to issues on the ground and be shared effectively and rapidly, so that everyone may make a difference in reducing the impact of major water problems.
The rate at which random changes over the generations occur in mitochondrial DNA is fairly well known and, using that knowledge, Dr Krause estimates that the newly discovered species last shared an ancestor with modern humans about 1m years ago.
Concerns about these anti-competitive strategies are shared by all of us who want an open and trusted internet that enables knowledge and commerce, while empowering citizens and customers.
Supercomputing is revolutionizing open research within the global scientific community, based on the idea that scientific knowledge -- and access to supercomputers -- should be openly shared and available to all.
But, as soon as the use of the software crosses from shared application infrastructure to proprietary advantage, OpenGamma must someone agree not to share that knowledge.
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The enthusiasm of Mr. Rosen in participating seems to be shared throughout the organization as Dan explained how the experienced employees take great pride in sharing their knowledge with the students in the Project SEARCH program and relish in the reward of seeing jobs click with the students.
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