A Cup of Stories

Our lottery for the third cohort for HudsonUP closes in just a few hours – at 11:59pm tonight. Enter now if you live in the city of Hudson, New York, are 18+ years old and make under the annual...

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Thrilled to see our Spark Of Hudson’s UBI Pilot, HudsonUP, featured in Fast Company. We are changing lives and unleashing human potential. This is just the beginning — one year down, 4+ years...

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University of the People: A Crypto-First Endowment for Borderless Learning

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Thrilled and honored to have made the list of Worthy 100 — a list of 100+ entrepreneurs “working to make a serious impact both personally and through their businesses”. Many thanks to Worth...

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Attn: friends of Hu dson, NY residents: DEADLINE TONIGHT at 11:59pm to enter the lottery to be a UBI pilot participant for HudsonUP. $500 a month for 5 years. No strings attached. Enter at: hudso...

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I’m beyond excited to announce the launch of a second cohort of HudsonUP ’s UBI pilot. 50 additional Hudson residents will be drawn from a lottery which opens today. I hope you’ll conside...

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Looking forward to participating in Visions 2030

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It’s the 15th of the month. It may not mean a lot to you but for 25 participants in HudsonUP, our UBI pilot in Hudson, it’s payday. Every month, on Day 15 for 5 years, participants receive $5...

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Larger than Life I’ve had the oddest experience over the past few weeks. It’s not the fact that I’ve never actually met colleagues/partners with whom I’ve been closely working over the ...

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Excited to participate in Hudson Mayor Kamal Johnson ’s virtual town hall today at 4pm to discuss the opening of entries for HudsonUP, our UBI pilot in Hudson, NY.  Will be joined by Albert ,...

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“We don’t like to be the first, and we don’t like to be the last.” That was one of hundreds of rejections I received from target customers the year I launched my first startup. Frustratin...

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I’m still haunted by responses I received a few years ago from a survey I posted on Facebook. I asked, “if you knew as a teenager you’d be given $1000 a month for the rest of your life, how...

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$500 each and every month for 5 years. Guaranteed. No strings attached.  Life-changing for most. But imagine you’re living in poverty. It’s like winning the lottery. In fact, it is winning t...

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You’d think it would be easy to give away money. Turns out it’s pretty difficult.  In the process of launching HudsonUp (our UBI pilot), it’s quickly become clear how many obstacles ther...

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When people ask why I’m such a big supporter of Universal Basic Income (UBI), I tell them about my Aunt Ruth. During WW II, Aunt Ruth fled Berlin for London where she met and married Uncle Kurt...

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I’m thrilled to announce that The Spark of Hudson, the learning center we’re launching in Hudson, New York, is partnering with Andrew Yang’s Humanity Forward to launch HudsonUP, a basic inc...

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If I’ve learned one thing living up at Wally Farms this past month it’s that nature doesn’t adhere to our calendar. It may say spring in April, but snow and hail came anyway this past week....

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Please let anyone know who is looking for reliable N95 masks, surgical masks, gowns, goggles, testing kits and ventilators that Jaida Yang, a VC at Infinite Road (Cornell friend now in China) has...

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My heart is broken. Our beautiful golden doodle Dori passed away yesterday after a sudden illness that caught us all by surprise. She was the most loyal and loving creature imaginable. And incred...

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I can’t believe no one has heard of the WeiberWirtschaft. Not a great name (I still have a hard time remembering + pronouncing it), but its mission and accomplishments are epic. It’s a co-wor...

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