This video, launched by Entrepreneur Magazine encapsulates some of the attributes that made KIND’s Daniel Lubetzky win the 2010 Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and carries new meaning since the Award was announced.  Among the key lessons: build a supportive environment for a super-star team, and use technology to simplify life, and food, rather than to complicate it.

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Tags: Entrepreneurship and Management, Science and Technology, New Product Development, Kinded, Education/Raising Children, Innovation, New York City, Marketing, KIND Snacks, Media and Alternative Media, Leadership, PeaceWorks Business by daniel
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Confirming KIND’s motto that “it’s usually the nuts that change the world”, Daniel was selected as Entrepreneur of the Year by Entrepreneur Magazine!  We are so proud.  Here is a link to the story.  And here is a video.

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Tags: Innovation, New York City, Introspection, Health, Entrepreneurship and Management, Kinded, New Product Development, Family, Leadership, Marketing, PeaceWorks Business, Life, KIND Snacks, Media and Alternative Media, Middle East, OneVoice Movement by daniel
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Bloomberg featured an article yesterday, illustrating the benefits that Egypt has incurred from trading with Israel. The article states that Israeli buttons on Egyptian clothing has boosted employment and benefitted the economy, despite some civilian backlash. 

Spotted by Daniel Lubetzky, redacted by Adeena Schlussel

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Tags: Israel, Entrepreneurship and Management, Innovation, Global, Middle East, United States, PeaceWorks Business by daniel
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Conflict Kitchen is a fascinating concept: food is served to communicate the stories of different cultures via iconic store fronts.  The featured country rotates every four months and the rotation is meant to educate as well as to please palates.  Check out more here!

Tags: Innovation, Interesting Random Stuff, Global, Middle East, PeaceWorks Business by daniel
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This awesome article in INC. Magazine, titled, “The Way I Work,” features Daniel and captures exactly how our CEO works! We are super proud that Daniel was featured in INC. and are even prouder that he is the fast paced, driven, successful worker that the article describes!

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Tags: Innovation, New York City, Family, Palestine, Entrepreneurship and Management, Kinded, Philanthropy, New Product Development, Leadership, Mideast Negotiations, KIND Snacks, Marketing, PeaceWorks Business, Middle East, Mexico, Media and Alternative Media, PeaceWorks Foundation, OneVoice Movement by daniel
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Read this great article by Salam Fayyad.  It represents the Palestinian mainstream of today and is very powerful and moving. [Read more →]

Tags: Introspection, Israel, Palestine, Leadership, Mideast Negotiations, PeaceWorks Business, Middle East, PeaceWorks Foundation, OneVoice Movement by daniel
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Now, Meditalia lovers can follow their favorite brand on its Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as on its YouTube channel.  Be sure to stay tuned to learn more about what this exciting addition means for fans of the brand!

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by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky

Check out this great PBS piece featuring PeaceWorks and Daniel’s efforts to end the Mideast conflict with OneVoice! Thank you Fred De Sam Lazaro for showing how entrepreneurship can enhance relations between Israelis and Palestinians (as well as in other conflict regions) while being lucrative as well.  With the persistence of others who share Daniel’s unyielding passion and belief that economic cooperation can lead to peace, we hope to see a decrease in Mideast tensions soon.

Tags: Health, Innovation, Israel, Palestine, Philanthropy, Gaza, Mideast Negotiations, Middle East, PeaceWorks Foundation, Religion, Media and Alternative Media, PeaceWorks Business by daniel
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by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky

This great article in ReadWriteStart features a story about Startup Weekend, a Seattle based team of developers, marketers, and managers looking to facilitate startup launches, who recently partnered with the Peres Center for Peace (PC4P).  The goal? To enable Palestinians and Israelis to collaborate on projects that both produce valuable items and build bridges.  The Startup Weekend philosophy echoes the PeaceWorks belief that populations in conflict regions can cooperate in business endeavors and eventually build something much greater than the good or service they produce.

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Tags: Entrepreneurship and Management, Palestine, Israel, Middle East, PeaceWorks Business by daniel
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I just re-read an essay I wrote (as therapy, I guess) back on September 11, 2001 and a couple days after, trying to capture the thoughts and feelings of New Yorkers after the World Trade Center terrorist attack.

It is worth remembering what the city and its people went through.

It is worth honoring the heroes and the fallen.

And it is worth reflecting on how we can deny a victory to the terrorists, back then and today, not just by apprehending them, but also by the lives we lead and how we lead them.

The original essay, Etiquette and Resilience in the Face of Calamity, is in the PeaceWorks Foods archives.  A copy is pasted below.

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Tags: New York City, Introspection, Democracy and Freedom (or lack of), Entrepreneurship and Management, Education/Raising Children, Leadership, Media and Alternative Media, Life, Middle East, United States, Global, PeaceWorks Business by daniel
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