Jen van der Meer

Jen van der Meer

I like to measure the impact of everything: financial, environmental, and social.

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Archive for August, 2010

SXSW Proposal: Marrying for Money. The ROI of Relationships

You CAN measure the ROI of relationships – personally, and professionally, and this seminar will show you how. No spreadsheets needed for this lecture, and only minimal algebra. Bring a cocktail napkin, a flair ink pen, and learn how to calculate the net present value of your future mate, your pet, or [...]

New Post at Amex Open Forum: How to Tally Green Jobs: Do Bikes and Biodiesel Count?

Aug 10, 2010 -
The recent weak news on the unemployment front leaves some of us wondering: Where are all of the green jobs?
The U.S. Department of Commerce made an attempt to answer this very question and set a benchmark to measure the size of the emerging green economy by the number of green jobs it [...]

The GDP Killers

ROI, EPS, and GDP are acronyms under attack.
From big picture to smaller picture, these acronyms all give order of magnitude value to the financial return of our efforts as humans on this earth.
I’m going to start with the big picture, GDP, and look at the developing alternatives to a one number view of a country’s [...]

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