• Road Trips, Common Brands and Crazy Cool New Friends.

    Posted on June 28th, 2011 by and currently 1 commenting.


    This very cool house was on the Common 001 Blog. It’s a $20,000 house designed by Rural Studios. You can find out more about Rural Studios here.

    So. Okay. Tomorrow I am packin’ up my car and heading down to Greensboro, Alabama to participate as an adviser in COMMON 001 thanks to an invitation from, John Bielenberg. I met John when he was in Greenville for the TEDx conference in March and we became instant friends. He’s the master mind behind this really cool endeavor called Project M.

    But back to COMMON 001.

    What’s COMMON? From their website:

    Introduced in Janurary 2011 by Alex & Ana Bogusky, Rob Schuham and John Bielenberg, COMMON is a creative community for rapidly prototyping social ventures. All done under a unified and collaborative brand.

    Common is a collaborative network of creative professionals putting ideas into motion.

    And I love this part:

    With less talk and more action.

    They are creating social ventures, businesses that spread love and prosperity to all shareholders.

    You know, they had me at love.

    And the idea is all these new found social ventures, will not only spread love and prosperity but they will all share one brand.

    COMMON.

    Yeah, yeah. Don’t say COMMONist. It’s been said.

    Now I won’t pretend to completely see the full vision. YET. And in some ways, I think Ana, Alex, John and Rob are letting a lot of things happen organically. Going with what feels right.

    And I like that too.

    Anyway, my head and heart says go to Alabama. I’m sure I have something to learn from heading to this little rural community in the dead of summer. Besides, I think a long drive by myself is just what I need. It’s been a crazy busy fun half year. And the thought of loud music, fresh air and alone time on the road just feels right to me.

    Find out more about Common and Common Cycles(their first social venture) here.

    I’ll take the camera and try to capture some of my adventure on video!

    Stay tuned!

  • http://www.dmarc8.com Marc

    Go Robbin! Have fun in Greensboro and keep us up to date on what’s going on with COMMON. Soak up the experience and let us know what you learn, and love!