You’ve heard the saying “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” (Robert H. Schuller), and for some people they appear to not worry about failure.  In many cases it is true – they were too busy, and they had confidence that their dreams were destined to materialize.

Many of us consume information in the area that we want to grow and develop in.  People who are pursuing their dreams are drawn to stories, resources, and other information sources that help them.

Much of the focus on this blog is on ventures platformed on the social web and companies who have online services and products.

And like many leaders of 21st century web startups, they are inspired by the crowd.

“There go the people.  I must follow them for I am their leader.“ - Alexandre Ledru-Rollin

The dreams of the crowd can inspire individuals to act to make those dreams become real.  Perhaps those dreams are the biggest of all, as they are the dreams of many.

And in writing this post, it occured that the reverse is true – and is part of the business model of companies such as Genius Rocket: to take the dream of one and allow the crowd to help fulfill it. (Genius Rocket presented at our June 2009 event, and their community creates media for others in a crowd-sourcing type of way).

And the video for this post is Beyoncé‘s “Sweet Dreams“ (as opposed to The Eurythmics 1980′s hit “Sweet Dreams” [are made of these]):

The video is about 5 minutes long.

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There are a few additions to the format that are being worked on as well.

The list:

1. Contribune (www.contribune.org)
2. ThinkTalk Networks (www.thinktalk.com)
3. Legal River (www.legalriver.com)
4. Revamped Media (www.revamp.com)
5. Genius Rocket (www.geniusrocket.com)

We listened, and having a smaller lineup will allow keeping to the time schedule, and also allow more networking afterwards.

scene from Startup Rockstars #4 – March 2009 – Qorvis, Washington DC