October 2011
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Why digital talent really doesn't like your... →
Fast Company’s Aaron Shapiro outlined five reasons why digital talent goes running over the hills and into the Valley rather than working for companies that don’t offer free food 24-hours a day. But are there other reasons you’ve found that technologists won’t work for non-Silicon-Valley companies?
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…the key to boosting entrepreneurship and innovation is to encourage...
– Vivek Wadhwa, “Diversity, cultural networks power innovation,” The Washington Post
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Cybersecurity and the missing sense of urgency →
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SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott spoke with the Washington Post’s Emi Kolawole about what it takes to inspire, capture and communicate great ideas regardless of where you are.
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Justin Rattner, Intel’s Chief Technology Officer and Director of Intel Labs, discusses what’s next in tablet technology. He spoke with the Washington Post’s Emi Kolawole at The Brookings Institution on Oct. 20.
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How do you create jobs in the Arab world?
Jordan’s King Abdullah Il Ibn Al Hussein has called for a meeting of over 1,000 from 50 countries to discuss how best to create jobs in the Arab world as the region continues to struggle with political and social unrest.
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Deregulation will make U.S. utilities more efficient, consumer-friendly, and...
– “The lesson from Solyndra: It’s time to deregulate the energy sector,” by renewable energy consulting firm founder Sunil Sharan
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Khosla Ventures new $1.05 billion fund means good...
One of the world’s most renowned venture capitalists, Vinod Khosla, has raised a $1.05 billion fund, and he’s focusing on clean technology.
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Is college dead: Do too many kids go to college?
The Washington Post’s Vivek Wadhwa will debate PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel Wednesday evening regarding a subject the two have disagreed on for some time: Whether America’s youth should attend traditional colleges? Wadhwa argues that America’s next generation cannot afford to abandon the nation’s colleges and universities for customized, self-directed education. Thiel,...
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For the first time in roughly a century—since the transition from the one-room...
– Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, “The rise of online education,” The Washington Post
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With the vast growing fortunes of China and the export-driven economies of Asia...
– - Dominic Basulto, “Moscow’s news high-tech hub: Riddle, mystery or enigma?,” The Washington Post.
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That consumer demand shapes innovation is nothing new, but the scale at which...
– “iPhone 5 and the collective imagination,” The Washington Post
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Get a computer, please! Log on,” he said, “and go to your textbook.
– “Online textbooks moving into Washington are schools,” The Washington Post.
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