November 2011
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…something is missing in India: The angel investors, venture capitalists,...
– Vivek Wadhwa, “Why Silicon Valley should fear India,” The Washington Post.
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We can fix the 'supercommittee'
Dr. Hahrie Han is the Knafel Assistant Professor in the Social Sciences at Wellesley College and specializes in the way citizens connect to politics. She is the author of Moved to Action: Motivation, Participation, and Inequality in American Politics.
Congress has brought the country to the brink of disaster, yet again, and the American people are almost entirely fed up. Recent polls show that...
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Global Entrepreneurship Week: Successful and...
Monday marks the beginning ofGlobal Entrepreneurship Week — a seven-day worldwide event showcase for current and aspiring entrepreneurs.
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When a rose is more than just a rose
Labor rights are a growing concern as the “Occupy Wall Street” movement gains steam both in the United States and abroad. But even as workers demand better conditions on the job, consumers are demanding ever-lower prices. Is it possible to satisfy both the worker and the consumer — or does something have to give? Roberto Nevado founded Nevado Roses in Ecuador in 1996 with a focus on improving the...
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Daily deals and the demise of Black Friday
Retailers gearing up for Black Friday — the biggest shopping day of the year — have a new challenge: What do you do when every day has become Black Friday?
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Vivek Wadhwa | Silicon Valley women are on the...
“Vivek, do you notice something strange”, asked my wife, Tavinder, during a start-up awards event hosted by TechCrunch in San Francisco two years ago. The only thing that surprised me, I told her, was that technology celebrities were dressed in ragged jeans and t-shirts.
“No, Vivek, tell me,” she said, clearly wishing to be taken seriously, “Where are the women?”
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Build your own smell-O-Web robot →
If you’ve always wanted to smell the Internet, Olly may be what you have been looking for, to a point.
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I don’t know a single, black entrepreneur.
– TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington on the fourth installment of the CNN Documentary series, “Black in America.”
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