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7 New Opportunities Based On Trends And Demographics

Startup Professionals Musings

million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Generation X (Generation Me) – 64.9 Everyone is predicting a rise in massive open online courses (MOOC) , that will drive the need for new course content, architecture, and delivery approaches. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. Education: More students and different classes.

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Sebastian Thrun and Udacity Launch New Self-Driving Nanodegree

Xconomy

Sebastian Thrun first made his mark on autonomous vehicle development at the dawn of that industry, when he led a Stanford team whose robot car Stanley won the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge in 2005 by racing driverless through the Mojave Desert for 132 miles.

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Reflections On 2016: John Greathouse, Investor, Professor at UC Santa Barbara

socalTECH

I am very excited with the prospects of the San Diego market, as it reminds me of Santa Barbara circa 2005. He is a Professor Of Practice at UC Santa Barbara, where he teaches courses on New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Sales. John Greathouse: We opened up our practice in San Diego by investing in Zingle and Raken.

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Why A Cellular Carrier Did Not Buy Skype - Watching A Big Dumb Company Fail In Real Time

InfoChachkie

billion caused me to recall an awkward meeting I had in 2005 with a particularly clueless group of cellular executives. Cool stuff for circa 2005, unless you were an idiot working for a cellular carrier. In the course of one meeting, I observed the following trifecta of stupidity. Witnessing The Idiot’s Dilemma.

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How the Seed-Stage VC Trend Began, The Downsides of Unicorns & Much More

Both Sides of the Table

It is, of course, a very recent phenomenon. Let me take you back just 10 years ago to 2005 in Silicon Valley where I returned after 11 years of living in Europe. But back in 2005 there were a few people who spotted the trend before others and one of the true pioneers was (and continues to be) Jeff Clavier who founded SoftTech VC.

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7 Societal Changes That Invite New Venture Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

million, born 2005-2024, yet to be defined Silent Generation (Lucky Few) – 28.6 Everyone is predicting a rise in massive open online courses (MOOC), that will drive the need for new course content, architecture, and delivery approaches. First, a quick summary of the major U.S. Education: More students and different classes.

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How I got a Countrywide Loan Modification from BofA

Eric Greenspan

I of course paid only the negative amortization amount of $8,000 per month tacking the difference back on to the principal each month. When I bought house, this was a non-issue as the value had increased a tremendous percentage from when I bought back it in 2005. My home had peaked at value and my business was slowing.