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Recruitment Goal In Obama Precision Med Study: 1M in 3 or 4 Years

Xconomy

The Obama administration’s push to sign up one million Americans for a long-term health study will start in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Tucson, AZ, top health officials said today. The VA is running its own long-term study with nearly half a million participants so far.).

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OK, So Maybe Not ALL MBA Entrepreneurs Are Oxymorons

InfoChachkie

Large Capital Requirements – MBA’s, especially those from top schools, have access to significant amounts of capital, primarily through their alumni and peer networks. billion from 2010-2015. Despite their attitude and personality shortcomings, an MBA degree can provide certain types of startups with a distinct competitive advantage.

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Everything You Need to Know About Hyperloop

Tech.Co

Founded by Shervin Pishevar, along with Brogan BamBrogan and Josh Giegel, Hyperloop One made its entrance into the Hyperloop market on February 2015 with a Forbes article and an announcement of $11.1 Originally incorporated as Hyperloop Technologies, Hyperloop One is the second company to enter the market to actualize the Hyperloop concept.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

InfoChachkie

Instead of a traditional business school''s case study and textbook approach, UCSB''s Technology Management Program (TMP) emphasizes experiential learning. In addition to an Undergraduate Certificate, the Program is launching a Master of Technology Management degree in 2015.

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

Xconomy

In 2015, the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals were held in Marrakesh, Morocco. Our civic center actually had to upgrade their broadband because we needed a really good Wi-Fi with the competition being done on computers. ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals 2017.

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When Should You Allow Exclusivity in Deals?

Both Sides of the Table

PR Malloy (@diddly_do_indy) June 13, 2015. So they offered the same kind of crappy software that they tried to impose in the wired Internet era and because you had to get your phone subsidized and purchased through one of their stores and because you had to use a wireless network they had leverage to force customers to use their software.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

Twilio has now raised around $235 million, including a July 2015 round totaling $130 million. Also, you mentioned an interesting rails session that you attended last month about security, and we've been studying Google's web app security guidelines. Yet most VC's bury their failures under six feet of denial.