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CLU's Gerhard Apfelthaler: What I Learned In 2014

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The Center is designed to be a hub for the start-up community along the Westlake Village  Thousand Oaks corridor. What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? As an educator, I am looking forward to innovations in online learning. gerhard apfelthaler education incubator' READ MORE>>.

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An Unlikely Unicorn: Lynda.com’s Journey From Garage To $1.3B Sale

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In 2015, LinkedIn purchased Lynda.com for $1.5 Like a true entrepreneur, even though she was young, she took control of her life and pursued an alternative education. Bruce also experienced a challenging time at school, struggling with the limitations of a 1970’s public school education which emphasized conformity over creativity. [3:27]

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Enrou: Combining Causes and Commerce To Help Improve The World

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I had worked along with some of these organization son the ground, who were employing people, providing microfinancing, education, and help. Hiptico also has a Mayan education fund, a great fund they support through purchases, to help put the children of the artisans into school with scholarships. READ MORE>>.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

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The BB-8 app-enabled Droid had such a global adoption among kids and adults that it was named the number one Star Wars toy of 2015. Brit + Co is a digital media company that inspires, educates and entertains real women with a creative spirit.

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OK, So Maybe Not ALL MBA Entrepreneurs Are Oxymorons

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Ventures In Which An MBA Education Is A Plus. MBA’s are trained to design, organize and manage such large-scale, complicated operations. billion from 2010-2015. A nice way of saying they can be arrogant mercenaries. “When M.B.A.’s ’s come to us, we have to fundamentally retrain them.

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3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation

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In fact, they led the way for the state’s GDP growth of 3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2015, which was the highest in the nation , according to the U.S. When doctors implant devices to replace a patient’s missing bones or support damaged bones, those devices were probably designed, developed, and/or manufactured in Warsaw.

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Kids Can Camp Online at “Summer of Minecraft”

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Beloved by children and parents alike, the game has been lauded and awarded by education groups for teaching STEM and code skills while encouraging social collaboration. They joined forces to create the online virtual reality “Summer of Minecraft” camp to make coding and digital design more accessible for kids.