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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve just completed an investment in Ryan Carson’s new company, TreeHouse. I’ve talked before about problems I see with the US education system in both my post about Peter Thiel’s 20-under-20 initiative and also my review of Waiting for Superman. I’m investing heavily in Internet video. Americans watch 5.3

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Where You’d Least Expect Them

Xconomy

Due to Rapid City’s off-the-beaten-path location and small size — it’s tucked among the Great Plains, about 25 miles from Mount Rushmore, with a population of approximately 74,000 — the destination doesn’t typically enter the conversation for ICPC, which draws about 1,400 attendees. “The The last couple of years, it was in Warsaw, St.

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