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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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Today’s higher education is responding by making more courses online and available to people outside of physical boundaries. ” But I pointed out a professor at HBS ( Tom Eisenmann ) who teaches a course where blogs are a part of the classroom reading material. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

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Even from a young age, my experiences as president of my college fraternity were more formative in my experiences as an entrepreneur than my economics classes were. But poly sci taught me critical thinking and writing skills that I didn’t get in my econ classes. Take lots of inputs but then let your internal compass set your course.

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Why I Don’t Celebrate Income Inequality

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Of course “carried interest” tax breaks are more at risk than founder tax breaks. Of course if an employee “exercises” his or her options AND holds the stock more than one year then they are eligible to earn long-term capital gains. Of course I don’t believe that VCs should be a protected class.

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