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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. In many ways I think general purpose writing & thinking skills are as valuable as math skills. His class reading lists could be a primer for any entrepreneur, not just MBAs.

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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. Often it’s not the best course. Fight monoculture.

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Why I Don’t Celebrate Income Inequality

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I am not writing about this out of the blue – this seems to be the topic of the day in my social stream based on blogs written, retweets rendered and attaboys handed out. Of course “carried interest” tax breaks are more at risk than founder tax breaks. What drives economic inequality in the US?

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