Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Technology in the classroom has come a long way since its advent in the 1920s, when teachers would air radio broadcasts about topics relevant to their lesson plans. While technology in the classroom is not a new phenomenon, these days we are customizing technological innovations to make education adaptive and. Yes, for their time.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

And now, they’ve decided to pay it forward with a few education initiatives that could really make a difference. The coworking company has announced two meaningful education initiatives that could help people get a leg up in the tech community. Teaching kids as young as five-years-old about entrepreneurship is silly, right?

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 14, 2014

It’s why I wrote this article about Invoca (formerly RingRevenue) that the most obvious mobile Internet ad unit is, in fact, a phone call. Higher education. When you listen to Tony Hsieh talk about his Zappos customer reps in “ Delivering Happiness ” you get a sense of the effectiveness of call center relationships.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 23, 2012

We sat down with TX Zhuo , who is heading up the firm's venture investments, about the fund and his path here after a recent stint at Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors fund in Palo Alto. Specifically, we look at digital media, healthcare IT, e-commerce, education technology and financial services. What is Karlin Ventures?

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

One of Southern California's biggest assets are the number of world class, local universities researching and developing technology and knowledge across a large number of disciplines. First, what is All About Addiction about? An offshoot of running that group for a few years, was this website, All About Addiction.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. I have written about Deflationary Economics (one of my most read posts ever) & The Innovator’s Dilemma before. Disruption of Education.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 11, 2022

Sure, celebs have begun talking about it, but we’re rarely taught about it in health class. To even make marginal improvement, one would need to thread the needle of education and accessibility — and perhaps place compassion over profits and growth. The company today has 12 outlets in 10 cities in the U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 16, 2020

Ksenia Yudina initially founded the company to provide financial planning and services to lower- and middle-class families looking for ways to start saving for their children’s education, she said. As a father of two young boys, I care about their financial future and I know that other parents are feeling the same way.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

More we are taught in marketing classes. Then there’s the compass or cardinal definitions model for marketers : N=needs, W=wants, S=security, and E=education. Use all the techniques you learn in marketing classes to drive demand. Then there is the four C’s, the consumer-oriented marketing model (2). We can go on forever.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2013

Most classes in college focus on a narrow area of interest, which just teach students to focus on problems through one lens. People need realistic expectations about how much effort and time it takes to get just about any job. entrepreneur business classes startup college course business professional' Job Hunting Basics.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2011

I will talk much more about Internet TV in a future post. I’m investing in businesses that reinvent education. And while Maker Studios is pure entertainment, TreeHouse is pure education. Ryan wants to reinvent education. Programming should be the middle class job of the next 20 years.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

So suck that every teacher who scolded us for not paying attention to boring classes or making people with ADD feel less accomplished. I sat down with Kati Morton (who does YouTube videos on mental health) to talk about ADD. Luckily I don’t have hyperactivity but that makes me less able to talk about that.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

According to UC Irvine, along with AMC and online course provider Instructure, they are launching a massive open online course which uses pop culture to talk about such topics as "survival, leadership and adapting to situations that are perilous and uncertain". The course is free to anyone who wants to register. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Here is a class of investor we’ve covered before, one usually focused upon you and less upon your business case. We’ve worried together about the moral obligation implicit in taking such investments from people so close, even with their promise never to expect a return. Friends and family investors. How many angel groups are there?

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Xconomy

JULY 14, 2016

The shootings that targeted police officers at a peaceful protest in Dallas, which followed the officer-involved shooting deaths of Philando Castile near Minneapolis and Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, LA, also have raised distressing questions about racism in America and our criminal-justice system. Need more convincing?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

A traffic jam of expensive cars lined up to pull into the packed parking lot of MuckerLab for its second graduating class demo day. Tech Coast Angel investor Dale Okuno came out because he believes that MuckerLab attracts better talent because they keep their class size small and focused. And build great business they have.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. I had this discussion with Steve with the camera rolling and we talked about “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” as place that largely grew out of defense and government spending plus research labs around the Stanford campus.

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Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

People who live outside of Indiana probably know a few things about it: The Indianapolis 500, a.k.a. But people might not know much about Indiana’s economy and its culture of innovation. Here are three things you probably didn’t know about the Hoosier State: 1. billion in exports during the 12 months ended Sept.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. I’m not talking about the overwhelming weight of responsibility of thinking about extreme global poverty. And his stated goal at his young age is to get an education so his kids can grow up in a better neighborhood.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2014

In this article about Tom Perkins in the WSJ you would have had a clue before his recent letter. My first thought when I read this letter wasn’t so much about Nazism as it was about the French Revolution and the infamous “ let them eat cake ” comment. What about Kleiner? But let me try.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2018

The millions of immigrant workers who silently wash dishes in restaurants, are prep cooks, pick the agriculture that feeds us, build our houses, clean our houses, watch our kids and do our gardening are vilified as criminals by those currently in power to exploit the fears of working-class white, non-Hispanic, Americans. Invisibility.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Tell us a bit about your new startup? The goal is to open up an asset class that the average investor can't really access. The goal is to open up an asset class that the average investor can't really access. Traditionally, as you can imagine, buying into this asset class requires a tremendous amount of wealth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

Richard Branson’s adventurer escapades are legendary, and Steve Jobs made new product presentations an experience, as well as a sales pitch and an education. Design is not just about making things look pretty. Strive for breathtaking design, as well as function. Practice learning as an action sport. Not afraid to kill the cash cow.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 1, 2019

His upcoming book, The Trust Manifesto, about trust in the era of big data, will be released on October 4th. Employee engagement and education. This isn’t about finding comfortable ways of appeasing locals for the sake of positive PR. In the summer of 2018, parts of San Francisco’s public utilities turned gold.

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socalTECH

JULY 8, 2021

So talk a little bit more about this effort to be a high school on your corporate campus? It's segregated from where we are, but on campus in the same location, where they will be getting their education in that location. How did this all come about? Belkin facilities are built in a particular way for what we do.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Experiences way beyond any hack-a-thon, startup blog or your current company engagement can enrich your thinking and challenge you to think more broadly about the solutions you offer in the market. Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. I have talked about this before. It was an “enterprise 2.0”

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 16, 2016

When I arrived at Wharton many moons ago, I was told that all first-year students take the same set of Core classes. Like a sheepeople, I dutifully signed up for the required classes. Yet I was told by everyone, Professors, Advisors and students alike, that there was “no way” I could get out of taking my remaining Core classes.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 2, 2015

I even wrote about my experiences attending Web Summit , something I rarely ever write about. ” So how should you feel about Web Summit, DreamForce, TechCrunch Disrupt, CES, SxSW or any of the myriad of tech events that are put on every year? Big conferences in part are about education and entertainment.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

When Jacob Salamon and Jared Bauer met each other freshman year at UT-Austin, they were sitting in an astronomy class. Bauer thought all the way back to astronomy class and said that maybe the day had come for them to finally make movies together. Truthfully though, they knew very little about the platform.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

After an Adviser at his Cupertino High School told Nithin and his fellow Freshmen classmates about a school in Kenya that needed help with their educational facilities, Nithin, along with another student, created Kenya Dream and ran it as Co-Presidents. We didn’t think about having a prom. Lastly, never give up.

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2011

Today's interview is with Los Angeles-based Miso Media , a developer of iPad-based music education software, which uses note detection to help users learn guitar, ukulele, and banjo. First off, let's talk a little bit about your software. That's something we're really excited about as well. What does your software do?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 1, 2011

DonorsChoose let’s you “ hack their data &# in creative ways to create offerings that may be relevant to helping with education projects in America. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Charles Best , the founder of DonorsChoose.org to talk about his startup. Help support a project they’re passionate about.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Bruce, along with his wife Lynda, created a learning company from their garage, initially by holding in-person classes and later selling VHS tapes via mail order. Bruce and Lynda eventually grew their startup into a global powerhouse, offering 5,700 classes and 255,000 video tutorials to over 4 million users. I did not do well.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Although the sharing economy isn’t really new, here are a few of the arenas that Stephany and I believe are still ripe for disruption: Education. With US student debt at over one trillion dollars, startups like Skillshare and Udemy provide top-class vocational training for the price of a Harvard hoodie. Marty Zwilling.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 20, 2014

According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. All-Star Alumni. Am I biased?

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Eric Greenspan

APRIL 12, 2013

In my past post , I spoke about a recovery plan for Best Buy. At the Wizard, classes are offered for: computers, software, tablets, phones, setup on stereo receivers, DVDs, cabling, and even how to make a patch cable. The classes are posted online and members can sign up. Best Buy customers and the rest of us need education.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Launchpad LA today announces it will accept applications for its third class of Los Angeles-based tech startups. So What is Different for Class Three? The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. This education will continue. ” We get feedback like this often. So we went ahead.

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