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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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Startup Grind was a truly awesome conference and Derek the consumate host. But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model. I hope to be asked back for next year’s event. “Online education is truly going to kill us.”

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Can your lawyer destroy a good business deal?

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And since attorneys are paid to protect, often they will give a litany of warnings about what could go wrong when accepting a contract clause that they have been trained to challenge. The attorney held fast defending every challenge, stating that “these terms are standard for our client and cannot be changed.”

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How to Configure Your Startup Team

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Early-stage companies shouldn’t: outsource core product development, have consulting firms build it for them to speed up time-to-market, shouldn’t hire too many business people until product is complete and early product/market fit tested. Engineering is critical but it is not everything.

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A Conversation with Ben Satterfield, Burstly

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Ben Satterfield is the co-founder of TestFlight, an immensely popular piece of software for iOS (and now Android) which lets developers distribute beta copies of their apps to their users. TestFlight recently joined forces with Burstly (www.burstly.com) to create a suite of apps for mobile developers and publishers. What is Burstly?

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EDF Renewable Energy Puts Google Wind Farm Into Operation

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San Diego-based renewable energy developer EDF Renewable Energy says that it recently put a 225 megawatt, wind farm--which is supplying electricity to Google--into operation. gigawatts worth of renewable energy long-term contracts. EDF RE said that Google is now the largest corporate buyer of renwable power in the world, with 2.6

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One of the Biggest Mistakes Enterprise Startups Make

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Referenceable means they are willing to be part of your sales collateral, willing to take calls from key leads, willing to speak at your conferences, etc. Why would you have your most important success factor (successful implementations) outsourced to a third-party where you don’t control quality and who is strictly mercenary (i.e.

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To My Wife, On Mother’s Day

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Now three years later we look on with wonder and their developed skills on the piano and guitar. You researched proper phone etiquette for pre-teens and your combined several different parent plans into one “mobile phone contract” that he had to read, discuss and sign so that he understood the responsibilities of owning a phone.

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