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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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And a few teams of super talented, educated and bright entrepreneurs make a few mill. Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. And who cares, right? in their 20′s. What could be more capitalist than that?

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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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Disruption of Education. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. Today’s higher education is responding by making more courses online and available to people outside of physical boundaries.

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

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It’s not always the obvious sources of education that shape you the most. Take lots of inputs but then let your internal compass set your course. Often it’s not the best course. That india isn’t just a headline about call centers, computing programming and offshoring. Challenge conventional wisdom.

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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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