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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

Recently I wrote a post arguing to make the definition of a Startup more inclusive than that to which Silicon Valley, fueled by Venture Capital return profiles, would sometimes like to attach to the word. Actually, there is tons of wealth in San Diego but it isn’t organized well to support them. San Diego has Qualcomm.

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Gaining an Edge: Understanding Cyber Risk Appetite

Xconomy

The first thing organizations need to do is broaden their definition of cyber risk and understand how much risk they’re willing to take. What organizations need to do is define the level of cyber risk they’re willing to accept in the context of their overall risk appetites. Defining Cyber Risk Appetite.

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How to Teach Computational Thinking

Xconomy

Yes, there’s certainly a need for some number of software engineers in the world who can write low-level programs in languages like C++ or Java or JavaScript—and can handle the details of loops and declarations. One can express things at a much higher level—so one can concentrate on computational thinking, not mere programming.