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Creating the Next Generation of US Employees. My Investment in Treehouse

Both Sides of the Table

I know readers of this post aren’t in that demo but that’s what the data says. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. I’m investing in businesses that reinvent education. And while Maker Studios is pure entertainment, TreeHouse is pure education. Americans watch 5.3

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

SoCal CTO

Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. Wannabe entrepreneur symptoms and cures - Gabriel Weinberg , July 25, 2010 I was once a wannabe entrepreneur. recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. You're probably making a lot of these errors too.

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myLINGO | Connecting Non-English Speakers with the Movies

Tech Zulu Event

Just 20 years old and a recent Harvard University dropout, Olenka provided insight into her transition to Los Angeles, life as an entrepreneur, and how she’s passionate about helping non-English speakers see American movies in their own native language. Explain to our readers why you started your company, and why you created your app myLINGO.

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codeSpark:Teaching Kids Software Coding Without Words

socalTECH

The original spark came, because my daughter, Naomi, who is six and was in first grade at the time, took a Lego Robotics class. Most importantly, he is a rockstar game designer, and had been at Disney for 13 years, working on things like Toontown Online, Pirates of the Carribean Online, and Pixie Hollow, among others.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Background: Joel Spolsky studied Computer Science at Yale University (class of 1991). Joel doesn’t think he could design software for something in which he doesn’t have expertise. Lesson: As CEO, it is your responsibility to educate everyone and mediate the difficult tensions that can arise by removing excuses.