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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. So I invested in Maker Studios , which is now the 3rd largest producer of Internet video on the web. But its objective is to teach the world web design or to program computers. Ryan wants to reinvent education. Full stop.

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Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010

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Interesting patterns emerged: Everyone makes the same classes of error. Computer scientists call the study of graphs “ network theory ,&# but on the web the word “network&# is used to refer to the websites themselves). recently did a lecture at a Babson MBA summer class on Entrepreneurial Leadership. Customer Care Today.

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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.