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Why Technology Alone Won’t Fix Education

Xconomy

“ Artificial intelligence will transform the education system.” “ Immersive technology will reshape learning forever.” These are just some of the industry rumblings about how edtech will disrupt and ultimately “fix” what’s wrong with the education system in the United States. The issues affecting the educational system, especially.

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Clinton and Trump Platform Analysis: Which Is Best for Education Companies?

Xconomy

Educational technology is one field worth examining, even though education hasn’t been a front-burner issue in the final months of the campaign. Both Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump say they’d spend billions on educational reforms, and while their visions diverge, they have some points in common.

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Interview with Daniel Scalisi, MobileCause

socalTECH

Daniel Scalisi is the CEO of Los Angeles-based MobileCause (www.mobilecause.com), a startup focused on the mobile, nonprofit fundraising area. We've now been operating for five months, and have become the leading web service for mobile fundraising in the country. What is mobile fundraising? What's your startup all about?

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Sebastian Thrun and Udacity Launch New Self-Driving Nanodegree

Xconomy

These days, Thrun seems just as excited by another imprint he’s made on the still-forming AV industry—not as a researcher, but as an entrepreneur in online education. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. Lee Essner is formerly a senior exec from WeddingChannel and has much experience in running a successful web property.

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There’s More to Fargo, North Dakota Than What’s on the Big Screen

Tech.Co

To do this, we strategically pursue job creation and business attraction, work educational institutions and industry to ensure a strong talent pipeline, and create collaboration between public and private sectors. For example, Myriad Mobile raised $1.5 What’s the most exciting thing that has happened in Fargo in the past year?

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How ConsumerTrack Has Created A Growing, Profitable--and Mostly Unknown Business

socalTECH

In the Los Angeles startup world, there are lots of high profile, buzzy companies which have lots of attention and funding--but which haven''t earned a dime of revenue. Plus, we have mobile optimized sites, and those are just scratching the surface now, there''s a huge amount of growth potential with mobile traffic available today.

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