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Quantum Computing 101: Brilliant, Google, Microsoft Training Workers

Xconomy

From Microsoft and IBM to Alphabet’s unit X and Canada’s D-Wave Systems, companies are racing to build powerful quantum computers that may solve problems beyond the capacity of the most sophisticated conventional processors, and do it much faster. Read more » Reprints | Share:

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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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Women Inspire NYC’s Tech Startups to Dream Bigger

Xconomy

In fact, I put myself through NYU Stern while working for companies like IBM, Prudential, and Merrill Lynch, and joined Goldman Sachs upon graduation. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS. As a native New Yorker, it may not come as much of a surprise that growing up I wanted to work in finance.

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Degreed Raises $75M to Expand in Growing Workforce Training Sector

Xconomy

San Francisco-based Degreed is among the educational technology companies now classified as “learning experience platforms,’’ because they organize staff participation in skills development training and coordinate it with the goals of employers, who are their clients. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Fixing Tech’s Gender Problem Starts With Company Culture

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Diversity on all levels, be it ideas, education, background, gender, ethnicity or otherwise, is critical to our growth. Our customers are some of the world's largest, most diverse organizations on the planet, such as IBM, HP and Dell. Share and Enjoy. You can follow John on Twitter: @johngreathouse.

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How I Got My Teen from Cs to Bs in Two Weeks

Eric Greenspan

I rarely see such a change in my life from simply reading a book, but this is one of those times and I had to share it. She’s an educator, an author and the founder of Kidzmet. We will only contact you when we have amazing new products to share. This is a true story. I cook, I drive, I do dishes. I gladly obliged.

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Mommy Bloggers: the Ultimate Influencers

Eric Greenspan

Their influence is strongest in the area of child education, products aimed at children or parents, parenting, and many other family oriented industries. Leverage their influence by negotiating revenue share deals; 5. If you sell into these markets, here’s what you should consider: 1. How do you access Mommy Bloggers?

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