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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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Disruption of Education. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. Today’s higher education is responding by making more courses online and available to people outside of physical boundaries. .

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

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And a few teams of super talented, educated and bright entrepreneurs make a few mill. Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. Acquihires and Venture Capital. I’m a VC. But that’s not how you make money in the venture capital business.

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Why I Don’t Celebrate Income Inequality

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I am not writing about this out of the blue – this seems to be the topic of the day in my social stream based on blogs written, retweets rendered and attaboys handed out. VCs also get capital gains tax rates on “carried interest,” which is what irritates the masses. What drives economic inequality in the US?

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