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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. And who cares, right? in their 20′s. What could be more capitalist than that? And few in the press are willing to call this out.

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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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Avoid Monoculture. Travel. Read Widely. Let Experience be Your Compass.

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But poly sci taught me critical thinking and writing skills that I didn’t get in my econ classes. It’s not always the obvious sources of education that shape you the most. He writes about the fabric of American life, often from the perspective of his Jewish, New Jersey roots. Don’t get me wrong – I loved economics.

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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. But this often requires relatively large sums of money and it implies writing a check in a company whose future is uncertain. That might actually seem fair.

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