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Human Capital: Moving away from ‘master/slave’ terminology

TechCrunch LA

When racism is built into the technical framework of a company, it perpetuates a false idea that white people are superior to Black people. . A new poll from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies found that it’s going to be a close election. The latest in the battle over Prop 22 and AB 5.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I told people privately my perfect spec: computer science undergrad from MIT (or any other great school), 2-years at McKinsey but no more than that (I love the analytical framework that the top strategy consulting firms provide. I then worked in a computer store called Software Centre in high school and college (UCSD).

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Journey Platform To Build Data Gathering Mobile Apps | Co-founder Interview Conrad Hofmeyr

Tech Zulu Event

The whole Journey app building experience takes place inside your web browser, so there’s no software to install. For the most part, our competitors offer fairly generic technology platforms that allow professional software developers to build a huge variety of mobile apps. How does it work? What is the future of Journey?

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TZ Startup Hot Seat | Mark O’Sullivan Founder and CEO of Vanilla Forums

Tech Zulu Event

Vanilla is forum software that powers discussions on over 400,000 sites around the world. We removed all of the features and bloat that plagues other forum software, and created an addon framework so the forum owner can use Vanilla as the basis on which they can build their vision of how their community should appear and function.

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Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010

SoCal CTO

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). &# The classic framework for analyzing a firm’s strategic position is Michael Porter’s Five Forces.

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The Future of Human-Robot Interaction

Xconomy

As long as a human is in the loop to determine intent and constraints, I believe we are operating within a safe framework for lethal force. There has been some great research at Indiana University studying the use of robots versus cameras for older adults, who generally preferred the robot. But a human still has to launch that missile.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

Both Sides of the Table

They often are very good at getting information out of people, helping create a framework for making decisions and pushing for support amongst the organization from those that back the decision and those that do not. You have beautifully executed software. You want somebody who can lead teams on three continents.

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