Graham on Start-ups, Innovation, and Creativity
Paul Graham, essayist, programmer and partner in the y-combinator talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about start-ups, innovation, and creativity. Graham draws on his experience as entrepreneur and investor to discuss the current state of the start-up world and how that world has changed due to improved technology that makes it easier to start a software company. Graham talks about his unusual venture firm, the y-combinator, and how he and his partners work with start-ups to get them ready for
Buchheit on Google, Friendfeed, and Start-ups
Paul Buchheit, developer of Gmail and founder of FriendFeed, talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the evolution of the Gmail project, how innovation works and doesn't work in a large corporation, how Google has changed as it has grown, and corporate culture generally. The conversation then turns to social networking and what might be coming next. The discussion concludes with Buchheit's observations on Silicon Valley and the power of failure.
Episode 8. What's a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve?
Harvard University
Darwin and Love
McGill celebrates Darwin Day and Valentine's Day with this special presentation by Dr. David Green, the director of Redpath Museum, on courtship and sexual selection in a range of species.
Place Value Rocks!
Play these educational math games and test your knowledge of Place Value! Can you use Place Value Blocks to help you represent different digits? Test your ability to write out given numbers into sentences with Cookies! How sharp are your place value skills? Test your knowledge with Golfing with numbers!!
Episode 30: Love Life of the Mountain Brushtail Possum Behavioural ecologist Dr Jenny Martin explains how studying Australia's Mountain Brushtail Possum has helped us understand how ecological change affects animal mating behaviour. This is the second of our "Summer Season of Science" mini series. With Up Close science host Dr Shane Huntington. Stable Mineral Assemblages in Metamorphic Rocks Love and Revolution Episode 8. What's a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve? If I were you, I wouldn't start from here: understanding Oxford through its past The Passion and Perseverance Behind a Start-up - Joe Liemandt (Trilogy) From Start-up to Market Dominance in the Field of Surgical Robotics - Lonnie Smith (Intuitive Surgic The Contrasts of a Big Company and a Small Start-Up - Gil Penchina (Wikia) A Pandora's Box of Start-up Expertise - Tom Conrad (Pandora) UT Matters - First-Year Experience, A strong start to a successful end Built to Love: Creating Products that Captivate Customers Growth strategies for start-ups: Growth problems Homeschooling Tips : How to Start a Homeschool Growth strategies for start-ups: Definition and models Growth strategies for start-ups: Learning objectives and overview
This 81-slide PowerPoint presentation reviews the phase rule in terms of metamorphic systems, using the brucite-periclase system as an example. Binary and ternary chemographic diagrams are used to explain compatibility in mineral assemblages. The presentation covers ternary diagrams for complicated systems, ACF and AKF diagrams, projections from apical phases, and J.B. Thompson's A(K)FM diagram is used as an alternative tool to apply to pelitic rocks. Lastly, a set of rules is laid out to help c
Divergent views on politics and religion fuel a feud between two prominent Williamsburg families. Museum educator Anne Willis tells the story of their children's unlikely marriage.Author(s):
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Local history lecture, by Chris Day, giving an overview of the history of the University of Oxford. Visit http://media.conted.ox.ac.uk/lh01 to view the full presentation from Chris Day, including his slides.
Joe Liemandt, founder, President and CEO of Trilogy, describes the passion and perseverance it took to take his enterprise software company from a five-person start-up to a global industry leader.
Lonnie Smith, President and CEO of Intuitive Surgical, discusses Intuitive's path from start-up to market dominance in the field of surgical robotics.
Gil Penchina, CEO of Wikia, and an 8-year veteran of eBay, contrasts his experiences and lessons of working in a big company with heading a small start-up.
After nearly two decades in the trenches of Pets.com, Apple Computer, and the You Don't Know Jack game series at Berkeley Systems, Tom Conrad (Pandora CTO) shares his acquired wisdom on succeeding in the consumer internet space. He discusses agility, crisp decision making, and focus, and peppers his lessons with numerous entertaining anecdotes of dot-com days and corporate progress.
The First-Year Experience (FYE) program is how Blue and Gold Scholar Award recipient Julian Bumpus-Barnett and the rest of his peers began their freshman year in fall 2009 at The University of Toledo.
Some companies seem to possess an uncanny ability to introduce products and services that can generate a firestorm of excitement into the marketplace and captivate customers -- resulting in unparalleled success, profits, and a growing and loyal customer base. Is it just luck? Not according to Carnegie Mellon University professors Peter Boatwright, associate professor of marketing, and Jonathan Cagan, professor of mechanical engineering. Their latest book, "Built to Love: Creating Products that C
Global Text Project
When starting a homeschool, check the state rules and regulations, buy educational materials and keep track of important scholastic records.
Linda Wooldridge has been homeschooling since 1998, and she has been on the PPEA board for three years as the orientation coordinator for Pinellas County.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz The video has English captions.
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