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This Week in the New York Innovation Community – February 1st, 2010

This is going to be BIG.

The phenomenon, they argue, will accelerate creativity across a larger network. Does crowdsourcing represent the beginning of the end of creative organizations? What are the most significant education technology trends of 2010 and beyond? So which is it? How are digital applications changing how professors teach?

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Lighting the torch of change: Youth volunteering in Haiti

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Jimmy has been with ADIVAH since 2010, after an earthquake that destroyed his community. He met the organization while he was becoming an aspiring leader himself in civic training school, and grew with the organization to become one of their educators. Recuperating after a devastating earthquake. Networking in action.

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Please go see “Waiting for Superman.” Here’s Why:

Both Sides of the Table

It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. They are often raised by single moms, grandparents or under-educated immigrant parents who want the same thing for their children that we do for our own. Yesterday I went to see the film Waiting for Superman. Wasn’t that the American promise?

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

In particular part three talked about what happened if we saw a double dip in 2010-11 or a “lost decade.&#. 2010 was the year of the “super angel&# and 2011 has to date been the year of unbelievably highly priced B,C & D rounds of venture capital. We did not. Fundings boomed. August 2011. What’s happening?

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

Friedman said, [we have] “immigration policies that have our colleges educating the world’s best scientists and engineers and then, when these foreigners graduate, instead of stapling green cards to their diplomas, we order them to go home and start companies to compete against ours.&#. Crazy, huh? The world’s best brains are on sale.

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Launchpad LA – 10 Startup Companies to Watch

Both Sides of the Table

We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO. ShopNation : ShopNation, currently in stealth mode, is a next generation shopping platform launching in 2010.

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Are buildings the next battlefront for a greener planet?

OurCrowd

His company enVerid creatively rethinks this issue, offering a solution which eliminates the need for outdoor air as a way to maintain indoor air quality. He founded the company in 2010. . However, outside air is humid, which is counterproductive to cooling off a building, not to mention the fact that it has outdoor pollutants.