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Hacking Innovation Education in New York

This is going to be BIG.

The local tech community is figuring this out, not surprisingly, way before the academic institutions are—and where it is being discovered by academia, it’s being done on a one-off basis by educational revolutionaries in the innovation space who aren’t stopping to ask their schools for permission or to change curricula.

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The Achilles Heel of Startup Ecosystems

This is going to be BIG.

They’re building campuses, districts, buildings, spaces, as well as running new educational efforts and contests—basically anything they can think of to foster the growth of new and innovative companies. This is exactly the wrong way to think about the economic opportunity presented by innovation.

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20 Years of Investing in Startups

Paul G. Silva

Unruly Studios Unruly Splats are the only STEM education tool that combines high-quality coding learning with a social and active play experience. This experience makes learning to code more engaging, competitive, and collaborative than anything else on the market. 2018 Libboo Accelerating great stories and big ideas.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

I wanted someone who was experimenting with computer controlled LEDs as an art form to feel part of the community as well--which is why I started referring to it as the "Innovation Community". Etsy is headquartered in 55 Washington Street, which is owned by Two Trees--the real estate concern that pretty much created the DUMBO we know today.

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Next Level Entrepreneurship: Investing in a New Generation of Startups

Entrepreneurs' Organization

With its innovative model for empowering rural women and youth, IndiVillage introduces balance to India’s ecosystem—where cities tend to grow exponentially while rural villages have few economic opportunities. The program’s name reflects its focus on five pillars for startup success: Customer, Achievement, Recognition, Education and Social.

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A Personal Update

Andreessen Horowitz

I could not sleep and found their approach to solving the climate crisis as innovative, commercial, and most importantly, inevitable. I loved collaborating with them for their important reporting work that continues to shape everyone’s world views. Kobold Metals – My first deal as a general partner. Whatnot – This eBay 2.0

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Jeong Ji-hee, CEO of MEDIAIPLUS, Spearheads Transformation of Clinical Trial Data; Aims to be the ‘Amazon of Healthcare’

AsiaTechDaily

With their innovative solutions, they aspire to transform how researchers, medical professionals, and stakeholders interact with clinical trial data, unlocking its full potential for advancing medical knowledge and patient care. The participants worldwide were receptive and encouraging, showing a willingness to collaborate.