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Educating Electeds

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

They are also correct that community banks and minority owned banks are closing at a rapid rate, which is contributing to these alarming unbanked and underbanked numbers. These elected officials are correct that way too many people in the US are unbanked or underbanked. I am not taking a swipe at these well-meaning elected officials.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. Failure in startups seems to now be embedded in startup communities like NY and LA. I’m absolutely certain it is critical to any startup community. 50:30 Will Udacity change the education system in this country?

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 55 Washington Street. Barclays Center.

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How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

How entrepreneurs are building resilience in their communities. Communities, economies and trade benefit from strong businesses that have learned to weather unexpected challenges. Renewing Ecuadorian communities after a natural disaster. How a Jamaican financial educator perseveres through adversity. By Shannon Courtney.

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Teach 'Em to Tinker

This is going to be BIG.

The other day, I took part in a forum about technology education in Brooklyn. That''s why I think the main goal of any educational endeavor whose goal is to produce engineer should be focused on what they inspire kids to do *outside* the classroom--we should be teaching them to tinker.

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What Bill DeBlasio can do for NYC Tech: It's not what you think

This is going to be BIG.

Don''t get me wrong, I''m THRILLED that we''re going to have some new engineering campuses in NYC and that will pay dividends to the NYC tech community for years to come--only, we only just started educating students in a small starter version of the Cornell program. Education initiatives did not create the community.

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Setting Kids Up to Fail

This is going to be BIG.

You will need to be a continuous learner, willing to pick up new skills as the world changes around you--meaning that your sources of education won''t necessarily be accredited academic institutions. When I tell them stuff about adding value to the community, creating a personal brand, etc., Venture Capital & Technology'