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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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Marie Ekeland launches 2050, a new fund with radically ambitious, long-term goals

TechCrunch

2050 wants to focus on five fundamental areas — the future of food, better healthcare, improving education, shaping a sustainable lifestyle and fostering trust in the media and financial institutions. But if an entrepreneur wants to sell their company, that’s OK too. Let’s start with the investment thesis.

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Why Black Friday Is Toxic for Startups

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Take Apple as an example: they don’t offer discounts on their products (except for education), even though they could easily do so because their products are expensive. socially, ecologically, or economically.” Johan Olzon, Co-Founder of Soeder: “We want to inspire our customers to consume consciously. What’s your take on this topic?

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10 Zurich-area investors on Switzerland’s 2020 startup outlook

TechCrunch

European entrepreneurs who want to launch startups could do worse than Switzerland. Compared to other European countries, Switzerland has a low regulatory burden and a well-educated, highly qualified workforce. Google’s largest R&D center outside of the United States is in Zurich. What are some overlooked opportunities right now?

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Life of Purpose: Madison Bachman Followed Her Passion to Research Baboons

StartupNation

The organization embraces innovation, education, ecological research, and natural landscape restoration. “Our vision is a world where wildlife and wild places are protected, and the human communities surrounding these areas have the necessary support to live in harmony with nature and the local primate inhabitants.”.

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The Anatomy of a Pitch

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Are they making an educated bet or gambling? It served us well in the past, yet it’s time to adapt and change, or eventually perish — if the rapid degradation of our ecology is of any guidance. Have they done the intellectual legwork to understand the problem they’re solving, the market they’re in, and other players?

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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. Achieving the wow factor, our facility is literally a smile factory using new ways to gamify skydiving and immerse guests in parachute simulations amongst educational skydiving museum exhibit.

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