2015

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Peter Thiel at Oxford’s Said Business School

Tom Spencer

Needless to say, I didn’t want to miss this conversation with one of the world’s tech startup demi-gods. When it comes to teaching entrepreneurship and innovation there is a certain paradox. When it comes to teaching entrepreneurship and innovation there is a certain paradox.

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Thinking About the Long Term First (Nigel Lake, Part 1 of 10)

Tom Spencer

Tom: A lot of tech companies were invented by college students in dorm rooms and the Internet poses a continuing threat to the business models of many established companies. From what I understand your book is really about innovation and the ability to make short term decisions that are going to stand the test of time.

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Australia Is An Innovation Laggard (Nigel Lake, Part 10 of 10)

Tom Spencer

So there has been an amazing lack of innovation. The poster child for success is Atlassian , the tech company, which sold its product in 10 or 15 countries to dozens of large companies before an Australian company would buy any of its products. Do you think that Australia is perhaps falling behind in that area?

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Booz Allen Hamilton

Management Consulted

From this innovative and noble seed came a company that birthed management consulting as we know it. Today we’re going to be looking at Booz Allen Hamilton, a firm with a great name and a confusing history. Headquartered in the Greater Washington DC area, BAH are most well known for their governmental work. Booz Surveys; Edwin G.

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Eight Tech trends of 2015

freshminds

So let's deconstruct the Tech trends of 2015. It must be the CIO to do this as the position is suited for people with both the technological know-how of what is feasible, with the creativity to come up with new innovations that could transform a business. 1) Dimensional Marketing. 2) Chief Integration Officers (CIOs).

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Alumni updates

Seth Godin Blog

Allan Young is the founder of Runway and TopLine, two of the largest technology startup incubators and communities for innovators in the San Francisco Bay Area. Allan Young is the founder of Runway and TopLine, two of the largest technology startup incubators and communities for innovators in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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