Its not the strongest but most adaptable to change who survive Charles Darwin
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For years, administrators at Harvard University could throw money at anything that tickled their fancy. A new medical school building for $260 million? Sure. A massive, Robert A.M. Stern—designed addition to Harvard Law School? No problem. One of the most sweeping financial aid initiatives ever undertaken? Consider it done. Of course, that was before the [...]
The US has passed a bill that will free up trade restrictions on goods into the country specifically from Pakistan’s North West Frontier province. Barack Obama, the US president, hopes that more trade access for Pakistani goods such as cotton will create more jobs and prevent people there from supporting the Taliban. But critics say [...]
by Osden Coolidge Twitter is not the end all be all of human existence, in fact its a little bit stupid: 1) Twitter cant keep their servers up for more than 20 hours at a time - what, a zillion dollar in VC money not enough? gimme a break - the site is down more [...]
This article is a must read for anyone interested in social media- especially VCs, entrepreneurs or users of social media. 5 Business Models for Social Media Startups from Mashable Author Jun Loayza does a great job breaking down the major revenue models in a straightforward way including links to examples and mini interviews with entrepreneurs.
Investors whose retirement nest eggs have taken a beating during the last two recessions shouldn’t count on the markets bouncing back any time soon. As several experts have noted, there is mounting evidence that equity markets will be trending downward for a long time. Link
Ha! Only green shoots I see are the piles of cash being used by Merril Lynch and B of A bonus bailout babies to buy new Ferrari’s on the backs of the taxpayer.
BEIJING (AP) — China surpassed the United States as the world’s biggest auto market for the first half of 2009 after June sales soared 36.5 percent from a year earlier, according to data reported Thursday. China’s vehicle sales in June rose to 1.14 million, the second-highest month to date after April’s 1.15 million units, the [...]
by Bruce Fenton Marc Andreesen, founder of Netscape and Mosaic and his business partner Ben Horowitz have launched a new VC firm, as announced on Marc’s blog. Andreesen has certainly participated in the tech game for a long time and in the front lines. His thoughts on how the Cloud will change the way tech [...]
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by Osden Coolidge Okay, I have no idea how much all the fireworks cost this weekend, but bet its a heck of a lot more than $90 million. Millions homeless we do know. What kind of culture spends tens of millions of dollars on smoke and fire when people are starving and losing thier homes [...]