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Poland Day In Silicon Valley - May 15 Stanford University
Poland has an excellent community of software and hardware engineers thanks to the country’s long tradition of excellence in maths and encryption. Its developers think on their feet and they are very...
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Centro: Chicago's Ad Tech Giant Aims To Revive Journalism
I recently met with Shawn Riegsecker, the CEO and founder of Centro, a large ad network and technology company based in Chicago. It's doing extremely well but there's been shockingly little coverage of...
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Chromebooks Go To School As Classrooms Seek Large Cost Savings
Google claims that the low-cost notebooks can save schools as much as $5,200 per device over three years.By Intel Free PressApple and Microsoft have long dominated the education market as the preferred...
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You Have To See This: Centro's CEO On The Business Case For Happiness
This video is superb and I can't stop playing it: Shawn Riegsecker, CEO and founder of Centro, explains at a 2013 TechWeek event in Chicago, why he focused his company's culture on the happiness of its...
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The Fashion For Wearable Gadgets
Hardware projects such as Pebble have been getting a boost from Kickstarter…By Intel Free PressEric Migicovsky is watching Google’s moves into wearables closely and hoping that his company’s open...
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French Entrepreneurs Meet At Le Bastille
It’s good to see the French bringing back “entrepreneur” — a word that the rest of the world has embraced more readily than the French themselves. It’s not “très cool” to be an entrepreneur in France...
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The Perils Of A Multiscreen Enterprise - Dell Software Evangelist Jason Moody
Jason Moody (above) an evangelist for Dell Software’s Enterprise Mobility Management group, spends most of his time meeting with large enterprises and finding out how they are faring with the rapid...
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Up Coming: Doc Searls Leads First VC Panel On User-Centric Commerce
This looks interesting — I’m a big fan of Doc Searls — he’ll be moderating a panel of VCs discussing investments around user centric commerce, and the related sectors of privacy and identity, at the...
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Analysis:Shakeup As Intel Taps An Outsider For Crucial CMO Post
The appointment yesterday of Steve Fund from Staples, as CMO of Intel, shows that Brian Krzanich, CEO wants to shake up Intel’s insider culture by appointing from outside the organization.
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SVForum: Rejuvenating One Of Silicon Valley's Oldest Organizations
I recently met with Adiba Barney, the new head of Silicon Valley Forum (SVForum), a 30 year old association that is probably best known for its annual Visionary Awards, and by its former name, SDForum...
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SF Creators Media Salon Presents: Real Talk With Women In Tech
Above, a prior salon at Impress Labs in North Beach.This month's salon is on the topic of women in tech and is hosted by Vanessa Camones, CEO of theMIX Agency in the Digital Garage on 717 Market...
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The Economics Of A Free Lunch: Settlement Hides How Silicon Valley's Richest...
1, Hacker Way, Facebook HQ - It refused to join the conspiracy.I'm surprised there hasn't been more outrage at Silicon Valley's richest and most successful companies secretly conspiring against their...
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Opposition To Native Ads Was Factor In Firing Of New York Times' Top Editor
There is a fascinating account of the firing of Jill Abramson, New York Times' executive editor, reported by Ken Auletta at The New Yorker. She was the first woman in the top job replacing Bill Keller...
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Malcolm Gladwell: 'Crossing the Chasm' Is Likely The Best Business Book Ever
I had the pleasure of moderating a conversation with Malcolm Gladwell at a breakfast for top tech executives attending Gainsight's Pulse 2014 conference in San Francisco.Gladwell said that over the...
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Dressing Too Colorfully - Conversations Among Women In Tech
Salon host Vanessa Camones reaches for the microphone...Earlier this week the conversations at the SF Curators Media Salon focused on the topic of women in tech. Vanessa Camones and her team at theMIX...
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Smart Data: How To Compete For Talent Against Silicon Valley Giants
By Prakash Nanduri, Co-founder and CEO at Paxata and Kenny Mendes, Head of Recruiting at Box and member of Paxata Advisory BoardThe technology boom is driving a hiring frenzy, pitting giant companies...
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Apptheneum: Disrupting The Scientific Media
By Matthew Grimshaw at InPress Media GroupMost people don’t know much about the business of science publishing. When I tell friends what I do for a living there’s a certain look of terror that flashes...
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Pearltrees: Curation Tool Drops Flash And User Interface For Pintrest-like...
Pearltrees (a former consulting client) this week introduced the 2.0 version of its popular web page curation tool built completely with HTML 5.0 and with a completely different user interface and...
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Exploratorium Raises $1.5m - Exceeds Goal
I popped into the Exploratorium's recent fund raising gala and was told the event had raised $1.5 million, $300K more than it expected. Which is fabulous news because there were some job cuts last year.
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Hoopla Digital: Transforming Public Libraries Into Free Digital Media Hubs...
Hoopla Digital is based in Toledo, Ohio proving that you don't have to be in Silicon Valley to come up with great business ideas. Hoopla has pulled off a stunning achievement, it has managed to...
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