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Equality: My Fundamental Value (A re-post from February 20th, 2007)
Marc Andreessen was on CNBC this week talking about the Next Big Things in Tech and said this: “Providing a Stanford quality education to every kid in the world with a smartphone is a huge opportunity,” he said. “I think … Continue reading
Asana is to 2012 what Microsoft was to 1982
OK, I’ll admit it. I’m an Asana fanboy. I’ve used a bunch of stuff to track personal and professional projects over the years. David Allen’s GTD plug-in for Outlook back in the day. Basecamp. RememberTheMilk. Various story tracking apps. While … Continue reading
The Connection between Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship
I’ve been thinking a lot on these topics lately. In part in preparation for tomorrow’s talk on the topic at the EO Alchemy conference. In part because what we’re doing at RG Labs intersects all three of these areas very … Continue reading
Companies I’m psyched about helping
Right now something that feels like about 98% of my waking hours goes into helping to building RG Labs. However, from time to time I come across companies that I feel are doing special things and have taken advisory roles … Continue reading
Hacking Education Detroit
For the last couple years we have, inspired by the fine folks at Union Square Ventures, been running dinners under the banner of “Hacking Education”, the intention being to connect together people who are passionate about changing the game in … Continue reading
How to Have a 36 Hour Day (Revised Edition)
(Note: I originally wrote this post a little over five years ago and posted it to a blog on a site that has since been shut down. A few people have asked me for it so I decided I would … Continue reading
11 (More) Must-Read Articles on Building World-Class Teams
Here’s a follow-up article to “21 Must-Read Articles on Building World-Class Teams“, a post I wrote about six weeks ago. Enjoy! (As always, I should mention in passing that if you’re interested in being a part of world-class team, RG … Continue reading
What Really Keeps Poor People Poor
The New York Times has a great piece this week about how top colleges (many of which are heavily subsidized by the government) are, in their words, largely for the elite. It’s well worth reading. In it, Anthony Marx, the … Continue reading
21 Must-Read Articles on Building World-Class Teams
Capital and talent tend be found in inverse proportions. When capital is scarce, talent is, at least in a relative sense, somewhat abundant. Now, when capital for start-ups is relatively abundant, hiring a world-class team can be quite challenging. There … Continue reading
Post-Education Startups: The Next Wave
I’ve had a bunch of conversations lately with some really cool startups and couldn’t figure out how to mentally classify them. By all practical appearances they weren’t education companies, at least not in the traditional sense of ever showing up … Continue reading