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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

The story behind Khan Academy is tech legend: educator Salman Khan started by posting videos on YouTube to help his cousin with her math homework and the videos went viral. Lynda.com is the oldest education resource online , with an origin story that stretches all the way back to 1995. .” Khan Academy. ” Lynda.com.

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These Online Programs Will Make You Rethink How You Can Improve Your Business Skills

crowdSPRING Blog

The story behind Khan Academy is tech legend: educator Salman Khan started by posting videos on YouTube to help his cousin with her math homework and the videos went viral. Lynda.com is the oldest education resource online , with an origin story that stretches all the way back to 1995. .” Khan Academy. ” Lynda.com.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

If O’Reilly had that same insight in 1995, it could have been an amazing blitzscaling opportunity. Paul’s track record as a serial entrepreneur was far more impressive than either Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick or Lyft co-founder Logan Green. The second is distribution —the ability to get product into the hands of customers.

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Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley on why we weren't prepared, long-term thinking, and how to make decisions for the greater good.

Startup Lessons Learned

I'm a biologist and a member of the infectious disease division here at UC San Diego and have been involved in viral research, particularly RNA viruses, since HIV came along in the 80s. We have a large number of American citizens, American green card holders who have gotten sick in Mexico and are coming back to the US for care.