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[Asia] Getting Cloud Computing Right The First Time

YoungUpstarts

The Hong Kong government was out in full force at the event as well, sharing their challenges in putting together a case for Cloud adoption by the government. Our CloudSSL is an SSL distribution service available via API and is designed specifically to help web services operate securely in the Cloud.

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Understanding the Importance of Board Transparency

Board Effect

Valve is a game developer corporation that started in 1996, making such electronic games as Alien Swarm and Left 4 Dead. Buffer thought it would be good to be transparent with all finances, including company salaries. It’s long been taboo for vendors to access suppliers’ factories and distribution centers.

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New Course: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Public Policy

Feld Thoughts

I’m looking for two types of feedback: (1) comments on the syllabus and (2) suggestions for web services to use to package this content up for broader distribution. Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity 1996 – 2010. Financing Entrepreneurial Companies. Entrepreneurial Leadership in Government.

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

Reid Hoffman

Finally, and importantly, society is better off because Amazon makes the system for distributing books (and other products) vastly more productive, freeing up resources for other value-creating investments. The second is distribution —the ability to get product into the hands of customers. Plenty of headroom there!

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Favorite Longreads of 2012

abovethecrowd.com

Technically, this article was published in 2011, but that should not stop it from being further distributed. This is an amazing lesson in how everyone can get it wrong for decades – the scientists, the government, and the doctors. Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour by William Ackman.