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Driven to Distraction – the future of car safety

Steve Blank

These began to appear in cars in the late 1980’s/1990’s and were required in 1998. The route of flight is pre-programmed by the pilot (or uploaded automatically) and the pilot can connect the autopilot to autonomously fly the displayed route. There are great university programs already doing that research.).

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Bubble Trouble? I Don’t Think So

Ben's Blog

In the great bubble of 1998-2000, the boom in public valuations mirrored the boom in private valuations. The inflation-adjusted data from the last bubble tells the story: In the 3-year period from 1998-2000, venture capital firms raised more than $200 billion, which represented about 0.55% of the national GDP.

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Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles – Cliff Allen

SoCal CTO

My first career was spent building radio and television stations, then running the programming side of those businesses. Lots of online marketing before that, but we had some great results when we were picked up by a national radio program. One of the places where eHarmony really took off was on radio. Hey, radio.

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Why Sending Your Workers ‘Back To School’ Is Good Business

YoungUpstarts

Essentially, sending employees “back to school” is good business, but that doesn’t mean you need to enroll them in Harvard’s MBA program. A few examples include: Establish in-house training programs. There’s plenty you can do right within your own doors and that employees can do on their own.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. The Harvard Business School’s business plan competition has been running since 1998; the only competition winner that has achieved any sustained success is Cloudflare (2009). MBA programs teach valuable analytical skills that can help you evaluate and refine strategies and business models.

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Philosopher Versus MBA

Reid Hoffman

TOP DRAWBACKS OF AN MBA PROGRAM. The Harvard Business School’s business plan competition has been running since 1998; the only competition winner that has achieved any sustained success is Cloudflare (2009). MBA programs teach valuable analytical skills that can help you evaluate and refine strategies and business models.

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My story and support for the Founders Visa

K9 Ventures

I completed my Bachelors in 3 years (another story for another time) and so was able to go directly into a professional Masters program (also at Carnegie Mellon) and complete a masters degree without having to apply for a new visa. Towards the end of my OPT (mid 1998) is when the H1-B visa cap issue hit.