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“WHAT WAS ALL THIS VIDEO???” Five Questions with Magic & Loss Author Virginia Heffernan

Hunter Walker

Oh I was so intimidated to meet Virginia Heffernan for the first time. Virginia recently wrote Magic and Loss , an amazing and well-received book about the Internet as art. She doesn’t play Wii games so much as make new avatars and give them new names. In a manner which was academically-informed but not stuffy.

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“WHAT WAS ALL THIS VIDEO???” Five Questions with Magic & Loss Author Virginia Heffernan

Hunter Walker

Oh I was so intimidated to meet Virginia Heffernan for the first time. Virginia recently wrote Magic and Loss , an amazing and well-received book about the Internet as art. She doesn’t play Wii games so much as make new avatars and give them new names. In a manner which was academically-informed but not stuffy.

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Did you know that board management software isn’t just for boards?

Board Effect

Memorial Health System , a not-for-profit, independent, integrated health system with locations in Ohio and West Virginia, has also been able to expand the use of BoardEffect to many groups within the organization, with a significant number of committees and internal groups benefiting.

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Smooth-Stone Changes Name to Calxeda; Adds Hires

Austin Startup

The new name, Calxeda , pronounced “Cal-zeh-dah,” is a derivative of the Latin for “Smooth-Stone.” Calxeda has also moved into a new corporate headquarters in Austin, space that enables its expansion plans, and has launched a new website to accompany the new company naming. Naval Nuclear Power Program.

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Entrepreneur Builds on Technology Platform to Power the Barbershop Industry

Hearpreneur

How did you come up with your business name? The business name just made sense. Maryland & Virginia area) a great place to be an entrepreneur or business owner? theCut is simple, and clearly tells you we have something to do with haircuts. It kinda just came to me, and we ran with it. What makes the DMV (Washington D.C.,

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The “Grow or Die” Lie: Why Everything You Think You Know About Business Growth Is Wrong

YoungUpstarts

Hess is author of ” Grow to Greatness: Smart Growth for Entrepreneurial Businesses “ He is professor of business administration and Batten Executive-in-Residence at the Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia. He is the author of ten books, over 60 cases, and over 60 articles. magazine.

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Can Business Save The Earth?

YoungUpstarts

” and Tayloe Murphy Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean and Chief Strategy Officer at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. In 2011, he was named one of the top 40 business professors under 40 by Poets & Quants.

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