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Urban Technology: The Business of Smart Cities

The Startup Magazine

They hope to “solve tangled and wicked problems inherited in the rapid urbanization,” according to research from the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany. But they also help grow innovation through technology, organization and policy. Smart cities are a new approach to urban development.

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Societal Structures Change Much Slower Than The Machines

Feld Thoughts

I’m at Startup Iceland today. I like Iceland – this is the second time I’ve been here. The pace of technological change at all levels is accelerating at a pace we can’t fathom. It’s unevenly distributed based on geography, culture, and political philosophy. This is the rant I ended up on.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

US drug powerhouse Pfizer and Iceland-based Actavis were among the bidders in the final round, but Teva beat their offers. “Israel is known for its strong capabilities in technology and science. Electronics components maker TTI Inc, a Berkshire Hathaway company, bought Net-Aye Technologies Ltd., and was founded in 1998.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. So I think the most interesting aspect of this article is how just mind-blowing that distribution is. You have a day job here in Silicon Valley at an education technology company.