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College Dropout Advocate Thiel to Teach at Stanford | San Jose Mercury News

Campus Entrepreneurship

” wondered Vivek Wadhwa, a fellow at Stanford’s Rock Center of Corporate Governance. via College dropout advocate Peter Thiel to teach course at Stanford – San Jose Mercury News. “He’s famously known to make people furious with his views and the way he questions things. .”

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Minimum Wage Boost in Silicon Valley Ups the Cinderella Factor

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Raising the minimum wage in Silicon Valley (beyond San Jose which has already done so) is a very important and rational thing to do for the economic health of the valley, California, and the USA economy as a whole. Let’s put politics aside for a moment and pretend the minimum wage is not a party-centric issue.

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Statisticians make the world go round

The Startup Magazine

Statistics have been vital to the way our governments have provided their citizens with information on the pandemic. They make the rules that govern everything we do day to day. It may come as no surprise that the most common employer of statistics students is usually the government. California, San Francisco. New Jersey.

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Best Locations In The US For A Tech Startup

YoungUpstarts

San Francisco. The City by the Bay has earned the title of being the new heart of Silicon Valley, a distinction once bestowed upon San Jose. is very receptive to entrepreneurs whose startups can provide solutions to the government and defense sectors. Washington, D.C. The capital city of the U.S.

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Mile-High disruption: Why Denver should be on your tech radar next year

The Next Web

Roughly 1,200 miles away in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is pushing for restrictions that will shutter many of the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries. Politically, Denver’s local government has championed social causes, including increased gun control, LGBT rights and programs for the homeless.

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ProfessorVC: Bootstrapping 101

Professor VC

I moderated a panel discussion last night on one of my favorite topics, bootstrapping, as part of our Silicon Valley Center for Entrepreneurship Eminent Speaker Series at San Jose State. I also teach Entrepreneurial Finance at San Jose State. Bootstrapping 101.

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SXSW Startups: Fantag

Austin Startup

Fantag was started in San Jose and moved to Sacramento to take advantage of this ecosystem. I met Brian Dombrowski and Scott Bennett, who had been building the company in San Jose. The industry and governments will need to work through fair play rules for dealing with all this private information of individuals.