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November 2011
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July 2011
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“Business plans are fine for large companies where there is an existing market,...”
– Steve Blank (Blog): How Scientists and Engineers Got It Right, and VC’s Got It Wrong
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Thoughts on Interviewing @ Google
Google’s CFO, Patrick Pichette, recently reported that in the first quarter of 2011 over 600,000 people had applied for jobs @ Google, which is why I am humbled to recently have had the opportunity to interview for a Product Manager role with the Google team in Zürich. This post captures a few random thoughts on the experience which hopefully may be of use to other folks going through the...
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June 2011
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April 2011
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Surprising results from a US McClatchy-Marist poll →
Wow…63% of College graduates want to cut American defense spending while 61% of non-college graduates oppose cutting the defense budget. Maybe the US higher education bubble isn’t such a bad thing if it quells the military industrial complex!
March 2011
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February 2011
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“From the earliest school years, he said, “They are putting our minds in...”
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/01/AR2011020106857.html
January 2011
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Suicides in India Revealing How Men Made a Mess of... →
December 2010
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My Kiva Promise...One Year On
On October 2nd, 2009 I set out a goal to make one Kiva loan a month for twelve months straight. One year on here are a few thoughts about the process and what happens from here.
As an entrepreneur the hockey-stick graph representing my lending activity is sufficiently pleasing. If only my first company had the same growth curve!
Throughout the year I experimented with different ways of...
adriancarter asked: Hi Steve, love your customization of Nova. I have also been customizing it, and I wonder how you got rid of your dates down the left side.
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Fluid IP and the market for innovation...
Had an interesting conversation yesterday about what a global market for intellectual property would look like, how quickly it will develop, and what it would mean for Ireland and beyond. An array of global factors are driving the adoption of a fluid IP marketplace, which demands the creation of new and innovative business models. Drivers Harmonization A single international PCT application now...
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“In 1981, 70.7% of industrial R&D took place at companies with 25,000...”
– Robert Ackerman, Managing Director of Allegis Capital (Quoted by PEHub)
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Glasgow pioneers free Intellectual Property for...
Last week the University of Glasgow took the bold step of becoming the first university in the UK to offer intellectual property to businesses and entrepreneurs for free!
University of Glasgow Principal Anton Muscatelli explained the rationale behind the move: “One of the core missions of the University is the creation, advancement and sharing of knowledge and we aim to transfer as ...
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“Pair yourself with a designer that obsesses over the details… that lives at...”
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October 2010
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“The average company spends 2.6 percent of its budget on research and...”
– From this Washington Post Article
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August 2010
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Regrets of the Dying... →
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