Archive for October, 2009:


Thomas Friedman talks about education…

Here is an excerpt from a Thomas Friedman column that is particularly relevant to why the experiential aspects of the NVC and hands-on entrepreneurship learning the right vehicle to help equip students for jobs in an information age. Full column is available here. Most relevant section is excerpted and pasted directly below… A Washington lawyer

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A Quick Video Tour of How to Use Google Analytics

This short video from Google explains how to set goals in Google Analytics to track how well your online efforts are paying off.  Great tool for any business with a web presence.

How a Financial Analyst Sees Technology Trends

Morgan Stanley analyst Mary Meeker gives an excellent macro Internet presentation at Web 2.0 Summit each year.  Content is analyst oriented, but you’re eyes should get big around slide 29 entitled “8 Key Mobile Internet Themes.”  Worthy of spending time looking at the way the world is headed. Mary Meeker’s Internet Presentation 2009

Josh Klein Gives a Personal Account of Innovation

This video from the 4th Business Innovation Factory Summit is Josh’s story about how he was innovative about his creative work.  His account shows the power of collaboration is in the people.  It’s also nice to be first to a new platform!

Lessons From Incubator 2.0 from Dave McClure

Dave McClure shared this presentation with some lessons about start-ups incubators.  The presentation is slides only, but worth a look.  Some good information about the development cycle and the metrics that are important to young companies (keep clicking past the intro slides).  The contextual blog post can be found here. Incubator 2.0: A Silicon Valley

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