“Hello World” Quiz – Guess the Programming Language
In this test, you must guess the language in which the program that displays “Hello World” is written.
Continue readingWhat the Hell is a Neural Network? A 5 Minute Primer for Non-Engineers.
Odds are that you’ve heard someone talk about “Artificial Intelligence” and “neural networks” in the recent past. If you are like most non-engineers, you may have no idea what that…
Continue readingMOOC vs Traditional College: Eliminating the tradeoff between credibility and cost.
Over the past few years I have taken an increasing number of classes on MOOC platforms such as Coursera, Udacity, Udemy and Lynda. The most I’ve paid for an entire…
Continue reading5 Days in Kakuma Refugee Camp: Inside the Lives of Refugee Entrepreneurs
I’ve been thinking for the past day or two about how to best describe my visit to Kakuma but it’s proving very hard to capture in words that do it…
Continue readingObservations In Preparation for My Visit to Kakuma Refugee Camp
I will be going to Kakuma Refugee camp in northern Kenya next week with my friend and colleague Henrik Scheel and his company StartupExperience to teach a two-day Bootcamp on…
Continue readingThe Failure of Success Culture
I read an article a few months ago in the Washington Post that bothered me (that I just spent an hour digging up) Howard Schultz’s ‘nightmare’: How his first big gamble…
Continue readingWhat I learned on my road trip across the country about politics & technology
Dima, the lucky third passenger on our trip, is from Ukraine, not the United States originally. He was very curious to hear about how our election process for President works…
Continue readingPopular business strategy frameworks are missing these two important steps
Last month, I had the opportunity to give a presentation to a large group of students participating in the InventOR pitch competition. If you aren’t familiar, InventOR is a competition that brings…
Continue readingThe “Intrapreneur’s Dilemma”
I was reading a book over the weekend called Leap: How to Thrive in a World Where Everything Can be Copied. It lays out an argument for what causes some companies…
Continue readingAttention Startups: Your Product Isn’t Going to Sell Itself. Don’t Neglect Your Sales Strategy & Execution.
You’ve probably heard the expression “sales is an art and a science”. But have you ever stopped to consider what that actually means? My interpretation is pretty simple. The ability…
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