Innovation in Education

If you don’t think things are changing – FAST! – in education take a look at TeamTreehouse, Skillshare, OpenStudy, and a host of other social-infused education startups. We have a couple brewing ourselves at Cospace that you’ll see more of 2012. It makes you wonder what higher education is thinking (or not rethinking) right now: “Many [...]

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What is an Entrepreneur?

This is such a powerful story from Cameron Herold, a lifelong entrepreneur from a family of entrepreneurs. Regardless of what you do for a living (and we’re all different from head to toe),  stop trying to fit your round self into that square peg. Figure out what motivates you, what you’re made of, what you [...]

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Entrepreneurship AND Education matter…

…especially in economic development. I find the current debate between Peter Thiel (We’re in a higher-ed bubble) and the “elites in education” and their supporters (Oh no we’re not!) fascinating, revealing and highly entertaining (the satirist in me is loving every last word). Per usual, when you are in an argument framed by strong opinions on [...]

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My answer to “Where are the jobs?”

Here is my response to the CNN Money article that was sent to me from a business networking group on LinkedIn: Where are the %&@*!# jobs? Small business and entrepreneurship are the best bet. Because we have lost so many jobs for so long and the only sectors with any kind of job volume are [...]

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Transparency in business networking groups, climate change, and other things I learned before 5am today

Just a quick one…I don’t often wake up (much less learn a lot) before 5am. I did today: I really appreciate working with Peer Assembly and even more so this morning when I need some design help and they, being 6 hours ahead of me, where right there when I need them. Thanks guys. You [...]

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