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Disrupting the Screen: Backing Tinkergarten to Get Kids Out to Play

This is going to be BIG.

You see, Meg is a career educator, so play is never just play. What isn't surprising is that their plans for getting the kids outside became Tinkergarten , a distributed network of leaders providing outdoor learning experiences. Play is an opportunity to learn and discover.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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Disruption of Education. He talked about how for centuries education had “no technological core” (meaning it was bound by physical locations) and thus disruption was very difficult. “Online education is truly going to kill us.” We spoke about the disruption of VC through crowd funding.

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What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt

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It basically boils down to: educate, entertain, have a dialog, don’t be boring and don’t sit on large panels (doh!). And finally, one non VC topic. Panels stink – I’ve written twice about sitting on panels and how to make the most of it. They are here and here.

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14 EO Members Share The Best Thing About Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Education changed my life. That is why I support university education of young women. I believe in the transformative power of education. With education, a woman changes, she changes generations, and then the world changes. Freedom and Disruption. Disruption: Market failures are the bane of my existence.

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How AI Is Disrupting the Legal Industry

Entrepreneurs' Organization

However, as AI develops, there are several disruptions that threaten to minimize the role of humans in the legal world. If law firms do not invest in AI, the educated client will question why they are being charged so much for tasks that should be automated. Here a couple: Pay to play.

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250 Developers

This is going to be BIG.

This is particularly acute in New York City, where you have several industries undergoing serious disruption, a critical mass of creativity from the cross pollination of ideas, and lots of capital. I like starting with the big goal, because it then naturally leads to the most critical questions: Are we talking about educating new developers?

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

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46:00 Do you believe that most of the disruption over the last few years has some from Elon Musk and Sebastian Thrun? 50:30 Will Udacity change the education system in this country? 55:45 It seems obvious that technology is the natural choice to solve the pain points in education.

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