Talent vs. Technology, the two types of acquisitions There are more and more stories lately of talent acquisitions rather than solely technology purchases. Although they are both purchases, the former is buying based on what they can do, and the later is buying on what they do… do. A wise developer once told me you make your [...]
Sarah Lacy of Techcrunch posted “Peter Thiel: We’re in a Bubble and It’s Not the Internet. It’s Higher Education.” Peter Thiel is best known as the Co-Founder of Paypal. Thiel says: “A true bubble is when something is overvalued and intensely believed,” he says. “Education may be the only thing people still believe in in the [...]
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Posted 15 April 2011
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