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I’m Caterina Fake, and This Is How I Work

September 10, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Cognitive Science, Digital health, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Regenerative Economy

I’m Caterina Fake, and This Is How I Work
Tessa Miller, lifehacker.com

The internet wouldn’t be the same without Caterina Fake. In 2004, she launched Flickr, one of the largest photo hosting and sharing sites. Later, she co-founded Hunch, which aims to personalize the web through recommendations and a…

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The meaning of Michael Arrington, TechCrunch: How the site changed startup culture (nextlevelofnews.com)
fake on lanier (sippey.com)
Networked Society ‘On the Brink’ (ritholtz.com)
As media gets more democratic, it gets more feminine (socialmedia.biz)
Save on Holidays to the Amalfi Coast this Easter with Citalia (prweb.com)

New models for venture firms find both ideas and the money

August 22, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Systems Science

Knode and other local startups are the focus of new vc approaches that involve less time shuffling papers at a desk, and more time doing ethnographic research on what people actually do.

Some venture firms find both ideas and the money – Boston.com.

Fred Wilson says venture capital funds have gotten too big (technologyreview.com)
Dave McClure is ripping VCs again: They’re f***ing arrogant and stupid a**holes (geekwire.com)
Nearly Half of Innovative U.S. Startups Are Founded by ‘User Entrepreneurs,’ According to Kauffman Foundation Study (kauffman.org)
Y Combinator’s Young Startups Tout Revenue Over Users (go.bloomberg.com)
Foundation with $249M invested with VCs says VC model is “broken” (kauffman.org)
iKnode (programmableweb.com)
Enlight Bio’s Knode Advances Social Network for Pharma (xconomy.com)
Get to Know: Knodes (quotidianventures.com)
The Knodes Fund. It’s an exciting new collaboration… (quotidianventures.com)

PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel Invests Big Money in 3D-Printed Steaks

August 18, 2012 by timbatchelder, posted in Health Informatics, Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel Invests Big Money in 3D-Printed Steaks, Could Make Meat an Option for Vegetarians | Inhabitat – Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building
Yuka Yoneda VIDEO: Inhabitat Lighting Makeover – Inhabitots Editor Julie Seguss Gets a Money-Saving Light Bulb Overhaul If you read our enlightening “how to switch to LED bulbs” tutorial, you’ve hopefully already seen how much money and energy you can save by replacing your incandescent bulbs, but we wanted to make it even clearer how easy and effective a home light bulb makeover can be. We headed over to Brooklyn to give […] READ MORE >, inhabitat.com

Billionaire PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is putting his money where his mouth is – by investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in an American company that makes 3D-printed meat. The Thiel Foundation has reportedly agreed to give…

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Harnessing Tornados For Energy And More: The Radical Projects Funded By Peter Thiel (fastcoexist.com)
Peter Thiel On His ‘Super-Futuristic’ Focus And The Chess Strategy Founders Should Know [TCTV] (techcrunch.com)
Peter Thiel funds tornado power, seriously (gigaom.com)
Monday Interview: Paypal creator has Mars in mind with backing for start-ups (telegraph.co.uk)
Peter Thiel Talks The Future Of Education, The Need For Innovation And Why Facebook Won At DLD (techcrunch.com)
Inhabitat’s Week in Green: LED wine sellar, a ‘Breathing Bike’ and 3D-printed embryonic stem cells (engadget.com)
Peter Thiel Talks The Future Of Education, The Need For Innovation And Why Facebook Won At DLD (kholwa.wordpress.com)
PayPal delivers for Windows 8 developers (reviews.cnet.com)

Entrepreneur Startup How-To Guides

August 23, 2011 by timbatchelder, posted in Information Visualization, Knowledge Management, Metadata Masterdata

Startup How-To Guides.

For those of us looking to start a company these guides provide a simple, direct way to learn the nuts and bolts without forking over 100k+ to a top tier MBA program.