Steve Case

Buffett, Gates Get 12 More Billionaires To Donate Over Half Of Fortunes

Posted 04.21.2012

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There are now 81 billionaires committed to giving at least half of their fortunes to charity, thanks to 12 new families and individuals who have signe...

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Want To Pitch Your Idea To Diddy?

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 04.10.2012

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Ever dream of getting your million-dollar idea in front of some of the biggest names in business? Dream no more. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneur...

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After JOBS Act, Steve Case Turns To Immigration

Reuters | Sarah McBride | Posted 04.05.2012

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* Immigration key to creating U.S. jobs, Case believes * Action by Congress this year is possible -Case * Case rules out run for political offic...

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Where's The Money? 'Forbes' List Names Local Billionaires

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The nation's capital has just one billionaire, according to Forbes' new list of the richest people in the world. (Cue evil laughing.) D....

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Why Entrepreneurs And Obama Should Care About Capital Gains Taxes

John Backus | Posted 12.20.2011

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So how do you take a good idea -- zero percent capital gains for startups -- and make it a big idea, an idea that could turbocharge innovation, company formation, and job creation in our economy right now?

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Six Ways to Build a Business: Go Big or Go Home and Do It

John Backus | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Ebay, Startup Jobs, Venture Capital Funding, Jobs, Entrepreneurs, Venture Capital, Facebook, Platforms, Startup America, Apple, Venture Capitalist, Startup, F8 Conference, Entrepreneurship, Ebay Powersellers, Steve Case, Small Business News

Piggyback on a business that has created a platform upon which you can build your business.

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Startup America Is Moving 'Too Slowly'

Reuters | Posted 11.14.2011

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(By Deborah L. Cohen) - Last winter, President Barack Obama, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and a small posse of White House officials made a big...

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Teen Entrepreneurs Show Us the Future of Business

Jack E. Kosakowski | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Junior Achievement, Jobs, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Economy, Karen Mills, Steve Case, Business News

The traditional classroom model doesn't work for every student -- but there are programs we can implement during classroom time to link learning to the real world -- and strengthen our future workforce and create jobs in the process.

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Obama's Council On Jobs Heads To Silicon Valley For Job-Creation Ideas

Posted 10.02.2011

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PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) -- Members of a presidential task force are scheduled to convene in Palo Alto to solicit ideas from Silicon Valley businesses o...

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Time to End Hyper-Partisanship

Dan Glickman | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the election demonstrates anything, it is that the public is weary of excessive gamesmanship and is demanding that American politics become more realistic and responsive. And we have all grown more cynical about where any of this can happen.

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A Day of Disruption, Minus the Disruption at the Wired Business Conference

Courtney Boyd Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

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We've come to yet another crossroads where we have to ask, technology is awesome and we invented it, but what can it do for us? And more importantly, how can it make us better human beings?

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Sarah Silverman In Twitter Fight With Chris Anderson & Steve Case Over "Retard" Routine

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah Silverman (comic, cheese lover, boundary pusher) was invited to speak at TED this year -- a conference on technology, education and design. TED ...

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From Homo Erectus to 'Homo Brandus' ?

Juliette Powell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikipedia, Social Networking, Juliette Powell, Jimmy Wales, Personal Branding, Yossi Verdi, Technorati, Vonage, Jeff Pulver, Kinnernet USA, Social Media, Peter Hirshberg, Aol, Branding, Technology, Steve Case, Kinnernet, Media News

Tech innovators connect and conspire for a weekend to recharge their batteries and share ideas between gadgethons and power tool drag racing events.

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