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How Peter Diamandis Left Me Feeling Better About the World's Future

Thomas Kruczek | Posted 05.15.2012

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Thomas Kruczek

I still know that there are problems with the global economy, that America's unemployment is still high, and that the housing market is still unsettled. Despite these facts, I feel better, because I've just spent the last 24 hours with Dr. Peter Diamandis.

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Nate C. Hindman

This Man Pays $100,000 For Good Ideas

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 05.14.2012

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Convinced that cash prizes stimulate innovation, the CEO of one Bellevue, Wash.-based technology firm is giving $100,000 to employees with great ideas...

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Think You Know Your Competition? Think Again

Naveen Jain | Posted 05.25.2011

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Naveen Jain

You may not see the stealth innovators who are quietly harnessing technologies to displace your business.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Rocket Engines

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

My colleagues at the X PRIZE Foundation recently announced the official roster of 29 teams competing to send a robot to the moon. The moon is almost within our grasp already.

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Congratulations to the Winners of the $10 Million Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

This year's competition structure demanded breakthrough thinking that would literally disrupt the industry and produce an accelerated wave to push it ahead in leaps and bounds.

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Automotive X Prize Winners REVEALED -- See Which Cars Took Home Multi-Million Dollar Prizes

Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT (AP) -- An ultralight, gas-powered car that can get 102 miles per gallon is among the winners of the $10 million Automotive X Prize, a contest...

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Fix The Oil Spill, Win Millions Of Dollars

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — You might be able to get rich quick if you can fix the BP oil spill. The X Prize Foundation wants to make fixing the BP oil spill ...

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The Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE Competition is Heating Up

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

Step aside oversized SUVs, and welcome in the more compact, earth-friendly wheels. Out with the luxurious and in with the parsimonious. What was once considered nerdy is now haute couture.

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NASA Embraces American Capitalism and Entrepreneurship

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

The President's plan for commercial competition for space exploration will ultimately take us much farther and much faster, not only to the Moon, but to Mars, the asteroids and beyond.

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Personal Spaceflight Industry - Reflections on the Five Year Anniversary of the Ansari X PRIZE

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

The most important legacy and meaning of the Ansari X PRIZE on its five year anniversary lies in the fact that the event kicked off a new industry.

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Commercial Spaceflight for the Rest of Us -- Congratulations to Virgin Galactic

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

Virgin Galactic and Scaled Composites have rolled out SpaceShipTwo, a new commercial spaceship that will be flown by two pilots with seats for six paying passengers.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Five -- Brian Binnie Makes History

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

It was almost possible to forget that I was still driving this spaceship and would have the challenge of bringing it back down to earth.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Four -- Anousheh Ansari and Her $10 Million Purse

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

We had been looking for possibilities to go to space and perhaps find a way for others like us with to be able to do it as well. While some options existed, they lacked credibility.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part Three - Will Whitehorn and Virgin Galactic Want to Bring You to Space

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

We anticipate that approximately 600 people will go to space in the first year that SpaceShipTwo begins space tours. That's essentially the total number of people who have ever gone to space.

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Launching Commercial Space Flight: Part One - Finding the New Spirit of St. Louis

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

Since the age of 6, I've always wanted to go to space. So, I studied medicine -- thinking that was my path to orbit, but alas, NASA didn't agree, so I had to find another plan -- a plan that led to the founding of the first X PRIZE.

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Guest Blogger, Keith Ferrazzi: Rev up Your Company's Innovation Engine with Candor

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

Whether or not you're officially a leader in your workplace, you can create a tremendous impact on its culture just by showing others the value of inviting in candor. Here are some specific tips.

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Re-establishing NASA's Leadership

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

So long a source of national pride and inspiration as well as cutting edge research, NASA is now losing its position of world leadership.

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Voting for the $25,000 "What's Your Crazy Green Idea?" Contest has Begun!

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter Diamandis

For those of you who don't know, an X PRIZE is a $10 million competition designed to solve one of the grand challenges of our time.

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Neil Young Vies For X-Prize

Treehugger | Michael Graham Richard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neil Young currently drives a 1982 Mercedes coupe diesel that runs on vegetable oil he buys from a restaurants, but that's just a "band aid", accordi...

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Calling All Crazy Green Ideas

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jack Hidary

Now the X Prize Foundation is focusing on energy and they are looking far and wide for ideas. In fact, they have launched a $25,000 prize on YouTube to call for prize concepts.

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Big Incentive for Fuel-Efficient Vehicle

AP | DEE-ANN DURBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The X Prize Foundation, best known for its competitions promoting space flights, is offering $10 million to the teams that can produc...

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