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Boston's LearnLaunch Hosts Distinguished Ed Tech Meet Up

Tanyella Evans | Posted 04.13.2013 | Business
Read More: Boston, Content, Ed Tech, Alleyoop, 30 Hands Learning, Venture Capital, Nikjil Goyal, Students, Learnlaunch, Conference, Classroom, Socrative, Knewton, Education, One Hen, Digital Learning Month, Investment, Textbooks, Higher Education, Teachers, Technology, School Yourself, Business News
Tanyella Evans

Even though the conference is over, LearnLaunch continues to be basecamp for the ed tech community in Boston. If you want to join in the buzz, check out the regularly updated discussions on their LinkedIn group.

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Lies, Damned Lies, & Immigration or: How Our Immigration Policy Hurts Startups and Hurts America

Jose Ferreira | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Google, Knewton, John McCain, Immigration, Arizona, Employment, Start-Ups, Jobs, Politics News
Jose Ferreira

The new anti-Hispanic law in Arizona makes Thomas Friedman's excellent 4/3/10 piece Start-Ups, Not Bailouts worth another look. Two data points he cit...

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Is Your Company Venture-backable?

Jose Ferreira | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Knewton, Twitter, Venture Capital, Facebook, Business, Myspace, Business News
Jose Ferreira

So, you want to be an entrepreneur. Sure, some VCs are a little gun-shy, but the smart ones are investing. How do you get them to invest in you?

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Is There Really an NYC Start-Up Boom? And if So, What's Causing It?

Jose Ferreira | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Foursquare, Knewton, Nyc, Twitter, Venture Capital, Facebook, Huffington Post, Tumblr, Tech Startups, Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, Vc, Technology News
Jose Ferreira

In years past, the best-and-brightest all came to NYC to work in law, fashion, or finance. The talent's still coming, but those industries have all shrunk. The big beneficiary is the start-up scene.

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Greece's Pieces

Jose Ferreira | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Germany, America, Angela Merkel, European Union, Knewton, Europe, Greek Debt Crisis, Greece, Euro, Business News
Jose Ferreira

Jose Ferreira is the Founder and CEO of Knewton When the EU formed in 1998, I was the crazy guy in the corner of the pub ranting to all my friends th...

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Google's Got the Goods on China

Jose Ferreira | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Baidu, China, Google, Google China, Knewton, Technology News
Jose Ferreira

Google's real threat to China is not that it will leave the country. It's that it will embarrass China and damage its national reputation as a place to do business.

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