Peter Thiel has lured yet another group of young kids out of college into the startup world. On Thursday the billionaire venture capitalist's Thiel...
If it doesn't cluck like a chicken or walk like a chicken, is it still a chicken? Some meatless meat makers would have you believe yes. Enterprisin...
In order to pop the current bubble in higher education we need to align incentives between the schools, students, and employers within this multi billion dollar market and apply more efficient means of credentialing.
Consume writing voraciously, and you will absorb writing skills by osmosis. You will come to appreciate an unexpected word or turn of phrase. You'll intuitively develop awareness of what makes a story arc engaging or a character tantalizing.
There is something vaguely pyramid-scheme-feeling about a college dropout becoming successful by talking about how successful he's managed to be as a college dropout.
Using the much-lamented flying car as proxy for expectations of the future that didn't happen as planned, we see that achieving success demands more than just showing that something is technically possible.
Peter Thiel, an early Facebook investor and board member, has made a fortune off a company built on persuading people to share. But that doesn't me...
The New Republic held a discussion in New York City on Thursday night about whether Twitter, in the magazine's words, has "made democracy impossible."...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Peter Thiel, the PayPal co-founder and Facebook Inc's first outside investor, is close to investing roughly $150 million in ...
Once again, the hunt is on for the next great college dropout. Peter Thiel, Facebook’s first big investor and the co-founder of PayPal, announced...
Facebook appeared unprepared to launch, and its IPO was wildly overvalued. The question investors should ask themselves now is whether they should bail out, as many insiders and early investors did, when Facebook first went public, because there's a larger wave of potential selling before year-end.
"How awesome would it be if there could be an environment that would be dedicated to helping entrepreneurs...grow and scale their companies that could...
There's increasingly a social dimension to innovation, as a new crop of visionaries is addressing global challenges using the tools of connectivity.
Hollywood Arts used arts-based learning to mainstream homeless and foster care youth over the age of 18. Our goal was, among other things, to prepare our students for higher education and we partnered with the local community college to help facilitate this.
As even the most out-of-the-loop, casual "Social Network" viewers know, you can make a lot of dough in tech. So much that you can give it away in gian...
California is the land of milk and honey for political candidates. The Golden State has been more lucrative for both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney indi...
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Thiel, one of Facebook's earliest investors and a member of its board, was among the insiders selling stock in the social netw...
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook's stock plunged to a new low Thursday as some of the social networking leader's early backers got their first chance to...
Peter Thiel is cooking up some weird beef. The famed co-founder of PayPal--he also sits on Facebook's board--who’s known for his wacky investment...
In the wake of the financial crisis, Millenials trust themselves more than big business or government. They want to have a concrete impact and control over their lives, and see their own ventures as an avenue.
Last Fall, Facebook investor Peter Thiel gave 24 young adults $100,000 each to drop out of college. The Silicon Valley billionaire did so in part t...
To develop meaningful and disruptive innovation, I believe we need to question all existing beliefs and have vision about what the future holds. We can't be afraid to buck social conditioning or take risk.
By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Asana, a Silicon Valley start-up, has lined up $28 million in a financing round led by PayPa...
While I admire the entrepreneurial spirit driving Mr. Thiel's venture, his message is simply wrong when considered as a blueprint for young adults considering whether to invest in a college education.
There certainly is a serious problem today facing higher education that is not being sufficiently addressed, and that concerns what "higher" education is all about.
