December 2010
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Gov 2.0: There's An App For That →
On NYC Bigg Apps and the Congress passage of the America Competes Act. 
Dec 22nd
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Another great talk by Fred Wilson - this one at the Paley Center.  Notably, Fred says “I think education is a media business,” and elaborates that, “Teachers are talent; Curriculum is the content; Classrooms are the theater.” See his education comments around 30:00. 
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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GroundReport Needs To Get GroupOnized To Take Off →
A look at Paramendra’s post on GroundReport and GroupOn, with nods to Kickstarter and Spot.us.
Dec 13th
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Dec 10th
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Mark Zuckerberg: Our First Millennial CEO →
Jose Antonio Vargas on how pragmatism & idealism define Gen Y entrepreneurs.
Dec 9th
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“I think I’d be drawn to a founder whose story somewhat parallels my own—working...”
– That’s 4Chan’s Christopher Poole (Moot) on what he’ll be looking for as an advisor to Lerer Ventures. Journalists like to paint Gen Y as self-obsessed, entitled, and distracted. The common trait of young entrepreneurs working for the greater good — to change the world...
Dec 8th
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Bnter Banter: On Short Sightedness →
bnterbanter: When the idea for Bnter first hatched, I only thought in terms of text message conversations. Looking at my job history, it’s not hard to see why I saw the world through a phone. I underestimated our users. They’ve taken the chat interface and injected their everyday lives into their profiles…. Lauren Leto, bnter’s founder learns from her community.  As Craig Newmark...
Dec 7th
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“Your answer to ‘what data should the government make public?’ depends not so...”
– From Clay Shirky’s excellently reasoned analysis of the Wikileaks conflict. He’s quoting Tom Slee above.
Dec 7th