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Saving Detroit: The ConversationWednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:00AMSaving Detroit? Maybe This Time. Here's Why.

Startup Boot Camps Seek Army of EntrepreneursTuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 8:54PMSome 500 people have signed up to test Benjamin Reece's service to help indie filmmakers distribute their movies and merchandise online, a business he began working on six months ago.

Startup Boot Camps Seek Army of EntrepreneursTuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 5:15PMBusiness accelerators are spreading across the U.S. as early stage investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers try to speed how long it takes to create new ventures—from years to months

Startup Boot Camps Seek EntrepreneursTuesday, March 29, 2011 @ 5:15PMBusiness accelerators are spreading as early stage investors, entrepreneurs, and policymakers try to speed new-venture creation

Stanford Magazine Story on the d.School: David Kelley as Founder, Jedi Master, and Cover BoyMonday, March 21, 2011 @ 2:36PMThe new Stanford Magazine just arrived and it has a fantastic story about the d.school called "Sparks Fly" and a nice sidebar on the efforts by Rich Crandall and others to teach design thinking in schools via their K-12 initiative. I am biased as I have been involved with IDEO (which David also founded) for over 15 years and with the d.school from the start. As I wrote in a recent post about ...

Clubs for growthSunday, February 27, 2011 @ 10:27PMIt could be the setup for a reality TV show: 12 emerging fashion designers working under the same roof in a garment center loft. Picture high-ceilings, exposed brick, flowing curtains and moveable walls, so workrooms can be transformed into showrooms in minutes. In addition to the up-and-coming entrepreneurs, there are...

Australia’s second dot com boom is hereFriday, February 18, 2011 @ 12:53AMEvidence is mounting from a variety of fronts that Australia has just entered its second dot com boom.

Skolkovo: Russia's Emerging Silicon ValleyWednesday, January 26, 2011 @ 3:22PMTwenty years after its collapse, the lingering legacies of the Soviet Union continue to prevent Russia from re-emerging as the superpower it once was. Its latest initiative, Skolkovo, has the potential to be the solution the country has longed for since the days of perestroika. It is Russia's first real attempt to transition from the Industrial Age of the twentieth century to the Digital Age of ...

Startup Turns Artificial Intelligence into Serendipity Engine for MobileThursday, January 6, 2011 @ 10:15PMThis post is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark as a new part of the Spark of Genius series that focuses on a new and innovative startup each day. Every Thursday, the program focuses on startups within the …