April 23, 2015
The world has many people who chronicle the events of our lives but no one group of people writes more of the first page of history than reporters.
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April 21, 2015
The tech industry’s “fail fast, fail often” mantra has proven successful in pumping out world-changing innovations in record time. The faster one figures out what doesn’t work, the faster one can get to something that does. Failure is a good thing that is a natural consequence of the innovation process.
April 2, 2015
Peter Thiel, the legendary co-founder of PayPal, says that the greatest threat to technological growth in America is a culture that embraces conformity. “I worry that the conformity problem is worse today than it was in the ‘50s,” said Thiel at an event hosted by the Mercatus Center.
March 31, 2015
Edward Luce writes in the Financial Times that “American’s politics is remarkable for its resistance to new ideas.” Luce contrasts this way of thinking to the sort that percolates in the
March 30, 2015
It seems not a week goes by without another report of cyber criminals making off with hordes of stolen data.
February 27, 2015
How about a humanoid robot that fights fires?
February 6, 2015
AUSTIN - "What is our moonshot?" Austin's medical technologists realize that their city is on the precipice of being a leader in the healthcare space. A new medical center is opening up. An innovation district is coming along. Capital is appearing and talent is plenty.
November 21, 2014
Austin is a powerful example of what happens when you mesh strong economic growth with a vibrant culture. A dispatch from the Congress of Cities meeting.
November 20, 2014
Five years ago, there were no startup incubators in New York City.
The Big Apple could hardly be called a hotbed for new innovation, as its economy still relied heavily on big corporations and the financial sector.
November 11, 2014
In a recent profile in The Atlantic of Jim Koch, the founder of the Boston Beer Company, James Fallows wrote that craft brewers are "important markers of cities that are attracting the young