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Google — not Goldman Sachs — deserves our best minds
By vivekwadhwa on 07 Nov 2013
Collateralized debt obligations, credit default swaps, and structured investment vehicles are some of the greatest innovations created by the financial industry in recent times. What did this get us? Subprime loans, the housing bubble, and the financial meltdown.
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Why Silicon Valley Can’t Be Copied
By vivekwadhwa on 15 Jul 2013
For 50 years, the experts have tried to figure out what makes Silicon Valley tick. The answer is people.
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Meet Your Neighbor: Pooja Sankar
By bayareadesi team on 20 Oct 2011
Pooja Sankar is an IIT'ian and Stanford graduate who founded Piazza so every student can have that opportunity to learn from his/her classmates. An idea (a phenomenon actually!!) conceived in 2009 by a shy girl from a small town in India has seen explosive growth.
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Spotlight in ICA - NPO nurturing & funds social entrepreneurs in US and in India
By bayareadesi team on 04 Oct 2011
Today in spotlight is Indians for Collective Action, oldest south asian non-profit in bay area that nurtures social activists, spawned numerous initiatives including Asha for Education and Foundation for Excellence, and supported innovative community-led development projects in over 20 states of India and disbursing over $5.0 million .
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Meet your Neighbor : Narpat Bhandari
By bayareadesi team on 10 Aug 2011
Narpat Bhandari is one of those successful emigrants from India who achieved success in his ventures abroad. He has 30 patents and papers in the field of semiconductors, software and High Definition Television (HDTV); chaired professorial position at University of California in Santa Cruz; amongst the top 10 Indian Americans honored by NFIA; founded many successful start-ups & non-profit called The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE). He is now CEO of Global School of Silicon Valley. Get to know Narpat Bhandari as he talks to our team on all things bay.
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Industry clusters: The modern-day snake oil
By vivekwadhwa on 25 Jul 2011
A recent study provides one more argument against government officials who tout “industry clusters” as the Holy Grail of regional growth and innovation.
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Meet Your Neighbor: Farhana Huq
By bayareadesi team on 08 Jul 2011
Farhana Huq started her own organization called C.E.O. Women that allows immigrant and refugee women become more self-sufficient by teaching them how to start their own business and learning vocational English as a second language (ESL) courses.
Meet Your Neighbors: Prasad Kaipa
By bayareadesi team on 03 May 2011
Prasad Kaipa is Executive Director, Emeritus. He has advised CEOs and coached Executive Teams in the areas of Innovation, Business Transformation, Decision Making, Strategic Thinking and Personal Mastery. Some of his clients include HP, CISCO, Disney, Adobe, Apple, Xerox, Boeing, Mastek, BAE Systems Mastek and Navteq. Dr. Kaipa is a visiting faculty at the Indian School of Business and part-time faculty at the Saybrook Graduate School. Get to know Prasad as he talks to our team on all things bay.
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Meet Your Neighbors: Naeem Zafar
By bayareadesi team on 12 Apr 2011
Naeem is a world citizen whose career was shaped in the high-tech industry having started or worked at seven companies and advised several dozen startups. He has distilled his knowledge and personal experiences in his writings and teaching to help guide entrepreneurs all over the world. He is a faculty member of the Berkeley-Haas business school at the University of California, Entrepreneur, Mentor and authored many books benefiting entrepreneurs. Get to know Naeem as he talks to our team on all things bay.
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Naeem Zafar on Entrepreneurship & Start-ups
By bayareadesi team on 12 Apr 2011
Naeem Zafar has authored 6 books on entrepreneur & start-ups encompassing subjects like finance, legal issues, funding, etc.
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