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The Future of Transportation

Feld Thoughts

The Nissan Leaf battery pack alone costs about $18,000 (though government incentives bring down the overall vehicle cost to the customer). Nevada, Florida, and California have already legalized them, suggesting this may be less of an issue than anticipated. If costs come down, are there other barriers? Litigation.

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

Their firm, Andreessen/Horowtiz , has been prescient enough to invest in social networks, consumer and mobile applications and the cloud long before others. I hypothesize that unlike bubbles in other sectors – tulips, Florida land prices, housing, financial – tech bubbles create lasting value. Here are two views how.

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30 Ways To Be A More Engaged Citizen

YoungUpstarts

Citizens are beginning to realize they must close the gap between government officials and the community. Maybe you’ve never paid much attention to your community’s economic conditions, culture, demographic trends, social networks, or political and power structures. Maybe we just felt we were too busy. ” 7. (See

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. Everyone wanted to work in finance. Everyone wants to work in tech startups.

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VentureGeeks Unveils Pre-Seed Investments in Five Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

In a nutshell, the program provides startups with $20,000, office space, account and legal help as well as a small network of mentors, all of which are aimed to help the companies get to a proof of concept. The fund is backed by David Moche, a Florida based real estate investor, and one of the co-founders of About.com.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. How to Take Down Facebook -- Hint: It Ain't Twitter. but: Something is Still Missing. You're afraid of change. don't know the future. What truth?