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Choose Possibility is a new book by Sukhinder Singh Cassidy. It is part personal story, and part career guide for ambitious professionals. I first learned of Sukhinder in 2012 while watching videos at Stanford’s Entrepreneur corner, where she was interviewed as the founder of Joyus. https://ecorner.stanford.edu/clips/th... Sukhinder has had a remarkable career with stints that in Read more
The 'Cobra Effect' aka the law of unintended consequences: In 19th century India under British colonial rule, authorities decided there were too many venomous cobras in the streets of Delhi, making life uncomfortable for the British residents and their families. To solve this, they offered a reward for every dead cobra residents would bring in. Soon, enterprising locals began to breed cobras to make a living from the Read more
Guest post by Mawuna Kuotonin Editor/Founder SiliconAfrica.com Perhaps there is something to be said for ‘fake it till you make it’ in the startup world . Great stories make great nations. Before nation builders there are great people builders. The saying, “The sun never sets on the British Empire” was true as recently as 1937 when tiny England did, in fact, still have posses Read more
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Interview with Peter Thiel by Wired UK at Oxford in 2014, posted on YouTube . Edited for clarity and length. 1/Do you think there is a correlation between Asperger’s and successful founders ? In its mildest forms, yes. And I think it is an indictment of our society that the people who are most socially adept end up having so little conviction about their ideas. Since they are so good at picking up o Read more
