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In this lecture, Professor Kagan traces the development and the power of the Persian empire. He also shows how the Persian empire and the Greek world eventually came into conflict through a few incidents concerning Ionian Greeks in Asia Minor, which eventually turned into the Persian Wars. Professor Kagan ends this lecture with a description of the events of the battle of Marathon in which the Athenians defeated the Persians.
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Bronfman describes how Endeavor, an organization dedicated to high-impact entrepreneurship, provides entrepreneurs with the tools they need to succeed across the globe. Because of the market-based focus of Endeavor, many of the companies it supports can uphold their own growth. Using the principle of real market vitality, Endeavor entrepreneurs have built sustainable economic developments world-wide.
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Tim Draper, Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, argues that the pace of technical change and adoption is increasing. This increasing rate of change is driven both by a growing customer base connected to the Internet as well as the growing number of entrepreneurs who are able to participate in global markets from anywhere in the world.
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Despite the huge investments, regulatory burdens, and uncertain market place, Burrill talks about how venture businesses investing in the life sciences industry make money. He stresses the importance of creating a perceived value (which is much higher than the actual value) as well as taking advantage of global arbitrage of technology having a higher value in certain parts of the world as compared to others.
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A plethora of Far Right and fascist organizations emerged in the wake of World War I. Economic depression, nationalism, anti-Semitism and xenophobia all played a part in this upsurge. On the left, the tension between communist revolutionaries and socialist reformers was reconciled, for a time, in the Popular Front government of Leon Blum. While the Popular Front would eventually fall, it pioneered many of the reforms and progressive measur...more
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June 28, 2007 presentation by Michael Longaker for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach's Summer Science Lecture Series. Dr. Michael Longaker, Director or Children's Surgical Research, explains how regenerative, reparative, replacement and tissue engineering medicine represent an emerging field that holds great promise for core problems in medicine world wide.
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Historically, thousands of people have given their lives to explore new frontiers on land and sea. And space entrepreneur and X PRIZE founder Peter Diamandis deeply believes that the world today is risk-adversive to its own detriment. True breakthroughs that expand scientific capability and history always take a tremendous amount of adventurous spirit, and real mavericks need to be audacious in order to discover greatness. Capitalize on th...more
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According to Hawkins, no one remembers the 14 hours at work or the time missed with their kids. What people remember is if they changed the world, if they had a good time in the process, or if they promoted a positive culture. He talks about balance in regards to developing a great product and having a normal life. Hawkins believes that you can do it all and live a normal life!
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This lecture explores issues and ideas related to the branch of psychology known as cognitive development. It begins with an introduction of Piaget who, interested in the emergence of knowledge in general, studied children and the way they learn about the world in order to formulate his theories of cognitive development. This is followed by an introduction to the modern science of infant cognition. Finally, the question of the relationship...more
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In Kleiner Perkins perspective, Khosla argues, the traditional model of giving is broken. Social entrepreneurship and ways to leverage money are very important. Although there is not enough money in the world to solve the world's problems, if you apply and multiply, there are, in fact, solutions to some of these problems. Examples of companies providing these solutions include Gramine Bank and Aprotech.
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Tim Draper, Partner at Draper Fisher Jurvetson, suggests that entrepreneurs are heroes because they are the real change agents in the world. Although politicians often recognize and propose programs to address problems, it is most often entrepreneurs who actually fix problems by taking big risks to achieve their vision.
