Nature vs. Nurture. You’ve all heard the question before. Let’s talk about kids for a moment. I grew up believing that human behavior was 20% nature, 80% nurture. Now that I have two boys (4 and 7) I’m convinced it’s the other way around. There’s no question that both factors are involved. There have been many studies done on the topic including looking at twins raised in separate families.
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Entrepreneurship: Nature vs. Nurture? A Religious Debate
Posted by admin 10 days ago (http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com)Smart people more likely to be atheists, vegetarians
Posted by admin 12 days ago (http://www.overcomingbias.com)
Adult intelligence predicts adult espousal of liberalism, atheism, and sexual exclusivity for men (but not for women), while intelligence is not associated with the adult espousal of evolutionarily familiar values on children, marriage, family, and friends. … Childhood intelligence at age 10 significantly increases the probability that individuals become vegetarian as adults.
Ron Conway Raising $10 Million Angel Fund To Expand SV Angel
Posted by admin 12 days ago (http://techcrunch.com)
Super-angel Ron Conway, who is one of the most prolific and successful investors in Silicon Valley, is expanding his SV Angel fund to include outside investors (recently he has invested only his own capital in startups). He is raising a new fund of around $10 million, we’ve confirmed.
Founder Institute’s San Diego Outpost Graduates 12 Startups
Posted by admin 12 days ago (http://techcrunch.com)
Adeo Ressi’s Founder Institute San Diego outpost has graduated 12 startups in its inaugural program. Announced in March 2009, the Founder Institute offers entrepreneurs and very early stage startups an environment designed to help foster their growth and education. The program, which is now active in nine cities worldwide, holds two four-month long sessions annually in each location, which includ
Juniper Networks Establishes $50 Million Venture Fund
Posted by admin 13 days ago (http://techcrunch.com)
Tech giant Juniper Networks this morning introduced the $50 million Junos Innovation Fund, a new corporate venture capital initiative that will invest primarily in VC-backed technology companies in early or growth stage. The fund builds up on Juniper’s efforts to establish an ecosystem of technologies, software and applications built on its cross-network software platform Junos, the company said.
Memo to CEOs And Founders: Share The Love
Posted by admin 13 days ago (http://techcrunch.com)
When we split the atom, Einstein remarked that everything changed but our way of thinking. You could make the same argument about acquisitions and option pools.As Mark Suster recently noted, employees will never see a big payday at most startups unless the company shoots for the moon. This is probably why investors’ case for a company to sell early focuses exclusively on the founder: in most earl
What Lean Startups are NOT
Posted by admin 14 days ago (http://venturefizz.com)
The Lean Startup movement isn’t terribly new, but the level of hype is reaching pretty significant levels. The contrarian in me is always a little wary when anything gets overly hyped. To be clear, I really really like the concepts of the lean startup and customer development. I’d recommend any entrepreneur who isn’t familiar with this to at least watch some of Eric Ries’ talks about it and try
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