What the former Stanford professor-turned-independent educator teaches us about the new online power dynamic. Wars have been fought in pursuit of it.
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Feed SubscriptionTo Motivate Students, Make Them Give Away Their Rewards
A few months ago I wrote a piece for the Washington Post . The next day, my friend Lew emailed me with a link to an article about motivation through rewarding others that appeared on the page opposite my piece
Read More »What Has Being A Thiel Fellow Given Me? Credibility
Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams.
Read More »"Hacking Your Education," Coming To A Bookstore Near You
Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Now add a billionaire benefactor--PayPal founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel--bankrolling you and under pressure to prove that entrepreneurship can rival Harvard as a path to success. The inaugural class of Thiel Fellows is blogging about their experiences for Fast Company
Read More »Thiel Fellow Ben Yu Scrapped Harvard To Climb Kilimanjaro, Revolutionize Online Price Comparisons
Quitting college at 18 to move to Silicon Valley and pursue your startup is the stuff of Hollywood dreams. Now add a billionaire benefactor bankrolling you, and the pressure to prove that entrepreneurship rivals Harvard as a path to success. The inaugural class of Thiel Fellows is blogging about their experiences for Fast Company.
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