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Building a Bucket List of Consequence: My Conversation with Former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
A few months ago I sat down with Arne Duncan for a conversation on The Upside. He’s well-known as the former Secretary of Education under President Obama, and as a pragmatic leader who spent his career pushing for innovation and positive change for students – a sometimes daunting task.
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College Basketball Doesn’t Just Build Character, It Reveals Character
So said Marv Levy, the Hall of Fame NFL coach (and native Chicagoan). With the NCAA basketball tournament well underway, my version of that insight is this — college basketball doesn’t just build character, it reveals character.
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Make Love and Belief Interchangeable
It’s rare that someone will question your love for your own children, but 10 years ago my friend Brandon did just that — and it changed the way I view my relationship with my daughters — now ages 15 and 16 — forever.
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Best Advice: Change the Game
When Jeopardy! producers told Arthur Chu he’d been selected as a contestant, he knew he wasn’t ready. But instead of giving in to eventual defeat, Chu hunkered down and began scouring the game show’s forums, watching — and rewatching — classic episodes on YouTube and even turning to IBM’s Jeopardy! contestant, the computer Watson, for…
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The Internet: Turning Lemons into Lemonade
Used car dealers get a bad rap. Sure, they have enshrined themselves in our society by their cheesy commercials, their sometimes sleazy business deals and, not to mince words, the often shoddy cars they offer for sale. But really, that’s not the fault of the car dealers — it’s human nature. A quirk of behavioral…
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The Ultimate Entrepreneurial Risk: Student Debt (Flipping the University: Part 2)
In 2012, a team of ex-Google employees decided to launch their own company: a venture capital firm of sorts with a twist called Upstart. While traditional venture capital structures give funding to companies, Upstart’s financial backers monetarily support individuals. All they ask for in return is a share of future income.
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The Next Cinderella Story
One of my favorite sports teams is not one you’re going to see game highlights of on ESPN’s SportsCenter. In fact, you’ve probably never heard of them. The 2006 Redwood City 7th- and 8th-grade girls’ basketball team, however, is the stuff of modern sports legend.
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In an Automated World, Human Connections Can Still Thrive
By Brad Keywell and Adam Waytz, Associate Professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.