YC Partner and Head of Admissions Dalton Caldwell talks about pivoting for startups and shares his advice on when and how founders should consider it for their companies. You can find the lecture slides and transcript here: https://www.startupschool.org/videos/73 Find more Startup School and YC content at https://www.startupschool.org/library.

Say hello to the decentralized economy -- the blockchain is about to change everything. In this lucid explainer of the complex (and confusing) technology, Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models of commerce and finance into something far more […]

Guido van Rossum is the creator of Python, one of the most popular and impactful programming languages in the world. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast and the MIT course 6.S099: Artificial General Intelligence. The conversation and lectures are free and open to everyone. Audio podcast version is available on https://lexfridman.com/ai/ INFO: […]

Click here http://www.briantracy.com/noexcuse for a FREE chapter of my book No Excuses! The Power of Self-Discipline. Personal productivity is the key differentiation between the people who succeed in their chosen field and those who do not. Watch this video and learn how to set goals and how to be productive to achieve a higher level […]

What happened with the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) hard fork on November 15th? What kind of fork was it? What is the difference between BCHABC / BAB and BCHSV / BSV (note: broad agreement on ticker symbols has not necessarily occurred yet)? What will OP_DATASIGVERIFY and Canonical Transaction Ordering (CTOR) do? Does the original chain still […]

Daily schedule for students age 2 to 18. Weekly math learning plans for grade three through Algebra 2. Parents Parent quick start guideSet up your child on Khan Academy in 15 mins or less.Learn more Getting started webinarSee a demo of Khan Academy and Khan Academy Kids.Watch now Parent FAQ on remote learningSupport your child’s learning during school closures.Learn more […]

Covid-19 sickens people around the globe, scientists are rushing to find drugs that could help patients recover sooner. The never-before-seen pathogen can cause severe respiratory symptoms, including difficulty breathing and chest pain. To aid in the search, scientists have enlisted the world’s most powerful supercomputer, the IBM-built Summit. Occupying the floor space of two tennis courts […]

One of the fundamental concepts in machine learning is Cross Validation. It's how we decide which machine learning method would be best for our dataset. Check out the video to find out how! NOTE: At 4:16 there is a small typo. KNN should have 10 correct and 14 incorrect. For a complete index of all […]

Every stage of funding for a startup requires a different set of metrics and milestones Every year I teach classrooms full of students about business. These students end up leaving my classes understanding the basics of how to search for product/market fit — and thinking their next goal is to “get funded.” That’s a mistake […]

With everything that’s happening about the Coronavirus, it might be very hard to make a decision of what to do today. Should you wait for more information? Do something today? What? Here’s what I’m going to cover in this article, with lots of charts, data and models with plenty of sources: How many cases of […]

Is your organization full of Hackathons, Shark Tanks, Incubators and other innovation programs, but none have changed the trajectory of your company/agency? Over the last few years Pete Newell and I have helped build innovation programs inside large companies, across the U.S. federal science agencies and in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. But it is […]

Visit http://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. When will the coronavirus vaccine be ready? Epidemiologist Seth Berkley (head of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance) takes us inside the effort to create a vaccine for the coronavirus. With clarity and urgency, he explains what makes it so […]

The coronavirus outbreak is first and foremost a human tragedy, affecting hundreds of thousands of people. It is also having a growing impact on the global economy. This article is intended to provide business leaders with a perspective on the evolving situation and implications for their companies. The outbreak is moving quickly, and some of […]

Everything you need to know about the Paycheck Protection Loan and the SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs. The coronavirus pandemic has created uncertainty and stress for many American small businesses. Part of the government’s response to assist businesses during this time is the recent passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES […]

Banks are a riddle wrapped up in an enigma. We all kind of know that they do stuff with money we don’t understand, while the last crisis left a feeling of deep mistrust and confusion. We try to shed a bit of light onto the banking system. Why were banks invented, why did they cause […]

VC’s have just changed the ~50-year old social contract with startup employees. In doing so they may have removed one of the key incentives that made startups different from working in a large company. For most startup employee’s startup stock options are now a bad deal. Here’s why. Why Startups Offer Stock OptionsIn tech startups stock […]

Matthew Roszak shares how we're transitioning from an old model where money use to equal to power changing to money becoming technology via the rise of cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets on the blockchain. Matthew Roszak is co-founder and chairman of Bloq, a leading blockchain enterprise software company. Mr. Roszak is also founding partner of Tally […]

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Even as the immediate toll on human health from the spread of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the COVID-19 disease, mounts, the economic effects of the crisis—and the livelihoods at stake—are coming into sharp focus. Businesses must respond on multiple fronts at once: at the same time that they work to protect their workers’ safety, they must also […]

Investing in new financial technology is a short-term cost for long-term efficiency. This certainly applies to blockchain, which can occupy several roles within the financial sector. From making cross-border payments faster to removing costly middlemen, it’s already impacting the international banking network. Read the Post