High-Tech Business Writer

Joined December 2008
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Two Milwaukee girls cheering for the @RedSox #fenwayphotos
#yahoo executive comp: Miss your goals & fight w/your boss for 1 year, & you get $42M severance. Wish I could fail that spectacularly.
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20 Nov 2013
Only 1 in 10 engineers are women. We should probably fix that. #dontunderestimategirls @GoldieBlox (via @Upworthy) shrd.by/M7A6S3

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#flashback re: WSJ story about Yucca Mtn nuclear waste site. That was one of the 1st stories I covered for Wash. Tech. in `87. #stillwaiting
#snapchat rejecting $3B #facebook bid reminds me of #digg, which turned down $200M from #google in 2008 only to sell for $500K in 2012.
Having read NYT roundup of #entrepreneurs discussing buyout offers they did & didn't take, I say: Sell.
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Start-Up Leaders Recount Choice to Cash In or Stay Independent nyti.ms/1f80o90

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15 Nov 2013
Amy Errett of Madison Reed, on Finding Your Genius - NYTimes.com @nytimes ow.ly/qRz55

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Madison Reed CEO on #management:``My job is to find your genius and to help you find your genius. And if we can do that, that's the magic.''
Warby Parker CEO on #innovation: A lot of companies don't expect or ask their team members to come up with ideas, but we demand it.
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Media bias? NYT headline: Sharp Rise in Revenue for #Twitter. WSJ headline: #Twitter's Loss Widens.Truth is Q3 revs doubled & loss tripled.
Talk about #diversity! New #apple retail chief #Ahrendts is a Hoosier, #christian & grad of non-elite Ball State. buswk.co/17G6rsm

Stephens in WSJ: Best metric for nation's greatness "is ability to produce, cultivate, attract and retain intellectial greatness."
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How do you lose $460M in 6 years? Ask the #philly Inquirer. Value dropped from $515M in 2006 to $55M in 2012. nyti.ms/1aEcFvR

StubHub founder on motivating #engineers:We're trying to create a sense of empowerment & autonomy. nyti.ms/19vkDZW #spreecast .

#hootsuite CEO: Improving #compsci in public schools & getting girls to participate is only way to break open IT's old boys club. #diversity
US college grads lack math/reading/tech skills, but avg pay for US public univ presidents is $441K & four make > $1M. bit.ly/10CoX2i

US #college grads lack skills but US parents spend more on it than foreign peers. US ranks last of 13 nations in higher ed affordability.
#OECDSkills: US college grads lag foreign peers in math, literacy & tech skills. College CEOs must replace party culture w/study culture.
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Get the key findings from the #OECDSkills Outlook 2013 – free pdf bit.ly/1bsPN7F

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