Buying and Selling Online Schools: The Unusual Career of Michael Clifford (Part 6)

SM: It sounds as though the best way to get into the online school business is to buy a struggling school that already has accreditation. Is that an accurate statement? MC: Correct. There are only 3,000 regionally accredited schools and most are called Stanford, Harvard, Yale, University of Michigan, etc. It is very rare to

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Buying and Selling Online Schools: The Unusual Career of Michael Clifford (Part 5)

SM: Who do you consider to be potential acquirers of your schools? MC: Bridgepoint, Grand Canyon, DeVry, Apollo, ITT, Strayer, Touro, EDMC, Capella, and APEI. I believe that most of the big public companies are looking for acquisitions.

BusinessWeek On Innovation And Job Creation

BusinessWeek has an excellent article on basic research and innovation: Where Have You Gone, Bell Labs? that covers how basic research can repair the broken U.S. business model and create millions of jobs.

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Mompreneur Stories: Being Your Own Boss

By Guest Author Erika Valdez There are over 10 million women-owned businesses in the United States, a large percentage of which are owned by mompreneurs. According to Entrepreneur Magazine, women are establishing their own companies at twice the rate of men. What is the reason for this trend?

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Buying and Selling Online Schools: The Unusual Career of Michael Clifford (Part 4)

SM: Is it fair to say that you focus your time primarily on the strategic planning and long-term outlook of not only your schools but the industry? MC: I spend a lot of time thinking about what degrees are going to be valuable two to three years from now and it just made common sense

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By Guest Author Cindy Weng   Zynga is the king of online social gaming. You may not know the company by its name but rather its games: Texas Hold’em, FarmVille, Mafia Wars, YoVille!, Scramble, and more. Its newest game, Roller Coaster Kingdom, was released only one month ago and already has almost four million users.