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I’m publishing this series on LinkedIn called Colors to explore a topic that I care deeply about: the Renaissance Mind. I am just as passionate about entrepreneurship, technology, and business, as I am about art and culture. In this series, I will typically publish a piece of art – one of my paintings – and

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Sramana Mitra: This is an excellent discussion, regardless of whether we agree or disagree. It’s a kind of discussion that is very interesting for the readers to think through and participate in. I’m going to switch gears because we’re running out of time. When you look at the universe of online learning and I imagine

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Sramana Mitra: What are some other success criteria and failure criteria in your pattern matching? You talked extensively about teacher adoption and viral spread and then monetization through parents as one of the pieces of success versus the failure criteria of trying to spell one by one to professors or teachers or school administrations. Are

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497th Roundtable Recording on August 6, 2020: With Mike Edelhart, Social Starts and Joyance Partners

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Thought Leaders in Artificial Intelligence: Raj Valli, CEO of Thinkster (Part 5)

Sramana Mitra: I’m going to fight you again on this one. That’s the spirit in which I like to have these conversations, so I’m glad you’re enjoying it. The two examples that you picked are both higher-order problems than your domain. Legal case material is far more complex. The range of vocabulary, the range of

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August 13 – 498th 1Mby1M Mentoring Roundtable for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs are invited to the 498th FREE online 1Mby1M mentoring roundtable on Thursday, August 13, 2020, at 8 a.m. PDT/11 a.m. EDT/5 p.m. CEST/8:30 p.m. India IST. If you are a serious entrepreneur, register to “pitch” and sell your business idea. You’ll receive straightforward feedback, advice on next steps, and answers to any of your

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