Forbes Column 08: ‘Edutainment’ Needs Entrepreneurs

This week’s Zero In challenges entrepreneurs to create a scalable education methodology that standardizes and makes universally accessible content across disciplines while personalizing lessons to children’s learning needs. The column suggests that such a system need not depend on widespread access to the latest laptops or broadband technology, or even on initiatives such as Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop per

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Forbes Column 08: Obama: Think Smart Cards

Zero In this week reflects on Singapore’s efficient use of technology to create incredible infrastructure that flows uninterrupted, and recommends some ideas to President-elect Barack Obama. While the problem of aging and unsafe roads and bridges needs to be addressed, it is equally important that the new administration take a broad view of infrastructure and

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Forbes Column 08: Stop The Fear Epidemic

This week’s Zero In addresses the media’s role in creating a culture of fear that many feel is developing partly as a result of the rapid spread of negative stories and commentary. The column urges everyone from the most established editors to the newest bloggers to use the reach and power of digital media to cover stories of collaboration

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Forbes Column 08: Healing Health Care

Zero-In this week takes a look at one of the most daunting issues of our time, health care, and calls for a bubble for that industry, so that capital, entrepreneurs and jobs flow into it over the next decade. Read Healing Health Care on Forbes. The biggest issue plaguing this industry is its broken business

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Forbes Column 08: Perilous Protectionism

Now that Obama wants to bail out General Motors, are we on our way to becoming an ICU of failing companies? This week, Zero-In discusses Perilous Protectionism and the danger of technology companies going on welfare en masse. Related Reading: * Obama and Outsourcing and its 49 comments * Obama’s Economic Policy Thoughts which include:

Forbes Column 08: President Obama: Listen To Entrepreneurs

I haven’t said anything after the elections about the outcome or the road ahead. But I did write this piece on Wednesday, the morning after. Zero In this week is an open letter to Barack Obama. p.s. I understand that the Obama team is reading these pieces. I encourage you to write what’s on your

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Forbes Column 08: Bargains For Private Equity

In Zero-In this week, I discuss some possible opportunities for private equity. In general, the current environment favors those with lots of cash, and the private equity firms certainly fit that description.

Forbes Column 08: Capitalism Revisited

Zero-In this week poses a framework question about the incentive structure of its various constituencies. Take a look at Capitalism Revisited. Related reading: *In Defense of Capitalism *An S.O.S. To Silicon Valley *The VC-Entrepreneur Compensation Disbalance (great comments/discussion) *Will Capitalism Survive an Obama Administration: Q&A on LinkedIn