TEDxPrincetonU - Shirley Tilghman - Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
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Based on her experiences as a molecular biologist, Shirley Tilghman, the President of Princeton University, opens TEDxPrincetonU (http://www.tedxprincetonu.com ) with an introduction to social entrepreneurship and what it takes to get powerful ideas out there. About TEDx, x=independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, T... Read more
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- -: TEDxPrincetonU - Shirley Tilghman - Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship
April 11, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Based on her experiences as a molecular biologist, Shirley Tilghman, the President of Princeton University, opens TEDxPrincetonU (http://www.tedxprincetonu.com ) with an introduction to social entrepreneurship and what it takes to get powerful ideas out there. About TEDx, x=independently organiz...
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- -: Peter Ward: Earth's mass extinctions
January 28, 2009 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Asteroid strikes get all the coverage, but "Medea Hypothesis" author Peter Ward argues that most of Earth's mass extinctions were caused by lowly bacteria. The culprit, a poison called hydrogen sulfide, may have an interesting application in medicine. TEDTalks is a daily video ...
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- -: Green@Google: Vinod Khosla
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- -: E-Sourcing: Impact of Non-Price Attributes Strategic...
October 9, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Google Tech Talks October 20, 2006 D.J. Wu ABSTRACT Internet and other Information Technology (IT) innovations have redefined the classic concept of market revolutionarily, creating new marketplaces continuously such as Google, eBay and Amazon. The design of such electronic markets calls for ne...
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- -: Impact of Technology on Reducing Poverty and Alleviating...
October 9, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Google TechTalks June 7, 2006 B. Ramalinga Raju and Venkat Changavalli ABSTRACT India is booming with visionary initiatives to transform rural India and its poor. This tech talk tells the story of one corporation that is leveraging its core competency to address the issues. Satyam group of Ind...
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- -: Gov. Haley Barbour - The Government's Response to Katrina
May 14, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=954 Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour points out things local, state, and federal governments got right in dealing with the damage wrought on his state by Hurricane Katrina. ----- Haley Barbour discusses how one State dealt with Hurrican...
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- -: Neil DeGrasse Tyson - Death By Giant Meteor
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- -: Neil DeGrasse Tyson - How to Deflect a Killer Asteroid
March 12, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/19/Neil_DeGrasse_Tyson_Death_by_Black_Hole Celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson describes one possible solution for altering the trajectory of an earthbound asteroid. ----- Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses "Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Qu...
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- -: Former NASA Admin Recalls Mars Pathfinder Mission
September 1, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/11/Daniel_Goldin_A_Fire_to_Be_Ignited Former NASA administrator Daniel Goldin says solving the dilemma of landing on Mars with the Pathfinder was as simple as defining the problem, and then forgetting old techniques. ----- Daniel Goldin was the longest...
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