The CEO’s weekly checklist

There is always plenty to do at a startup and the CEO is usually the head cook and dishwasher, but the question of where I should be productively spending my time is an important one. Besides suggestions specific to a company lifecycle stage like, “Get some alpha customers teed up” or “Get together a launch plan for Europe,” there are some core, evergreen pieces of … [ Read more ]

P2Peer Education: Bringing Elite Education to the Masses

About a year ago, a friend posed to me the following question: ”Why do students plunk down $150,000 for a 4-year education at MIT when virtually all of the courseware is available free of charge online?” Not only was it a great question, but answering it is critical to bringing elite levels of higher education to the online masses.