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Superpowering the Silicon Prairie
(Guest post by Philip Rosedale.) I recently posted on the Coffee & Power blog about Silicon Valley’s amazing lead in startups, and our analysis of why it is both so strong and growing. The summary is that Silicon Valley has more tech people per capita (and per square mile) than anywhere else in the world,…
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Four founders riff on fun, failure and asking the right questions (Video)
If you’ve been following our Big Omaha 2012 Video Series, you’ve seen the solo performances given by Yael Cohen of F Cancer, Ben Lerer of Thrillist, Jim McKelvey of Square and Philip Rosedale of Coffee & Power on May 10 at Big Omaha 2012. Now, we bring you an encore performance featuring that entire quartet.…
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Philip Rosedale foresees further shifts in the nature of work (Video)
An unmistakable thread woven through Philip Rosedale’s life and his talk on May 10 at Big Omaha 2012 is the tendency to challenge commonly held assumptions regarding people and the work they do. Take, for instance, Rosedale’s thoughts on the perception that Silicon Valley is full of nothing but the swashbuckling cavaliers of the business…
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Philip Rosedale: ‘Work together and help each other.’
Philip Rosedale, the founder of Coffee and Power, referred to humans as herd animals and reminded listeners that we all have a desire to feel safe, then turned around and asked the audience to consider whether companies need CEOs at all. The founder of Second Life wove the final speech of Day 1 of Big…
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Get to know the Big Omaha 2012 Thursday speakers
Already pick out your clothes in anticipation of Big Omaha? Now, it’s time for you to do your homework on the speaker lineup. Lucky for you, we’ve done the hard part and put together a series of links on the latest news and videos of each of the speakers in hopes of building your enthusiasm…