background preloader

Important People To Know

Facebook Twitter

Neil Patel on Entrepreneurship, Failure and Being a "Big Deal" EntrepreneurWiki: Neil Patel. Neil Patel's Social Links Profile.

EntrepreneurWiki: Neil Patel

Daniel Gilbert (psychologist) He and his wife, Marilynn Oliphant, live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Daniel Gilbert (psychologist)

Gilbert has one son and two grandchildren. Gilbert's 2006 book, Stumbling on Happiness, was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into more than 30 languages. It won the 2007 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books and was included as one of fifty key books in psychology in 50 Psychology Classics (2006) by Tom Butler-Bowdon. Books. 15 Israelis making a mark on Silicon Valley’s tech scene. Silicon Valley may have competition from Tel Aviv and New York today in terms of where a blue-and-white startup should base itself, but that hasn’t stopped the Israeli entrepreneurial community in California from growing.

15 Israelis making a mark on Silicon Valley’s tech scene

“Now it’s easier to make it elsewhere but if you want to be where it’s at, that’s still Silicon Valley,” Moshik Raccah, cofounder of IEFF (Israeli Executives and Founders Forum), tells ISRAEL21c. “This is where the future is happening. This is where all the big technology companies are, this is where your partners are and this is where the best talent in the world is. Like New York for the money people and Hollywood for the movie industry, this is Ground Zero for tech.” Company Information. Global Community Co.,Ltd.: Private Company Information. December 20, 2017 3:59 AM ET Company Overview Global Community Co.

Global Community Co.,Ltd.: Private Company Information

הרשת החברתית - גלובס. SHV Holdings. SHV Holdings is a privately owned Dutch trading company, regarded as one of the world's largest private trading groups.

SHV Holdings

SHV is a highly diversified company, with interests in transport, retail, oil, food and financial services.[2][3] It currently employs around 47,000 people.[4] History[edit] What Government Can Learn From Baseball. Staff and Contact. Jonathan Rothberg. Jonathan Marc Rothberg (born 1963) is an American scientist and entrepreneur.

Jonathan Rothberg

Early life[edit] Jonathan Marc Rothberg was born in New Haven, Connecticut to Lillian Rothberg and Henry Rothberg, a chemical engineer. Prior to Rothberg's birth, his parents founded Laticrete International, Inc. a family-owned manufacturer of products for the installation of tile and stone. Rothberg's family established the foundation for his scientific career.[1] Education and scientific career[edit] Paul Dastoor: In sunshine or in shadow - Australia Unlimited.

Even as a small boy growing up in the UK, Paul Dastoor gave a lot of thought to a specific problem way beyond his years: how to supply the world with energy.

Paul Dastoor: In sunshine or in shadow - Australia Unlimited

‘When I was at school I was worried that we would run out of energy,’ he explains. Now, as Professor of Physics heading the Priority Research Centre for Organic Electronics at Australia’s University of Newcastle, Paul Dastoor is a long way towards answering that problem – at least in part. Printable solar technology, unveiled at a demonstration site at the University, has the capacity to make energy in the form of electricity both cheaper and more accessible.

Researchers have developed electronic inks made from non-toxic carbon based materials which are then printed onto plastic sheets to create solar panels; the semiconducting polymers in the inks create a layer that converts light into electricity. Michael Kadoorie - Wikipedia. The Honourable Sir Michael David Kadoorie, GBS (born 1941) is a business executive and philanthropist.[2] As of March 2011, he is the 6th wealthiest person in Hong Kong, with the wealth of his family estimated to be 9.5 billion US dollars according to Forbes' annual list of billionaires.

Michael Kadoorie - Wikipedia

Family and early life[edit] Columbia Sportswear matriarch fled Nazis, built billion-dollar empire. Vint Cerf. Widely known as a “Father of the Internet,” Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet.

Vint Cerf

In December 1997, President Bill Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his colleague, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. In 2004, Cerf was the recipient of the ACM Alan M. Turing award (sometimes called the “Nobel Prize of Computer Science”) and in 2005 he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George Bush. Cerf began his work at the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) playing a key role in leading the development of Internet and Internet-related data packet and security technologies.

He also served from 2000-2007 as chairman of the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), an organization he helped form. Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Wikipedia. He criticized the risk management methods used by the finance industry and warned about financial crises, subsequently profiting from the late-2000s financial crisis.[5][6] He advocates what he calls a "black swan robust" society, meaning a society that can withstand difficult-to-predict events.[7] He proposes antifragility in systems, that is, an ability to benefit and grow from a certain class of random events, errors, and volatility[8] as well as "convex tinkering" as a method of scientific discovery, by which he means that decentralized experimentation outperforms directed research.[9] Early life and family background[edit] Taleb in his student days Taleb was born in Amioun, Lebanon, to Minerva Ghosn and Najib Taleb, a physician/oncologist and a researcher in anthropology.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb - Wikipedia

Education[edit] Finance view[edit] Academic career[edit] How Elon Musk could reshape city life. Last week, Elon Musk tweeted out that he got "verbal approval" to build a hyperloop — a sealed tube where a pod carrying people or goods can travel free of air resistance — from New York to Washington D.C., with a travel time of 29 minutes. Bloomberg Philanthropies. Paul Allen - Wikipedia. Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft, alongside Bill Gates. As of March 2017, he was estimated to be the 42nd richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $19.9 billion.[2] Alvin M. Weinberg - Wikipedia.

Alvin Martin Weinberg (April 20, 1915 – October 18, 2006) was an American nuclear physicist who was the administrator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) during and after the Manhattan Project. He came to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in 1945 and remained there until his death in 2006. Billionaire Elon Musk: How I Became The Real 'Iron Man'

Katz Watson Group. Fran Katz Watson, founder and president of The Katz Watson Group, has been active in the political and fundraising arenas for the last ten election cycles. She began her career in college working for the Democratic Party of Virginia as well as the Congressman from her hometown of Norfolk, Virginia. Prior to founding The Katz Watson Group in 1999, she had served as the National Finance Director for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and in 2000, managed national fundraising for Senator Joe Lieberman’s run for Vice President. Previously, Fran served in various political and fundraising positions for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and several Gubernatorial and US Senate races.

Lauren Bergmann joined KWG in 2007 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in January 2014. Morgan Jacobs joined KWG in February 2014 as a Finance Associate. Alex Laskey: How behavioral science can lower your energy bill. Pure Genius: How Dean Kamen's Invention Could Bring Clean Water To Millions. Deka Research & Development - About DEKA - Dean Kamen Founder. Dean Kamen: The emotion behind invention. Meet the Man Who Launched TED. Dr. Inken Braunschmidt. Featured. Alex Laskey. Interview: Ory Zik, Founder, Energy Points. Ory Zik, Ph.D. Linkedin. Foundation Announces Richard Henriques as New Chief Financial Officer.

SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced that Richard Henriques has been appointed chief financial officer, effective April 19, 2010. Ronald Cohen. J.D. Power. J.D. Power III (born James David Power on May 30, 1931 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is the founder of the marketing firm J.D. Harry Solomon (businessman) Sir Harry Solomon (born 1937) is the founder of Hillsdown Holdings, one of the United Kingdom's largest food businesses. In 1976 he co-founded Hillsdown Holdings and built it into one of the United Kingdom's largest food businesses.[2] He retired from the business in 1993.[4] How J.D. Power drove change in auto research. James David Power III, 84, built a business selling auto companies something they didn’t initially want: their customers’ opinions. Mark Weinberger. About Wharton. Bill Gates Talks About the Future of Energy.

Jonathan Baron. Philip E. Tetlock. Elon Musk. Security Check Required.