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Climate resilience will come from prioritizing humans—not what we’ve built

By Akshat Rathi | Quartz | December 3, 2019

Among the millions of species that inhabit our planet, Homo sapiens is one of the most resilient. Since we first evolved some 200,000 years ago in Africa, we’ve created habitats for ourselves in …

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Delphia Wants To Turn Your Data Into Investment Capital Through Collective Action

By Darrell Etherington | TechCrunch | December 4, 2019

A lot of companies talk about the value of your data, and about helping you get more control over the information you share, but Toronto-based Delphia is unique in aiming to build a …

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Heilogen’s new tech could unlock renewable energy for industrial manufacturing

By Jonathan Shieber | TechCrunch | November 19, 2019

A group of millionaires and billionaires took a trip to an industrial site in Lancaster, Calif. to witness the achievement of what could represent a giant leap forward in the effort to decarbonize …

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Startup Seeks to Hold Doctors, Hospitals Accountable on Patient Record Requests

By Lori Basheda | MedCity News | November 18, 2019

With few exceptions, federal law requires that health care providers make copies of medical records available within 30 days after patients request them and, when possible, in the format they desire. Under …

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Why Older Entrepreneurs Have the Edge

Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates founded their pathbreaking companies when they were still in their teens. Steve Jobs founded Apple at 21. Their stories, which get a lot of media attention, have many believing that younger entrepreneurs are the most …

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Wayfair Introduces Mobile App with Visual Technology Features

By Tatiana Walk-Morris | Retail Dive | November 14, 2019

The updates to Wayfair’s mobile app build off of capabilities it already offered, and may prove to be especially beneficial as more than half of Wayfair’s customers place orders using mobile devices, …

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McKinsey & Company: At our first Hispanic and Latino Economic Forum, leaders unite to focus on jobs

McKinsey & Company | October 9, 2019

In late September, our firm hosted its first Hispanic and Latino Economic Forum in Washington, DC, which may bring to mind data, numbers, and graphs.

And there were startling numbers. But there were also …

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This MIT climate solutions simulator lets you design the perfect plan to end the climate crisis

By Kristin Toussaint | Fast Company | December 3, 2019

Experts have offered up an array of solutions for how we can limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius: massive investment in renewable energy, a carbon tax, mandating more energy-efficient buildings, …

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Here is how IBM’s Data Scientists Look at the Data-Driven Future

By Kim Deen | Dataconomy | November 24, 2019

An aspiration to create a data-driven future has resulted in massive data lakes, where even the most experienced data scientists can drown in. Today, it’s all about what you do with that data …

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Every Question You’ll Be Asked in a Goldman Sachs Interview

By Sarah Butcher | eFinancial Careers | November 27, 2019

You’ve landed an interview with Goldman Sachs. Well done: you’re in a minority. What should you expect? In the past, Goldman Sachs had a reputation for interviewing people until it hurts – …

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