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Bill Gates' favorite teacher
CNN Money &bull Aug 24, 2010
Khan turns out thousands of videos from a converted walk-in closet in his Silicon Valley home.By David A. FORTUNE -- Sal Khan, you can count Bill Gates as your newest fan. Gates is a voracious consumer of online education. This past spring a colleague at his small think tank, bgC3, e-mailed him about the nonprofit khanacademy.org, a vast digital trove of free mini-lectures all narrated by Khan, an ebullient, articulate Harvard MBA and former hedge fund manager. Gates replied within minutes. Gates and his 11-year-old son, Rory, began soaking up videos, from algebra to biology. Then, several weeks ago, at… Full Story »
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Paul Allen to Give Away Half of His Fortune
New York Times - DealBook &bull Jul 16, 2010
Paul Allen, who founded the Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates, announced on Thursday that he planned to give more than half of his estimated $13.5 billion fortune to philanthropy, The New York Times's Stephanie Strom reported. Mr. Allen is among… Full Story »
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John Doerr Talks Tectonic Shifts With Charlie Rose
TechCrunch &bull May 24, 2010
Today's the opening day our of TechCrunch Disrupt conference, and we're starting it off with a bang. Famed interviewer/journalist/host Charlie Rose is talking to John Doerr , partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers . Doerr is… Full Story »
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Over 100 Top U.S. Tech and Venture Capital Leaders Urge Congress to Continue Support for Department of Energy's Research and Innovation Agency
PR Newswire &bull Apr 21, 2010Over 100 Top U.S. Tech and Venture Capital Leaders Urge Congress to Continue Support for Department... WASHINGTON, April 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than one hundred top executives representing America's technology and venture capital sectors today urged Congress to continue to support the Advance Projects Research Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), an agency housed in the U.S. Department of Energy whose mission is to fund high-risk projects that… Full Story »
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The Next Big Thing According To John Doerr And Pals Is A Closed Thing
Silicon Valley Watcher &bull Apr 6, 2010
According to the KPCB VCs, there is a "brave new world" emerging and it is best typified by the iPad and its fluid, dynamic user interface. On Saturday (April 3) the iPad arrived. We believe it will rule the world.… Full Story »
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Kleiner ups iFund to $200M, loves iPad
Biz Journals &bull Mar 31, 2010
Calling Apple's iPad a "truly revolutionary platform," Kleiner Perkins Caufiled Byers partner John Doerr said Wednesday that his firm has doubled its iFund to $200 million. The famed Menlo Park venture capital firm said in a press release that the… Full Story »
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Kleiner Perkins' John Doerr: iPad 'will rule the world', not a giant iPod
Venture Beat &bull Mar 31, 2010
Most of the focus at venture firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers' iFund event today was on Apple's upcoming iPad, with five startups (Gogii, Ngmoco, Pinger, Shazam, and Booyah) confirming on-stage that they're developing iPad applications. Kleiner partner John Doerr sounded… Full Story »
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Roundup: Yahoo snaps up Citizen Sports, Doerr departs Amazon board and more
Venture Beat &bull Mar 18, 2010
Yahoo announced that it is acquiring Citizen Sports, a company that offers sports-related applications for the iPhone and Facebook. The search engine says that the deal will boost to its already popular sports vertical by giving it a presence across more platforms. According to an interview on paidContent, Yahoo has felt left out of the conquest of Facebook, which is quickly becoming the epicenter of online fantasy sports. Both Yahoo and… Full Story »
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Amazon.com To Lose Board Member Doerr
Northwest Innovation &bull Mar 17, 2010Seattle-based Amazon.com is losing long time board member and venture capitalist L. John Doerr, the firm reported in an SEC filing Tuesday. According to the filing, Doerr informed Amazon.com that he would not stand for re-election to its board as… Full Story »
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Therese Poletti's Tech Tales: Bloom Energy raises hopes and skepticism
Market Watch &bull Feb 25, 2010
Doerr led a panel discussion where the elite group of customers sat and discussed their installation of Bloom Energy servers. EBay's Donahoe repeated his statement, already heard on "60 Minutes" that the online auction giant was using Bloom boxes to… Full Story »
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New Head Of TechNet Looks For Common Ground
Silicon Valley Watcher &bull Feb 12, 2010
Late last year, Rey Ramsey was appointed head of TechNet, the lobbying group established by John Doerr, which has support from a large number of US tech companies. I had a chance to speak with Mr Ramsey earlier this week.… Full Story »
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San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Chris O'Brien column: Segway reminds us that even the best get it wrong sometimes
Individual.com &bull Jan 17, 2010
(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) In Silicon Valley, where we can get a little too worshipful of icons like Steve Jobs and John Doerr, it's reassuring to know that even the gods get it wrong sometimes. Exhibit A: the Segway. You remember the… Full Story »
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Segway sold while sugarplums danced
The Deal Dealscape &bull Jan 15, 2010
The Segway scooter that Kleiner Perkins' John Doerr once said would be bigger than the Internet is moving to a new home. Segway was sold with little fanfare on Christmas Eve to JWH Holdings. Full Story »
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'Warmers' and Climate Change Denialists
GreenTech Media &bull Dec 18, 2009Joining the derogatory terms "Truthers" and "Birthers" is now the term "Warmers" which refers to those who accept the science of anthropogenic global warming in spite of the recent data-massage climategate scandal. I saw this term in an article found… Full Story »
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GreenBeat: Brace yourselves, electricity prices will rise over next 10-30 years, Duke CEO Jim Rogers says
Venture Beat &bull Nov 19, 2009
“In the last 50 years, electricity prices have been flat — in the next 10 to 30, the price of electricity is going rise,” said Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, in conversation with Matter Network’s John Gartner, at GreenBeat 2009 this evening. “This is going to lead to a lot of frustration from consumers and political reactions.” The key, he says, is how utilities, their customers and governments respond to… Full Story »
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GreenBeat: Accenture's Allan also says U.S. needs to play catch-up in cleantech
Venture Beat &bull Nov 19, 2009
Sharon Allan, leader of Accenture’s North America Smart Grid practice, took the stage at GreenBeat2009 to present results to the firm’s survey on attitudes toward and responses to climate change and initiatives to battle global warming. Unsurprisingly, her major points also… Full Story »
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Verizon expands Smart Grid play, launches consulting biz
Venture Beat &bull Nov 19, 2009
Verizon is already eying opportunities to provide wireless networks for Smart Grid communication systems, but today it’s expanding its presence in the space even more with the launch of a security consulting service for utilities rolling out smart meters and… Full Story »
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Carlos Ghosn & The Coalition Push for More, More, More.
Venture Beat &bull Nov 18, 2009
Nissan-Renault CEO Carl Ghosn seems to be taking career advice from Frank White lately; wherever there is an opportunity to start making some money, he wants in . Recognizing that full size vehicles were a cash cow in the US, Ghosn wanted his cut. Shortly after… Full Story »
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GreenBeat speaker EcoFactor takes top honors Cleantech Open
Venture Beat &bull Nov 18, 2009
Making the rounds of Smart Grid events (and there are quite a few of them this season), smart thermostat company EcoFactor nabbed the $250,000 grand prize in yesterday’s Cleantech Open business plan competition. EcoFactor’s Scott Hublou will be speaking today… Full Story »
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Cash For Caulkers: The President is Mulling Home Energy Efficiency
GreenTech Media &bull Nov 18, 2009Cash For Caulkers, now officially called Homestar, is in front of the president, according to the New York Times. “It’s one of the top things he’s looking at," said Rahm Emanuel, the President's chief of staff told the paper. The… Full Story »
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