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Not a transcript, just detailed notes.  Wisdom is Munger's; errors are mine.

Meet the eight female venture capitalists with the golden touch.

Creating a successful social network is no easy task. Making money from it is arguably even harder. Peter Ward knows this better than most. Ward is co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of WAYN (Where Are You Know...

College as a time of exploration means viewing it as a voyage of discovery--of intellect, of morals, and of self. Knowledge is the common bond among the three. The primary role of a college or university is to create and...

As Hong Kong protestors band together in opposition to Beijing’s move to wrest political power from the metropolis, the government has pulled the plug on some social media and news.

Editor's Pick: Yishan Wong attempts to put things into perspective -- as well as assure those diehard Reddit users that the $50 million in the bank won't change the site's core values.

Achieving and exceeding your personal performance goals is a challenging endeavor, yet simpler than you might think."I thought of that while riding my bike," said Albert Einstein when he was asked how he came up with the...

"We can change the way people distribute and run any application," CEO and co-founder Paul Camacho told VentureBeat.

How do you win at business? 1) Make products people want to buy; 2) Market them well; 3) Build a brand. It's that simple... right? Wrong. Four straight-talking F500 executives tell us their soft keys to success. And they...

Sponsored Post: Getting investment in your app or idea to give it the push it needs to get noticed is the aim of most developers but how do you do it? At Apps World Europe this November there will be a heavy focus on wha...

AdBlock Plus lets users opt-out being tracked by the new Atlas advertising platform.

Africa's richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, has increased her stake in Angolan Bank Banco BIC to 42.5%, according to Portuguese newspaper, Publico.

After much backlash from the drag and LGBT community, Facebook says it’s going to change its policy requiring all members of Facebook to use their legal names to sign up for an account. In a blog post, Facebook VP of P...

The decision has drawn fire from the ACLU, as it seems to condone a practice that violates Fourth Amendment rights.

Legacy Republic is enlisting an army of consultants --- the modern equivalent of Tupperware party hosts.

Parents can help their children succeed by incorporating lessons from entrepreneurship that teach adaptability, resilience and creativity.

Press Release: Sharecare, the online health and wellness engagement platform founded by Dr. Mehmet Oz and WebMD founder Jeff Arnold, today announced the launch of AskMD for iOS 8, including integration with Apple's Healt...

Determined to make home-brewed beer as common as putting on a pot of coffee, Irish startup Brewbot closed a new $1.5 million round of funding today.

VB Insight released its first-ever State of Marketing Technology report today, built on analysis of over 3.2 million businesses and in-depth surveys of 320 marketing technologists. There’s some good news, and there’s...

Top investors this year include Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Venrock, each of which have at least six investments in the sector.

This article is by Drew McLellan, who has been in the advertising industry for more than 25 years. For 18 of those years, he has owned and continues to run his own agency. In addition, Drew leads the Agency Management I...

Today the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab announced a new program, the “Laboratory for Social Machines,” which aims to build new tools that analyze and enable communication on social platforms lik...