100 Amazingly Insightful People You Can Learn from on Twitter
By Emily Thomas
You may use Twitter purely for social networking or to boost your blog traffic, but Twitter is also an excellent resource for learning new things, exposing yourself to new ideas, and challenging yourself to be more innovative. For a daily stream of business tips, life lessons, personal finance help, tech tips, and more, check out these incredibly insightful Tweeters.
Business
These business leaders are at the top of their game and love sharing their success stories with followers.
- @zappos: Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh is full of insight and tips for being a smarter customer and better citizen.
- @skydiver: Peter Shankman is a social media CEO and adventurer who shares random trivia plus business news.
- @richardbranson: Get inside the mind of Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson here.
- @gcolony: George Colony is the CEO of Forrester Research and sends out specific tweets about his opinions on business and more.
- @rseanlindsay: This entrepreneur shares insight into funding, starting a business, investments, trades, and more.
- @sundaycosmetics: Bev Davis is a cosmetics entrepreneur who shares lots of inspirational, motivating tweets for business professionals and beyond.
- @lazerow: Michael Lazerow is the CEO of Buddy Media and shares business tips and social media tricks.
- @EntMagazineAmy: Amy Cosper is the editor-in-chief of Entrepreneur magazine.
- @barefoot_exec: Carrie Wilkerson, The Barefoot Executive, is serious about her mission to inspire other entrepreneurs.
- @nichelady: Isabella Murphy shares sensible business tips and encouraging words.
- @WebWorkerDaily: Follow the people behind WebWorkerDaily to learn all sorts of valuable tips for being a successful freelancer and web worker.
- @JohnChow: This "dot com mogul" shares great tips and news stories about making money online.
- @sumaya: Sumaya Kazi is the Senior Social Media Manager of Sun Microsystems, and she’s not even 30.
Art, Music and Design
Tap into some of the most innovative and insightful artistic minds just be logging on to Twitter. These artists and designers are full of creative ideas.
- @fakekarl: This famous Karl Lagerfeld impostor shares thought-provoking tweets like "Designing Chanel is like practicing scales."
- @refinery29: This blog tweets about arts, entertainment, fashion and design.
- @mattbrett: Successful web designer Matt Brett tracks his daily duties here.
- @maxvoltar: Tim Van Damme is a designer and blogger who connects with followers about travel, work, news, and technology.
- @jazzimcg: Jzzi McGilbert is a stylist, blogger and fashionista who tweets about the arts and entertainment world.
- @rachel_roy: Rachel Roy is a New York fashion designer who shares news and pictures from upcoming collections.
- @DavidAirey: David Airey designs logos and more.
- DaveJMatthews: Musician Dave Matthews’ Twitter is full of interesting insights and observations.
Travel and Exploration
Be inspired to travel, soak in the world around you, and begin a new adventure when you follow these traveling Tweeters.
- @wendyperrin: Wendy Perrin is a traveler and columnist who tweets about travel hacks, travel tools, and more.
- @Marilyn_Res: Marilyn Terrell is a chief researcher for National Geographic magazine.
- @frugaltraveler: Follow @frugaltraveler for smart tips for saving money on world travel.
- @evanrail: Evan Rail tweets about the food, music, and places he experiences when he travels.
- @newley: Newley Purnell is a freelance reporter who lives in Bangkok. Follow his tweets for a different perspective on living and traveling abroad.
Economy
For insight into the recession and the global economy, follow this group of economists, journalists and other experts.
- @livingwithless: Learn how to deal with the recession by following this feed.
- @nytimeskrugman: Find out what famed economist and writer Paul Krugman has to say about the state of the economy.
- stephronyt: Stephanie Rosenbloom reports on the retail industry for the New York Times.
- @Richard_Florida: Economist and author Richard Florida shares news and emerging ideas about American innovation, the recession, and globalization.
- @WayneMarr: Follow University of Alaska business professor Wayne Marr for updates on U.S. labor, the economy, spending, and a lot more.
- @johnrutledge: John Rutledge’s Twitter stream is all about the world market, inflation, class war, interest rates, and more.
- @Nouriel: Nouriel Roubini is a professor at NYU’s Stern School and shares tweets about his interesting life as a guest on shows like CNBC.
Politics and History
Become engaged in the issues that are impacting your life and become a more informed, responsible citizen when you follow these historians and politicians.
- @TimOBrienNYT: Writer and journalist Tim O’Brien shares stories about technology, family life, politics, war, and more.
- @JimDeMint: South Carolina senator Jim DeMint keeps people from his state and around the country updated on the economy and what’s going on in Washington.
- @BarackObama: It’s doubtful that President Barack Obama actually updates his Twitter feed, but it’s a good source of information if you want to keep up with the news and legislation from Washington.
- @stacygreen: Stacy Green manages digital public relations at the New York Times, but her secret love is history.
- @SenJohnMcCain: Former presidential nominee John McCain still maintains a presence on Twitter.
- @prof_gabriele: Professor Matthew Gabriele is a medieval studies professor at Virginia Tech.
- @chrisdodd: Connecticut senator Chris Dodd also currently serves as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
- @dancohen: Dan Cohen is the Director for the Center for History and New Media and an associate professor of history at GMU.
- @WayneClough: Wayne Clough is a former president of Georgia Tech and is now the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
- @brooklynmuseum: Shelley Bernstein tweets for the Brooklyn Museum and keeps followers updated on exhibits, museum news, and more.
Finance
Get personal finance tips and budgeting help from this group of finance pros.
- @SuzeOrmanShow: Follow popular TV host and PF expert Suze Orman here.
- @SavingSense: This tweeter connects with other personal finance feeds and frugal moms who want the best deal they can get.
- @debtkid: Let @debtkid point you in the right direction when it comes to educating yourself on smart money practices.
- @collegemoneygal: Even if you’re not in school, follow this feed for helpful money-saving tips.
- @NotMadeOfMoney: Mrs. NMOM is a work-at-home mom of four who is committed to sharing important finance and economic news stories.
- @mint: Aaron Patzer, founder and CEO of online money organizer Mint.com, tweets here.
- bargainr: Jim Wang is a scotch addict who reveals PF disasters, budget pitfalls, and tips for saving money.
- @sqa: Simon Q. Anthony is a sustainable and green thinker who loves sharing tips on monetizing your web presence and saving money.
- @wendroffcpa: Darren Wendroff is a friendly tweeter who loves sharing what he knows with his followers.
- @CNNMoney: Follow the financial reporters behind CNN Money, Fortune, and Money here.
Teaching and Education
Learn how to use technology and social media for the purpose of education.
- @jeanettejoy: Jeanette Joy Fisher is a teacher, author and speaker who shares uplifting messages.
- @TheEngTeacher: Aniya teaches ESL in Italy and shows how educators can use Twitter.
- @whattoknow: Follow this valuable stream for helpful tips on saving money, investing, learning about real estate, going back to school, and more.
- @jason_a_w: Jason Wilson is a lecturer in Digital Communications at the University of Wollongong.
- @dannmallet: Dann Mallet is a mathematician who tweets about the life of a teacher.
- @julie_posetti: Julie Posetti is an Australian journalist and journalism professor who loves tweeting about social media, politics, journalism and more.
- @jboitnott: John Boitnott is a journalist who has worked for NBC, CBS and ABC.
- @adevine1: Andrew Devine is a special ed teacher at Humboldt State University who likes talking about social media and learning about technology and education.
- @kristomagno: Follow this feed to learn how social media can work for education.
Environment
By following these environmentalists and green journalists, you can get tips on being a more conscientious citizen.
- @CarbonHeart: Matthew Sullivan tweets about your carbon footprint and how to live without destroying the Earth.
- @care2: This popular online community of eco-conscious members tweets about environmental legislation and tips for living a greener life.
- @HempNews: Learn about all of the health and environmental benefits of using hemp.
- @grist: Environmental news site Grist shares videos, tips and stories about everything green.
- @LighterFootstep: Get constant tips and ideas for affording green products, using alternative energy, and more.
- @greentweet: Chelsea Green shares lots of good ideas for being more green, as well as weekly environmental news.
- @Ecochickie: Ecochickie is also the editor of Greenopia. Follow her feed for green news and more.
- @sustainablog: Jeff McIntire-Strasburg shares all kinds of environmental news here.
- @globalwarming: Learn about all the important global warming news stories and research findings here.
Technology
Follow tech leaders like Pete Cashmore and Guy Kawasaki, among others, to learn more about technology news, social media tips, and more.
- @mashable: Mashable’s CEO Pete Cashmore describes himself as a "quiet type," but his tweets are full of important tech news and tips.
- @GuyKawasaki: Alltop co-founder and tech expert Guy Kawasaki shares social media tips, online tutorials, and more.
- @adbroad: Helen Klein Ross is an Ad Age power blogger who tweets about advertising and social media trends.
- @chrisbrogan: Social media expert Chris Brogan helps other businesses and entrepreneurs learn how to be more successful.
- @TechCrunch: Michael Arrington, co-editor of TechCrunch, tweets helpful tech hacks and shares news from the industry.
- @timoreilly: Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, and his feed is filled with insight into tech news stories.
- @jack: Jack Dorsey is the co-founder of Twitter.
- @derekg: Derek Gottfrid writes the Open Blog for the New York Times and is full of web and tech insights.
- @scottkarp: Follow Publishing 2.0 editor Scott Karp’s feed for news and insight into the business of technology and media.
- @chr1sa: Chris Anderson of Wired tweets intriguing news and technology stories here.
- @debbieweil: If you want to learn how to become a more successful blogger, follow Debbie Weil.
- @THErealDVORAK: This popular stream comes from the legendary tech columnist John C. Dvorak.
- @leolaporte: Technology podcaster and broadcaster Leo Laporte tweets here.
Health
For daily tips on living well and managing your health care, follow these Tweeters.
- @LeeAase: Lee Aase is the social media manager for the Mayo Clinic.
- @sanjayguptaCNN: Immensely popular doctor and CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta tweets here.
- @allergiesweb: This stream features lots of helpful articles on living with all kinds of allergies.
- @josephweaver: Joe Weaver, RN is also the author of The Tao of Quitting Smoking and is a great resource for general health news.
- @KristieMcNealy: Kristie McNealy is a medical blogger for women’s and children’s health.
Words of Wisdom and Inspiration
This group of Twitter feeds comes from insightful people who inspire kindness, selflessness, good living, and more.
- @LIVESTRONGCEO: Doug Ulman is the CEO of LIVESTRONG.
- @AndreaGillies: Follow writer Andrea Gillies to learn about caregiving, friendship and family.
- @christine22hoef: Also a writer, Christine Hoeflich tweets lots of inspiring messages to get through the day.
- @Oprah: Oprah’s the queen of nifty tips, tricks, and inspiration that will help you turn your life around.
- @Deepak_Chopra: Follow this popular author and zen guru for tips on being more energetic, productive and loving.
- @gtdguy: David Allen, the guy who invented Getting Things Done, shares helpful life hacks here.
- @MarthaStewart: Martha Stewart tweets to share photos, recipes, and other Martha tricks.
- @Trishryan: Trish Ryan is the author of He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not.
- @stevepavlina: Steve Pavlina can help you become more productive and excited about life.
- @diablocody: Juno writer Diablo Cody tweets here, if you’re interested in reading about her fabulous life or catching any more "Juno-isms."
- @levarburton: Formerly of Reading Rainbow, Levar Burton now tweets about environmental issues, humanitarian causes, and more.
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25 Timeless, Insightful Philosophers for Your Personal Development
By Emily Thomas
Important thinkers have been revered throughout time. Whether it’s trying to figure out human nature, standing up for rights of others through logical discourse, or coming up with new ways to approach the world, their ability to think through issues and present them to society provides the rest of the world with a glimpse into a new, and often better, way of thinking. The following philosophers, listed in chronological order, offer something for you to discover if you are looking for self-improvement or even just a stimulating read.
- Confucius (551-479 BC). Born into a humble family, Confucius entered into a life of politics but early on left due to his disappointment with the leader of his state and turned instead to teaching in order to help create better leaders from an early age. Confucius believed that peace and orderliness could come through living a life of virtue and the way to achieve this was through study. The writings of Confucius are credited by many to be the foundation from which many Asian societies have grown.
- Socrates (469-399 BC). Often said to be the founder of western philosophy, Socrates and his work are best known through the writings of his students, in particular, Plato. His style of asking a series of questions in order to help students explore knowledge is known as the Socratic Method. Socrates was primarily concerned with virtue and justice, and ironically, was jailed and sentenced to death on charges of corrupting the minds of the youth of Athens as his philosophical pursuits were at odds with the social climate of the times.
- Plato (427-347). A student of Socrates, Plato later became a teacher and philosopher in his own right. Such ideas as his Theory of Forms (the idea that the physical world is much more than what we as humans can perceive) and philosopher kings (rulers who value truth, reason, and wisdom in their leadership of mankind) have shaped the fields of mathematics, science, philosophy, rhetoric, and logic.
- Aristotle (384-322 BC). A student of Plato’s, Aristotle first began his education studying medicine, then continued with his training in philosophy. Aristotle was known as an elegant writer who covered topics ranging from science to metaphysics to poetry to politics. His works include a formal study of logic that has evolved to the current formal system of logic studied today.
- Marcus Aurelius (121-180 BC). This Roman emperor is also famous for his stoic philosophy. Marcus Aurelius wrote Meditations as a way for his own self-improvement and focuses on ways to live a better and happier life through self-control and living simply and in harmony with nature. Some claim Marcus Aurelius is a true example of Plato’s philosopher king.
- Rene Descartes (1596-1650). Famous for his quote, "I think, therefore I am," Descartes philosophy was rooted in the idea that the fact that humans can think is the evidence of their existence. Descartes is also famous for his ideas of dualism, or that the body and mind are two separate entities. The body, which he believed operated like a machine, is different from the mind, which is not ruled by the laws of physics, and therefore, must be separate.
- David Hume (1711-1776). The thoughts of Hume have influenced such popular thinkers and scientists as Darwin, Kant, and Thomas Henry Huxley. The basis of Hume’s ideas are that we can only know what we experience. By Hume’s beliefs, scientific study can only be carried out through observance and experience. Hume is often thought of as an early explorer of the cognitive sciences.
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Famous for his political and social theories, Rousseau believed strongly in human freedom and wrote about the chains that bind mankind coming from corrupt governments that impose their will on otherwise well-intended people. He also wrote about education and upheld the belief that children should be brought up in a natural learning environment where they could learn the logical consequences of their actions.
- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Considered one of the most influential Western philosophers, Kant believed that by studying human knowledge–where it comes from and its limits–can provide answers to life’s questions. He promoted a belief that reason alone could not provide human knowledge, but that it must come from both reason and experience.
- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797). Largely considered one of the founders of feminist philosophy, Wollstonecraft wrote about the rights and the education of women. She believed that women were not inferior to men, but merely less educated. She herself lived an infamous life on the fringes of what was acceptable to society due to her beliefs about marriage and her rocky relationships.
- Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831). One of the creators of German idealism, Hegel’s beliefs and works revolve around the idea that contradictions ultimately reconnect and unite without negating either original idea. Metaphysics play an important role in Hegel’s beliefs and his is often considered one of the most difficult philosophers to read. Don’t let this deter you from studying his works, though, as his ideas about thought and reality are intriguing.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). Famous for his transcendentalist school of thought, Emerson was an incredibly popular orator who drew large crowds when he would speak on the topics of nature and individualism. His works center around his beliefs of how religion and nature are entwined and the independence and self-reliance of mankind.
- John Stuart Mill (1806-1873). Reared by his father, also a philosopher, to be a great thinker, Mill was educated in the classics from a very young age and only allowed to be among adults–his siblings being his only exposure to children. As an adult, Mill was concerned with many social issues and often wrote on liberty and women’s rights (often working together with his close friend and later, wife, on the feminist pieces).
- Margaret Fuller (1810-1850). Born to a father who educated her early and aggressively, Fuller became the first woman to use the Harvard Library, the first female book-reviewer, the first female foreign correspondent, and published the first major feminist work. She believed in equal rights, education, and employment for women and was also an important figure in the transcendental movement–a contemporary of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau.
- Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855). Famously opposed to the work of Hegel, Kierkegaard’s writings often have a strong religious tone, incorporating the idea that understanding one’s self through introspection is the key to understanding. A prolific writer known for his topics in theology and psychology, many of Kierkegaard’s early work was done under pseudonyms. Categorizing this philosopher is difficult, with some calling him an existentialist, a postmodernist, an individualist, and a humanist.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). One of the transcendentalists, Thoreau is famous for his book Walden, which he uses to describe his experience living at Walden Pond and as a metaphor for society at large on living simply and in harmony with nature. Thoreau was also a proponent of what he termed civil disobedience in his essay by the same name, or gently refusing to comply with an unjust government. His philosophical writings have influenced many renowned thinkers including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. as well as a whole host of important literary figures.
- Karl Marx (1818-1883). Known mostly as a revolutionary communist, Marx was educated as a philosopher and believed that human nature is in a constant state of transition. This theory of transition bled over to his political philosophy that he wrote about in The Communist Manifesto where he explains that economic systems will transition from one to the other kind until eventually a classless, communist state will result. Other Marxist works focus on his ideas about human nature, history, and class relations.
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900). The enthusiasm and passion with which Nietzsche writes his ideas have sparked the interest of many readers throughout the years. Embracing existentialism and finding the power of change in the hands of those seeking the change in themselves, Nietzsche writes of how one can break out of the society-driven mode of trying to find the easiest way to live life to embrace a life full of power and strength to become the Superman.
- Ayn Rand (1905-1982). Rand was born in Russia, but moved to the U.S. in 1926 where she developed the philosophy she called Objectivism–goals of which include personal happiness and productive achievement and reason being the only absolute. Among her writings are the two novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, which still enjoy popularity today.
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980). Thought of by many as one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century, Sartre believed in a unique existentialism that describes a freedom that everyone has, but must face and for which he must accept responsibility if she is to grow as a person. Sartre’s novels, plays, and other writings all revolve around his philosophy and, unlike many philosophers, are very approachable.
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986). Tied to existentialism through her lifelong relationship with Sartre, Beauvoir was a philosopher apart from him as well. Her works focused heavily on social issues, especially as they pertain to women. Beauvoir believed that women are equal to men and that historically, men have created an aura of mystery about women in order to keep them repressed and without power. Her most popular books, She Came to Stay and The Mandarins, explore issues of friendship, sexuality, and other aspects of her philosophy.
- Elizabeth Anscombe (1919-2001). Anscombe is well-known for her lifelong study of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and translation of his work as well as her own work as an important philosopher. Her book, Intention, is the description of human action and will through intentions and is her most famous work. She was heavily involved in the philosophy of ethics and made famous stances against abortion and Harry S. Truman (for his use of atomic bombs in Japan).
- Mary Midgley (1919-present). Midgley believes that there is an important connection between humans and animals, and values exploring this connection to understand humanity. She is also opposed to reductionism, or the idea that any one approach is the only correct way to see something. While her beliefs about God are sometimes written as nonexistent and other times a bit more ambiguously, she staunchly defends religion as something that cannot be dismissed.
- Dame Mary Warnock (1924-present). A philosopher still currently at work, Warnock has become famous for her work in the fields of ethics, education, and existentialism. She has written extensively about Sartre as she embraces his brand of existentialism. She has also published several books and papers on her own philosophical beliefs that have been widely studied and discussed around the world.
- Michel Foucault (1926-1984). Foucault looked at human nature and sought answers from the fields of history, psychology, and sociology. He was a strong literary and political figure who fought for many marginalized sections of society, including homosexuals, the mentally ill, and prisoners. Foucault was working on a multi-part work exploring ancient philosophy and it’s relation to modern day sexuality that was left incomplete after his untimely death.
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50 iPhone Apps to Help You Learn a New Language
By Sarah Russel
Learning a language has gotten easier and much more convenient with the many apps available for use with your iPhone. Whether you want to learn just enough to get by while visiting another country or you want to delve more deeply into a language to become a proficient speaker, you will find apps to help you learn your language of interest. The following apps include translators, dictionaries, apps to learn multiple languages, and apps for specific languages. Download a few of these apps and start learning a new language right away.
Translators and Dictionaries
These translators and dictionaries can help you find words in several different languages, get voice pronunciation, and even find Chinese characters by drawing them on your iPhone.
- Google Mobile App. This app includes Google Translate so that you can easily translate any word, phrase, or web page in over 30 languages.
- Language Translator. Translate any text with this app that can also detect your source language.
- Language Translator. Go smoothly between 30 popular languages with this app.
- Free Translator. This translator uses Google Translate to help you translate between several different languages.
- Mobile Translator. With this app and an Internet connection, you can translate between 37 different languages.
- iTranslate Ultimate. Translate words between English, Spanish, German, French, and Italian, then have the words repeated back to you in the target language.
- Translator with Voice. This app will translate 34 different languages with voice support on all except nine of them.
- Idiom Dictionary. Whether you are learning English as a second language or just want to brush up on your slang, use this idiom dictionary to understand what people are really trying to say.
- DragonDian. Whether you are just learning Chinese or are already fluent, use this dictionary to draw Chinese characters and easily find an English translation.
Multiple Languages
These apps will help you learn more than one language if you can’t decide where to focus your attention.
- AccelaStudy. Get vocabulary, quizzes, flashcards, and much more to learn 16 different languages with this app.
- Lexicon. Study using flashcards then quiz yourself to see how well you are doing and even record and play back in audio with your iPhone.
Italian
If you want to learn Italian, then these apps will get you started with a variety of levels and activities available in each.
- Pocket Italian – Beginner I (1-10). Get a language lab right in your iPhone with this app that includes engaging story lines and a variety of voices to practice listening skills.
- Pocket Italian – Beginner Lite. Try this free version of Pocket Italian for the first lesson of the program.
- Byki Italian. Use Byki’s approach to learn Italian quickly. You can also use this app to quiz yourself or as a phrasebook.
- WordPower Lite – Italian. This free app gives you one word a day to practice and master. Listen to audio, record and play back your own voice, and use flashcards to reinforce what you are learning.
- MyWords Italian. Learn Italian by memorizing and mastering just 10 words a day with this app.
- World Nomads Italian Language Guide. Travelers will love this app that not only supplies common words and phrases, but also includes an audio pronunciation so you know how to say what you want to communicate.
Spanish
Learning Spanish is easy with these apps that provide flashcards, quizzes, travel phrases, and much more.
- Byki Spanish. Get your Spanish down pat with this fast, three-step approach to language acquisition.
- English-Spanish Language Translator Phrasebook. Quickly find basic travel phrases, greetings, time and dates, shopping, and more with this app.
- MyWords – Spanish. Learn 10 Spanish words a day and their proper pronunciation to be speaking Spanish in no time.
- iSpeak Spanish. Translate between Spanish and English, hear words spoken in high quality English and Spanish voices, and even save or email the translations.
- WordPower Lite – Spanish. Learn Spanish with just one word a day with this app that includes audio in understandable Spanish, audio playback, and flashcards.
- World Nomads Spanish Language Guide. Find about 50 conversational phrases and words here to help travelers communicate without knowing much Spanish.
- Free Spanish Tutor. Get native speakers, interactive activities, and quizzes with this app that does not require Internet to work.
French
Learn French with these apps that provide words each day, native voice pronunciation, flashcards, basic words and phrases, and vocabulary-builders.
- Pocket French – Beginner Lite. Master listening, reading, speaking, and vocabulary with this language lab for your iPhone with this free app.
- Pocket French – Beginner I (1-10). Move up to this paid version for an even more intense language learning experience.
- Byki French. Be speaking French like a pro with this app that also serves as a phrasebook.
- English French Language Translator Phrasebook. Great for travelers or those who just need to look up the basics, this phrasebook will help you find just what you want to say.
- MyWords – French. Learn 10 words a day so that you can build to a vocabulary worthy of reading and understanding French newspapers and magazines in the first year.
- World Nomads French Language Guide. Never be at a loss when traveling again with this app that helps translate and provides audio pronunciation as well.
- Gengo Flashcards – French. Get visual cues and the voices of native French speakers to learn with these flashcards. Want to add to your vocabulary? Take a picture of any object, then add the French and English words to it, and you have created your very own flashcard.
Japanese
The recent popularity of learning Japanese is evident with the varied types of Japanese apps available. Learn to read, write, and speak Japanese with the help of these apps.
- Pocket Japanese – Beginner Lite. Start learning Japanese with this free app that will help you with both listening and speaking.
- HiKaChan Hiragana Japanese. Learn to read the Japanese writing system of hiragana with this app.
- Lonely Planet Japanese Phrasebook. Get over 600 written and spoken Japanese phrases with this app that is perfect for traveling.
- Japanese Word of the Day. Every day you will receive a Japanese word with kanji, Japanese kana alphabet, Romanji, and native voice pronunciation for each word.
- iKana touch. Learn katakana and hiragana with this app that teaches you how to read, write, and understand both kana alphabets.
Variety of Languages
From German to Brazilian Portuguese to American Sign Language, you can find an app from this list to help you learn one of many languages.
- Byki German. Byki will have you learning German in no time with slowed native speakers, quizzes, and a phrasebook.
- MyWords – German. With the 10 words a day you receive with this app, you’ll be learning German in no time.
- WordPower Lite – Hebrew. Get a word a day to begin learning Hebrew with this app that also allows you to listen and record audio.
- Byki Irish. Learn Irish anywhere with this app that allows you to learn quickly and on the go.
- WordPower – Thai. See 2000 words and phrases in the original Thai, Romanized, and in English, then listen to the word to get proper pronunciation.
- Byki Brazilian Portuguese. This app helps you quickly learn Brazilian Portuguese with it’s simple three-step format.
- Pocket Arabic – Introduction I (1-10). This app is like a language CD on your iPhone, but it is also interactive with voice recording and flashcards.
- WordPower – Chinese (Simplified). Master approximately 2000 Mandarin words and phrases with this app.
- Pocket Korean – Beginner I (1-10). Start learning Korean with this app and you will master grammar, vocabulary, and even culture.
- MyWords – Russian. Learn 10 words a day with this app to speak and understand Russian.
- WordPower – Greek. Select from one of the categories here to learn over 2000 Greek words and phrases at your leisure.
- Byki Danish. If you want to learn Danish and remember it beyond the lessons, give this app a try that will teach you over 1000 words and hundreds of phrases.
- Signing Time ASL – Sign Language. Taken from the popular children’s program, this app provides 48 flashcards and video explanations of each.
- iSign – Sign Language. Either type in a word to see the sign or review the individual signs for A-Z and 1-9.
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100 Tips, Apps, and Resources for Teachers on Twitter
Twitter can be at first glance a strange phenomenon and many don’t understand its purpose right away. However, Twitter is a powerful tool that is growing in popularity as word spreads of its potential capabilities. The idea of writing small blog posts of 140 characters or less to a group of your followers is actually a revolutionary new way to bring communities together, learn from each other, and keep updated with all that is happening. Busy teachers may feel that taking the time to learn how to use Twitter isn’t worth the return for the students benefit, so that’s why this list of 100 tips, apps, and resources is worth browsing. Find out how to get started with Twitter, ways to use it in an educational setting, and tools to help you use it better with these resources below.
Resources for Learning Twitter
If you don’t know the first thing about Twitter–or maybe only the first thing–then check out these resources to learn how to get started today.
- The Beginner’s Guide to Twitter. This blog post offers great advice on getting started with Twitter.
- VIDEO: A beginner’s guide to Twitter. The video is specifically for business use for Twitter, but the accompanying article offers great suggestions for those just starting out with Twitter.
- How to Use Twitter: Tips for Bloggers. The tips here are beneficial reminders for both bloggers and microbloggers.
- Ten Top Twitter Tips. Find helpful tips here–including understanding how to use "@" and "d."
- Birds of a Feather Twitter Together. This informative article cuts through some of the Twitter confusion nicely and will have even novices feeling more comfortable.
- Twitter Etiquette. This wiki page offers tons of information on Twitter etiquette and ways to help manage your Twitter experience.
- Mastering Twitter in 10 Minutes…Or Less (Version 2). Download this free tutorial to get a working knowledge of Twitter right away.
- Want to learn Twitter? Watch this video. As they say, grab a cup of coffee and watch this video to learn how you can start using Twitter.
- Lunch n Learn: Twitter for Beginners. Check out this video presented by Birmingham City University.
- Twitter Guide for Beginners. This simple overview will hopefully break down the basics for you.
- Twitter 101: Clarifying the Rules for Newbies. This article takes a look at three Twitter mistakes and explains how to avoid them.
Twitter for Educators
These resources are specifically to help educators using Twitter in their schools.
- Twitter for Teachers. This site is a collaborative effort to help teachers learn how to use Twitter and includes discussions, photos, videos, and more.
- Twitter and Educational Applications…. This brief blog post offers a quick overview of Twitter and why it can be an important tool for the classroom.
- Advice for Teachers New to Twitter. This teacher has put together her own advice as well as the advice of others to help teachers who are new to the whole Twitter thing get a running start.
- 8 Useful Tips to Become Successful with Twitter. What are YOUR tips?. Follow the suggestions here, then check out the comments section to find readers’ suggestions for Twitter success.
- @parslad Chartered teacher & Dunfermline FC fan. Check out this interview with a Scottish teacher who tells about his Twitter experience and offers advice for others.
- How To Become Twitter Teacher (TT) In 23 Steps Or Less?. From the basics of using Twitter to suggestions for using it in schools, this article incorporates videos, suggestions, and links to other resources.
- 50 Ideas for Using Twitter for Education. This article offers tips from getting started to implementing Twitter in your school.
- Twitter as a Learning Tool. Really.. While specifically written for trainers, this article offers insight to the future of Twitter and why it is important to learn now.
- Micro-blogging in education. This article offers a good overview of what micro-blogging is and how it can serve those in education effectively.
- Educational Tool: Twitter. This teacher has both a video and a text summary of her experience using Twitter in the classroom.
- A Teacher’s Guide to Twitter. This blog post is an excellent resource for teachers wanting to learn about using Twitter.
- Twitter Tweets for Higher Education. Find some interesting suggestions for using Twitter in the education arena here.
Resources for Making the Most of Twitter
Once you know how to get started with Twitter, you will want to check out these resources that help you make the most of your Twitter experience.
- A Spreadsheet of Educators on Twitter. Find other teachers using Twitter and be sure to add yourself on the spreadsheet too.
- TwiTip. This blog features plenty of advice for using Twitter to your best advantage.
- How Twitter Can Make You a Better (and Happier) Person. Written by the CEO of Zappos.com, this blog post explains some of the virtues of Twitter and how you can use it advantageously for yourself.
- Can we use Twitter for educational activities?. This conference paper outlines ways to use Twitter in an educational setting as well as some of the benefits and drawbacks of using Twitter in this environment.
- The Unforeseen Consequences of the Social Web. This article is an important reminder to think carefully before posting just anything on the Internet and is especially helpful for educators as they often must consider both their impression on the Internet as well as that of students.
- Twitter Freaks. This Diigo community offers a great selection of resources for using Twitter, many of which have an educational perspective.
- Twitter Reading List. This listing includes many Twitter resources grouped by year going back to 2007.
- 5 Good Reasons to Learn How to Use Twitter for Business and Personal Use. Find some great reasons why you may want to start Twittering with this article.
- My attempt at helping journos learn Twitter. Watch this two-part webinar to learn about Twitter from the journalists’ perspective.
- 35 Twitter Tips from 35 Twitter Users. This advice ranges from being honest to specific apps to better manage your Twitter use.
- 100 Totally Free Twitter Power Strategies. Find tips and connect with other Twitterers here.
Suggestions for Twitter Use in the Classroom
Below are some basic suggestions for using Twitter in the classroom. Use these ideas as a springboard for your creativity to come up with even more ways to use Twitter.
- Communicate with parents and students. Twitter assignments, important events, deadlines, and more to keep parents and students updated with important information.
- Daily summaries. Give a daily update on each school day so parents can stay in touch with what their children are learning.
- Collaborative planning. Teachers and students or students working together can use Twitter to document ideas and share with their collaboration team.
- Teacher collaboration. Many teachers collaborate on their lesson plans and teaching techniques and tips. Twitter allows collaborating teachers to share ideas and stay connected easily.
- Learn a foreign language. Using a service like twitterlearn or just practicing conversation skills with other Twitterers around the globe, students can practice a foreign language.
- Connect with other classrooms. Find a classroom in a different geographic area to create a modern-day pen pal situation where students can learn from each other through their Tweets.
- Use it as a poll. Take a poll asking student opinions or getting feedback on future topics. Use an app like PollDaddy to help.
- Nineteen Interesting Ways to Use Twitter in the Classroom. This slide presentation offers fun suggestions of how to incorporate Twitter with lessons students will remember.
- A Professor’s Tips for Using Twitter in the Classroom. While geared to his experience with older students, this article describes a great benefit of using Twitter with students.
Apps and Twitterers to Use with Students
Get students into the Twitter fun with these apps or established Twitter users students can follow.
- Atlas. Explore the world with Tweets that are shown on a map. You can also explore other places around that geographic location.
- TwitterLocal. Use this app to find Tweets from a specific geographic location. This is a great way to study different cultures or to incorporate into a geography lesson.
- GeoTwitterous: Personalized Twitter on a Map. This article describes how GeoTwitterous works as a great app to map your network.
- Twitxr. Send photos from your mobile phone to your Twitter account with this app. This has potential for great student projects that require them to document and detail a specific topic.
- TwitPic. This app lets you share photos on Twitter. Students can find photos from all around the world for a real look at places beyond the classroom.
- Outwit Me. This site offers "intelligent Twitter games" and is a great way to bring Twitter into the classroom in a fun and engaging way.
- twiggit. Send students out to find interesting news articles or articles relevant to what you are studying, and they can share them with this app that combines Digg with Twitter.
- weather. This Twitterer brings weather news from the Science News Blog and shares weather events occurring around the world.
- QuoteURL. Put many different Tweets together on one page with this app. This is a great way to summarize a Twitter project for a presentation.
- TweetScan. Type in keywords and have Tweets that match your keywords emailed to you. Use this as a Twitter research shortcut.
- Tweetizen. Find groups of others on Twitter with your same interests or start your own group.
- Twrivia. Get a "daily pop quiz" with this app that provides a new trivia question each day.
- Plinky. Each day this app provides a prompt in the form of a question or challenge, then you can reply by posting text, photos, maps, or whatever you find that is relevant.
- EarthquakeNews. From the USGS Earthquake Center, get Tweets on any earthquake that hits around the world and registers over 2.5.
Apps to Make Twitter Work for the Educator
These apps will help you use Twitter more easily and often have specific advantages for educators.
- GroupTweet. Create a group with each class to facilitate Tweeting. This is a great tool for teachers wanting to create a classroom group to keep students and parents informed of assignments, announcements, or work collaboratively.
- TweetDeck. This app allows you to create groups of Tweets to better manage the information.
- tweetparty. This is another group-creating app that allows you to communicate directly with your Twitter group.
- TweetGrid. Create a customized search dashboard to facilitate your Twitter searches.
- Tweetree. This app puts your Tweets in context so when an entire conversation starts, it is grouped together.
- TwitterFone. If you would like to call and leave a voice message that will be turned into a Tweet, then use this simple app.
- Edmodo. This is a completely separate tool from Twitter, but is a private microblog similar to Twitter made especially for teachers and students.
- TwitterNotes. If you want to use Twitter for yourself as well as the whole class, this app makes it simple to keep notes that are only for you to read among your Tweets.
- Tweet Later. Use this app to write Tweets that you can schedule for posting at future times. This is a great way to line up reminders and announcements that are tied to specific dates.
- Password protected text notes. When privacy becomes an issue, use this app to send notes to Twitter that only those with the password can read.
- LoudTwitter. Sign up here to send Tweets to your blog. This is a good way to keep parents who may not be on Twitter updated with what their students are doing.
- bit.ly. With character count being so important, this service shortens URLs so that you use fewer characters when sharing web links.
- postica. Use this app to post sticky notes on Twitter for an eye-catching reminder.
- Twishlistter. Create a Twitter wish list here. Teachers wanting to publish supplies they need will certainly find this useful.
App Resources
If you have fallen in love with Twitter and want to find more apps, these resources will help you out.
- Twitter Fan Wiki Apps. Here’s an amazing listing of Twitter apps grouped by Desktop, Web, and Mobile apps, then further sub-grouped by Windows, Mac, or specific topics.
- Twapps. Find all the latest Twitter apps archived here. Search by keyword or browse by category.
- Twi5.com. Check out this website for the latest Twitter apps or sign up for their RSS feed to get new apps sent directly to you.
- Smashing Feeds. This resource provides Twitter news with apps featuring prominently.
- twtapps. The Twitter apps here are all pretty simple, require no registration, and are free.
- i-Stuff Twitter. This site brings together plenty of interesting and useful technology apps. Find those specific to Twitter here.
- 5 Good Ways to Discover Twitter Applications. Applications can enhance your Twitter experience, so learn how you can stay on top of the latest apps coming out for Twitter.
- The Top 21 Twitter Applications (According to Compete). Based solely on the number of monthly unique visitors, this resource provides the 21 Twitter apps that received the most traffic.
- Twitter tips – tools for your tweets. Not only can you find tools to enhance your Tweets, you also get some basics about using Twitter here.
- Top 10 Twitter Hacks. This blog post actually offers more than ten suggestions, so check out many ways to make Twitter work for you here.
Tweets to Follow
If you want a jumpstart on your Twitter experience, here are plenty of Tweets that all have a connection to education.
- BBC Education. Find out what news topics are cropping up in the UK by following this educational watchdog from the BBC News.
- Directory of Learning Professionals (& Others) on Twitter. This directory includes teachers as well as corporate trainers, but offers over 800 people you could follow.
- Pulse of Education. All of these Twitterers are in education. Take a look at some of them and see if you are interested in following along.
- LearnHub. Get lots of education-related links from the Tweets here.
- Twitter4Teachers Wiki. This wiki provides teachers on Twitter and are organized by subject. You can add yourself to the list as well as find others with similar interests as you.
- TweetReport. This Twitter feed offers great information about using Twitter and other resources for Twitter.
- Twitter Groups: teachers. This group keeps a running stream of all the member teachers’ Tweets in one place. Follow here, follow teachers individually, or add yourself to the group.
- Twitter Groups: Edubloggers. Read edubloggers’ Tweets or find specific ones you may want to follow.
- Twitter Professors: 18 People to Follow for a Real Time Education. While these educators are all working at a level higher than K-12, these professors share valuable experience using Twitter and keep their pulse on what is happening on a larger scope.
- yahooteachers. These teachers Tweet about plenty of educational information.
- Twitter Fan Wiki Universities. Whether you want to expose your high school students to a bit of college early or are looking for something specific, here’s a listing of university Twitterers you can follow along with the number of other followers and a short description of the content.
Fun Twitter Experiments
Find out what creative projects and experiments others are doing with Twitter with these resources.
- twittories. Participate in creating a story here where each person can add 140 characters to contribute to the greater story.
- twitterbookgroup. Each month a book is posted, then participants leave their thoughts on the book in their 140-character answer.
- Twitter User Group. The goal of this group is to facilitate meet-ups and other social events between local Twitterers. It seems like this group is trying to pump some new blood into the project.
- Anonymous Twitter Project. Find out what happens when people can add Tweets without any connection to their identity.
- The Shadow Council Twitter Project. World of Warcraft fans will love this project where participants Tweet in character for their favorite Shadow Council toon.
- The Tourism Twitter Project. Those engaged in the tourism industry created this group in order to share their experiences from around the world.
- Black Friday Twitter Project. Learn how this experiment to use Twitter as a real-time news alert system turned out.
- WiZiQ and a twitter experiment. This blog post describes how one man gathered a Twitter community together to test a new educational program.
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100 Exciting and Innovative Lectures for Every Kind of Entrepreneur
Successful entrepreneurs are a special breed of people with endless drive, passion, optimism, and determination. The following lectures address these folks with ideas on what entrepreneurship is, experience versus education, career advice, tips and skills, examples from personal entrepreneurial journeys, and advice for getting started. Browse through these video lectures, some only a few minutes long and others lasting an hour, to find information from professionals who share their experience and expertise.
Defining Entrepreneurship
Learn how these entrepreneurs define entrepreneurship with these videos.
- What is Entrepreneurship?. Jeff Hawkins discusses what an entrepreneur is and how to use being an entrepreneur as a tool for success instead of as a defining characteristic.
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Danny Shader describes the difference between those who are "product picker" entrepreneurs and those who are not.
- Who are Entrepreneurs?. Tim Draper describes his view of what entrepreneurs are.
- Mercenaries and Missionaries. Take a look at this definition of what entrepreneurs are and what they are not.
- What Kind of Person Are You?. Are you a private or public person? Examine your personality as it relates to what it means to be an entrepreneur.
- The Reality of Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship should be done out of love and passion, not a drive for money.
- What is an Entrepreneur?. Gordon Ringold shares his simple idea behind what an entrepreneur is.
- Qualities of an Entrepreneur. Elon Musk offers his description of an entrepreneur.
Experience and Education
The great debate over whether education or experience matters most for entrepreneurial success continues with these lectures.
- Experience is Overrated. Guy Kawasaki shares his unpopular view that the best entrepreneurs are young and inexperienced.
- Real World Learning. Trip Hawkins discusses his first venture as a teenager and describes how success comes from failure and real-world learning.
- To Get an MBA or Not?. Consider this position of not getting an MBA, but learning to manage through hands-on experience instead.
- Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?. Fern Mandelbaum gives her answer about what can and cannot be taught.
- Successful Entrepreneurs. Understand why compelling ideas are more important than the desire to be an entrepreneur and how education plays a role in this idea.
- Balancing Science and Business. Learn what Marc Fleury says about embracing more than one type of education to improve your success.
- The Global Future. Learn what John Doerr says are the important areas to study to ensure success in the global environment.
- Finding Your Strengths. Vic Verma discusses getting a technical education as well as what type of education may best serve you as an entrepreneur.
- To MBA or Not: Technical Degree or MBA?. Find out what Gajus Worthington says about this question based on his experience.
- The Value of Business School. Find out this entrepreneur’s opinion about the best part of business school and why it is important.
- Education: Importance of Peers. Understand why making friends and maintaining relationships during school is important for entrepreneurs.
- To Get an MBA, or Not?. Vinod Kholsa explains why an MBA is not the only way to get the necessary experience to be a successful entrepreneur.
- Importance of Experience. Find out what Jeff Hawkins says about why having experience is important.
- Starting a business during undergraduate study. Joe Liemandt explains why this time of life is an excellent time to start a business.
Career Advice
Many successful entrepreneurs started first in a more traditional career. Find out what career advice some of those entrepreneurs have to share.
- Career Advice: Five Takeaways. From taking risks to integrity, find out what John Roos says are the most important points for a successful career.
- Career Advice. Debra Dunn and Randy Komisar offer their advice for graduating students that includes following your passion, continuing to learn, and learning to overcome fear.
- Career Advice. Michael Goldberg describes how successful entrepreneurs follow their passion and never stop going forward and what areas he believes will be successful in the near future.
- Career Advice. Brook Byers advises entrepreneurs to work with a company that will provide them with the experience necessary for their solo success.
- Career Advice. John Doerr offers several specific pieces of information that he feels are invaluable to creating a successful career.
- Pyramids, Not Ladders. Learn how making a lateral career move can be as valuable as making an upward one as you gain more experience and knowledge before moving up.
- Creativity vs. Control. Learn what experts say about mapping out career decisions versus taking opportunities that come up along your career path.
- Growing with Hewlett Packard. Debra Dunn explains why she decided to get her MBA and work with HP as a stepping stone to her success.
- Lessons for Failure. Karen Richardson relates how her failures throughout her career have shaped her success.
- The Career Path to Becoming a Venture Capitalist or an Entrepreneur. Learn why you should start your career at a company in sales and why you should never go into investment banking at the beginning of your career.
- Career: Learning from Failure Early On. Failure and persistence are often important to success and are the keys to how this man succeeded.
Advice for Success
Take this advice from successful entrepreneurs who have gone before you.
- Stay Interested. Learn how you become an interesting person by being interested in what is going on around the world.
- Advice to Aspiring Entrepreneurs. Evan Williams suggests to start small and go bigger and explains why he believes this is the best way for entrepreneurs to get started.
- Following Your Gut. Geoff Davis instructs students to go for big dreams despite any lack of money.
- Persistence and the Notion of the Big Idea. Trip Hawkins advocates sticking to your beliefs and stepping away from what everyone else is doing to find your success.
- Adding Value to Companies. Bill Campbell describes how adding value to companies at every stage of their development is important.
- Following Your Goal. Passion, good judgment, and having fun are among the key elements discussed here to achieving your goal.
- Work/Life Balance. Roger McNamee discusses why entrepreneurs cannot ignore family along the way.
- Passion and the Customer. Vic Verma uses real-life examples of why it’s important to consider the customer when building your business.
- Overcoming the Fear. Randy Adams discusses preparing for the worst in order to deal with whatever may happen along the path to becoming an entrepreneur.
- Confessions of a Serial Entrepreneur. Mitch Thrower discusses entrepreneurship and details what you can develop to make the most of your success.
- 10 Business Secrets. Mitch Thrower lectures at University of San Diego and shares his ten business secrets important for making it big.
- The Value of Broad-Based Leadership and Experience. Understand the importance of bringing together a leadership team with a broad set of experience and all of whom have a passion for what they are doing.
- Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs. Networking and learning from those within your network are the focus of this advice.
- Importance of Family In Building a Start-up. Find out what Frank Levinson says about keeping family among the top areas of focus when you begin your business.
- Tips for the Entrepreneur. Larry Page offers five tips including don’t settle, have experience, and it’s okay to solve hard problems.
Skills for Entrepreneurs
These videos offer many important skills for entrepreneurs.
- Skills of an Entrepreneur. Leadership and a dynamic management style are the keys to being a successful entrepreneur, according to Chong-Moon Lee.
- How Do You Find Your Passion and How do You Pursue It?. Entrepreneurs looking for direction should watch this lecture to learn how to focus their energies.
- Perseverance: Sticking to Your Beliefs. Entrepreneurship can be a struggle, but Guy Kawasaki explains how perseverance and passion will give you what you need to succeed.
- Challenges for an Entrepreneur. Learn the value of understanding yourself and recognizing faults as a key to success as an entrepreneur.
- Self-Awareness. Entrepreneurs must be able to look honestly at their strengths and weaknesses in order to succeed.
- Passion for Work. Learn how a passion for what you do translates to entrepreneurial success.
- Persistence Pays Off. Repeat long enough and you will be in the right place at the right time because of your Persistence
- Learning to Take Risks: A Personal Story. Larry Page relates his personal experience of learning to take risks in order to achieve success.
- How Do You Teach High-Tech Entrepreneurship?. Learn what education and abilities are best developed and how to develop them for entrepreneurial success.
- Choosing the Path that is Right for You. Jeff Raikes describes attributes that are important for career success–among them, passion and the ability to get things done.
- Creativity. Learn how you can find your creativity as an entrepreneur with this seminar lecture.
- What Special Factor Makes an Entrepreneur Successful?. Learn what qualities Fern Mandelbaum feels are important for entrepreneurs.
- 5 Critical Skills Entrepreneurs Need. Jerry Kaplan details the five skills he feels are important, including leadership, communication, and being a team player.
- Skills for Social Entrepreneurship. Learn what Debra Dunn says about collaboration between non-profit and for-profit to help address social issues and the skills each brings to this joint venture.
Learn How Others Succeeded
These lectures offer the real-life stories of successful entrepreneurs.
- The Founding of AgraQuest. Pam Marrone discusses how she turned her lifelong love of bugs and her upbringing in a green environment into her successful business.
- Strengths of Silicon Valley. Find out what John Roos says about how Silicon Valley was built upon diversity and being allowed to fail.
- Silicon Valley: Changing with the times. Roos discusses how Silicon Valley’s ability to keep up with the changing times has promoted its ongoing success.
- Silicon Valley: An Ecosystem. Successful entrepreneurs should tap into the ecosystem of knowing all the people involved and learning and growing from each other that has been a key element to the Silicon Valley’s success.
- Coming to Silicon Valley. Lee relates how he went from his family business in Korea to Silicon Valley and his eventual success in business.
- Savi Technology Creates the Internet of Things. Vic Verma details how he went from being a graduate student at Stanford to President and CEO of Savi Technology.
- The Early Career of a Serial Entrepreneur. Randy Adams discusses the beginnings of his career as an entrepreneur.
- The Career Path of a palmOne Executive. Ken Wirt details his career history that lead to his leadership at palmOne.
- Video of Cory Doctorow’s talk. This Cambridge Business Lecture video features this accomplished journalist who speaks on Digital Rights Management, copyright, piracy, and his experience in business.
- Matching Interest with Business Opportunities. Learn from this real-life example how matching opportunity with interest and ability is an important aspect to consider.
- From Start Up Coach to Venture Capitalist. The experience here is an important reminder to young entrepreneurs to always keep options open and stay in tune with what is going on around them.
Female Entrepreneurship
Find out how female entrepreneurs have succeeded in a typically male-dominated environment with these lectures.
- A Member of the CEO Minority. Understand what it’s like to be a woman CEO in a male-driven environment.
- A Girl Among Geeks. Karen Richards describes growing up among men and engineers and how that affected her role as a female entrepreneur.
- Women and Entrepreneurship Introduction. Linda Hill, a professor at Harvard Business School, discusses HBS’s the real-life business models it uses as case studies.
- Joline Godfrey: Social Worker to Entrepreneur. Learn how this woman went from non-profit to for-profit while keeping the business of educating young women at the forefront.
- Taran Swan: Business Development at Nickelodeon. Follow the success of this woman’s journey.
- Donna Lopiano: Women’s Sports Foundation. Ms. Lopiano describes the entrepreneurial journey of Billie Jean King as she founded several ventures important for women in sports.
- Enterprising Women Exhibition . Meet four successful business women and learn how they made it big in the world of business.
- Women and Economic Development. Study women entrepreneurs across time and in various countries with this video lecture series. There is also a close examination of the women in India who developed the Self-Employed Women’s Association.
- Founding of Teach for America: Entrepreneurs Envision What Others Say is Impossible. Kim Smith describes how she and her partner overcame adversity to create a successful non-profit.
- Examples of Social Entrepreneurs. Kavita Ramdas describes examples of successful female social entrepreneurs.
Getting Started
The following lectures offer helpful advice on getting started.
- The Role of Networking to Find the Best Resources. Learn how Komisar relies on his network for resources, and then how he gets to know the people to determine if he wants to commit.
- Starting out as a Sole Founder. Michael Goldberg discusses the disadvantages of starting out on your own as well as what it takes to make a shift from venture capitalist to entrepreneur.
- Establishing Credibility. Learn how establishing credibility can be difficult, especially as a non-profit working with foreign governments.
- Establishing Culture and Values Early On. Find out why, as an entrepreneur, it is important to establish the culture and values early.
- The Role of a Consultant vs. the Role of a Virtual CEO. Discover what Randy Komisar says about the differences and why these roles, and the differentiations, are important.
- Personal Connectivity Cycle. Judy Estrin discusses the importance of connectivity on an individual level and what it means to entrepreneurs.
- Data Sources. This lecture at Georgia State University describes where entrepreneurs can find important data when gathering information for their businesses.
- Testing New Ideas. Entrepreneurs can find ways to test their ideas prior to going out with them, and this lecture discusses how.
- Business Structures. Learn about the different types of corporate structures in America.
- Start Up Steps. Find out what important steps you can take to get your start-up business going.
Funding and Marketing
These lectures discuss funding and marketing your ventures.
- Investment Timing: Early, Late or In-between. Janice Roberts discusses investment timing for entrepreneurs from a venture capitalist’s perspective.
- Selling the Dream. Find out how Guy Kawasaki approaches marketing your idea by evangelizing what you have.
- Bootstrapping. Learn how to creatively raise money to get your business going.
- Angels, Banks, & VCs. Explore these three ways to raise money for your entrepreneurial venture.
- Finding Partners & Market Entry. Explore funny market blunders as an introduction to entering the marketplace and also discover how best to find a partner for your business.
- International Supply Chains. Learn how to get your product from you to the customer on a large scale basis.
- E-Marketing. Internet marketing and the entrepreneur are closely linked, so learn how best to take advantage of this opportunity.
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