“Founded when Abraham Lincoln believed education could lead the nation out of its darkest days, Ohio State now provides a powerful platform of interdisciplinary academic programs, world-class scholars, outstanding students, and extensive research capabilities.” WorldStatesNationsPowerfulClassStudentsResearchProgramCapabilityAcademicScholarPlatformsOutstandingAbrahamOhioWorld ClassInterdisciplinaryOhio State Author:Gordon Gee
“The collision of mobile and social platforms and the need to build these companies from the ground up - whether it's a game, a healthcare application, an education application - building these from the ground up is what allows entrepreneurial activity to be unleashed.” NeedsGamesSocialCompanyBuildingActivityApplicationHealthcarePlatformsMobileEntrepreneurialCollisionUnleashed Author:Jim Breyer
“I think online is a better platform. If you look at the metrics, if you look at the delivery system, if you look at social - all of the things that online can do - TV can't compete.” IfsThinkingLooksSocialCan DoTvsOnlinePlatformsDeliveryMetrics Author:Tom Freston
“I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.” PeopleLooksBitsHopefullyTennisPlatforms Author:Michael Chang
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“So if we're going to build new applications that require a large time investment, like say movie editing - today that doesn't matter for the enterprise desktop, but eventually it will when we get closer to consumers - you really need to have a cross-platform story.” IfsNeedsMatterStoriesTodayCrossesInvestmentConsumersEnterpriseApplicationPlatformsEditingDesktop Author:Miguel de Icaza
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“Keeping a 'CEO blog' or 'founder's blog' can be a great platform for engaging your users in a nontraditional way, reaching people outside of your product pitch and building rapport without selling them anything except a belief in your ideas.” PeopleWayIdeasBeliefBuildingProductsSellingReachingUsersPlatformsFoundersCeoEngagingBlogsRapport Author:Kathryn Minshew