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Vivek Wadhwa is vice president of Academics and Innovation at Singularity University, Fellow at Stanford Law School and Director of Research at Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. You can follow him on Twitter (@wadhwa) and find his research at wadhwa.com.
Vivek Wadhwa
Articles by Vivek Wadhwa
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The IPO Market Closed After Facebook. That's a Good Thing
The initial public offering is more about enriching investors than helping startups grow. Entrepreneurs need better options -
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Want More Startups? Learn From Chile
The Chilean government's counterintuitive program that pays entrepreneurs $40,000 to bring their startups to the country is one development model… -
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Silicon Valley and Hollywood: Rivals or Kindred Spirits?
Hollywood and the tech crowd may grumble about each other, but theirs is a relationship that has helped both industries enormously -
Fix U.S. Immigration Policy, Create Jobs
The U.S. loses a critical component of job creation when immigration policy does not allow highly educated foreigners to stay and foster startups -
How Software is Harming Science, Engineering
Despite the popularity of social networks, the world really needs more computer science—not software, Vivek Wadhwa argues
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Outsourcing Benefits U.S. Workers, Too
Many companies are hiring temporary and contract workers in the U.S. at a faster clip than they're sending jobs to India and other overseas locations -
The $32,000 Startup
In an age of outsourcing, starting an online business or improving an existing one means founders don't need technical skills or outside funding -
Why Be an Ethical Company? They're Stronger and Last Longer
A focus on short-term profits to the exclusion of all else led to the current financial crisis. And guess what? Companies with the steadiest moral… -
Call-Center Jobs That Pay $100K a Year
Generous wages and benefits help heartland call center iQor compete with overseas outsourcers -
U.S. Schools Are Still Ahead—Way Ahead
America's alarm about international rankings of students overlooks some critical components of our education system, Vivek Wadhwa says
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