Economy Sep 11 The Pernicious Myth that You Don’t Need College to Be an Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa criticizes the Thiel Fellowship program started by Peter Thiel, above, which funds and mentors select young entrepreneurs who drop out of college. Photo courtesy of Flickr user Suzie Katz via Creative Commons.
Economy Aug 31 Can Microsoft Be Saved? Maybe Not Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at the launch event of Windows 8 in 2012. Photo courtesy of Lucas Jackson/REUTERS. Is Microsoft going the way of the Soviet Union? Vivek Wadhwa, vice president for academics and innovation at Singularity University,…
Economy Jul 25 The Immigrant Brain Drain: How America Is Losing Its High-Tech Talent Diversity boosts high-tech innovation in America, argues Vivek Wadhwa. Photo courtesy of John Moore/Getty Images. Paul Solman: There aren't enough IT jobs to meet demand? Vivek Wadhwa, director of research at Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University and a…
Economy Apr 26 The Truth About Entrepreneurs: Twice As Many Are Over 50 As Are Under 25 A Note from Paul Solman: In January, PBS NewsHour featured a company where the average age was 74. In March, the graying of academia, with a physicist in his 80s who may be a better teacher than ever.
Economy Apr 24 Why Older Entrepreneurs Are Crucial, Even in Silicon Valley Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg founded his social media website from his dorm room at Harvard University when he was only 19 years old. As Silicon Valley investors search for the next "Zuckerberg," they increasingly maintain a prejudice against older entrepreneurs.