What They Dont Teach You At Business School

Learning at Ted2009

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Larry Chiang gives you access to great conferences and mentorship from the best business minds. If you liked "10 Things They Don't Teach You at Business School ", "Mark Cuban Two Step MBA" and "How to Work a Cocktail Party", you'll like his newest submission: "Learning at Ted 2009"

By Larry Chiang

TED is a conference that even hardened executives get giddy for. It stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. Bruce Nussbaum's article compared TED to Davos where leaders of nations brainstorm in every which direction.

I blog to open windows into pockets of knowledge. Lets fire up your laptop and get access to the TED presentations and keynotes taking place in Long Beach. TED has live blogging and video uploads available here and here.

"TED.com and TED Talks bring these talks to the world, for free, so our global audience can watch, share, re-post and discuss these Ideas Worth Spreading." Ted.com website

Bill Gates moments after releasing mosquitos during his anti-malaria talk. Photo credit Steve Jurvetson, DFJ. See video here.

Ted has the full spread of Web 2.0 tools providing support including
Facebook
Blog
Flickr
Twitter

Me, I'll be doing the Regina Spektor interview and dodging the 9 VCs You Don't Wanna Meet. Email my phone if you wanna ping a question into Ted2009 chiang9@duck9.com

Chris Anderson, curator of Ted, explains in a
video here (iTunes) and here (Windows)

If you liked this, you may also check:
9 Things They Don't Teach You at Stanford Business School

9 More Things They Don't Teach (GigaOm.com)

Raise Your FICO While You're An MBA Student

Working a Twitter Party, Take 2

Larry's book releases 09-09-09
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Larry Chiang is the founder of Duck9, which educates college students on how to establish and maintain a FICO score over 750. He has testified before Congress and World Bank on credit.

He is a frequent contributor to Business Week's blog on "What They Don't Teach You at Business School".

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