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Us vs. Apes, and Why we Care

by Tim Berry on June 19, 2009

in Reflections

How are we different from apes? Apes also pass culture on to groups, apes can be violent, apes can be empathetic, but no other species has the power for the abstract.
And why does this matter? How does it affect our lives?
Robert Zapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers, and a favorite professor at Stanford, [...]

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Solving the Job Crisis One Job at a Time

by Tim Berry on April 13, 2009

in Family Business, Marketing, Self Promotion

Blogs are supposed to be personal, right? So allow me to personalize. Let’s consider the plight of one Megan Berry, 22 years old today, graduating from Stanford in two months with close to straight As.
Megan wants a job. More specifically, she wants a job related to social media and Internet marketing in the Silicon Valley.
In [...]

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Rethinking Business Schools After the Fall

by Tim Berry on April 8, 2009

in Business Education, Business Ethics

Blame the business schools? As the culprits roll out of the fancy offices in New York and Washington, it’s hard to resist the temptation. There have been several thoughtful pieces on that in the last couple months, particularly the New York Times on blaming the business schools, and Are Business Schools to Blame posted late [...]

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