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SXSWEdu: What Higher Ed Can Learn from Uber and Airbnb

By Dale Blasingame On March 10, 2016 0

What does a degree mean anymore to a potential employer? What does a degree mean to the person holding it? Is there a better way to showcase the skills a student possesses than a piece of paper, a resume, a GPA and the name of the university he or she attended?

A conversation with Airbnb’s Brian Chesky

By Emily Lyons On March 10, 2013 0

Jessi Hemle of Fortune led a discussion with Brian Chesky, co-founder of Airbnb on Sunday at the Hilton. Chesky began by sharing the story of Airbnb’s genesis. The idea began out of necessity – Chesky was short on rent after just moving to San Francisco, so he and a friend rented out three air matresses […]