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Investor's Business Daily - Google's Larry Page is IBD's CEO of the Year

xprize — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:04:39 +0000

Back in the CEO saddle, Page said during Google's Q3 earnings call that the company had been in the process of shutting down about 20 products since July. The decision to close so many at once is not surprising, said Susan Wojcicki, Google's senior vice president of ads: "He clearly wants to have more wood behind fewer arrows."

Forbes - Seven Keys to Business Innovation: How to Create Breakthroughs

xprize — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:47:44 +0000

Diamandis has made an impact partly through the typical vehicle of entrepreneurs everywhere: A string of bold startups stretching back to his days as a medical student at MIT. Lately, though, he has harnessed the machinery of competition to produce serial breakthroughs in organizations he does not personally manage.

ANOUSHEH ANSARI – “Space Tourists”: Anousheh’s dream of space travel plays out in a new documentary

xprize — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:28:31 +0000

In his most recent work, Christian Frei turns to an age-old dream of man: to leave our planet as a “normal person” and travel into outer space. For 20 million dollars, American Anousheh Ansari was able to fulfill this childhood dream.

PETER DIAMANDIS - Peter Diamandis On Why Businesses Should Be Optimistic About The Future

xprize — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:49:47 +0000

Peter Diamandis is an optimist. He’s also one of the world’s most ambitious entrepreneurs, and one of the most focused. Combine those qualities, and you get the driving force behind the X Prize Foundation, International Space University, the Rocket Racing League, and a half-dozen other companies operating at the edge of the possible.

PETER DIAMANDIS - Innovate, Or Get Out of the Way!

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In the preface to his play, The Doctor's Dilemma, George Bernard Shaw made the famous observation that all professions "are conspiracies against the laity." In short, they shield their own shortcomings from the public out of self-interest.

PETER DIAMANDIS - Innovate, Or Get Out of the Way!

xprize — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:53:40 +0000

NAVEEN JAIN - Serial Entrepreneur Naveen Jain Plays Digital Doctor

xprize — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:14:12 +0000

Naveen Jain has been one of technology’s heavy hitters for a long time as the founder of startups such as Moon Express, Intelius and InfoSpace. time as the founder of startups such as Moon Express, Intelius and InfoSpace.

PETER DIAMANDIS - Peter Diamandis Sounds the Alarm on Embracing Exponential Technologies

xprize — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:13:28 +0000

Peter Diamandis, the chairman of Singularity University and head of the X Prize Foundation, says that executives had better be aware of exponential technologies like the rapid advances in chips (Moore’s law), biotechnology, or connectivity so that they can use them to gain a competitive advantage.

NAVEEN JAIN - Jain’s ‘Moon Express’ Lander Revealed at Silicon Valley Gala

xprize — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:48:08 +0000

Naveen Jain, co-founder and chairman of Moon Express, announced a new era of commercial space exploration at a gala party at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., July 21. The date of the event coincided with the final return of NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis and the 42nd anniversary of Apollo 11.

PETER DIAMANDIS - The Creed of the Persistent and Passionate Mind

xprize — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:23:22 +0000

I find Peter to be one of those very rare and totally inspirational people who have the resume to prove that the best way to predict the future is to create it yourself. It is for this reason that I decided to post the full list of Peter’s Laws. I believe that we can all benefit from adopting these laws as guiding principles in our lives.