Alice Wang
Alice Wang
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MegaTrends: The new entrepreneur-king
When the market closed last night, Google Inc. reported its first-quarter financial results under the new management of Google co-founder and reinstated CEO, Larry Page. Page may be 12 years more experienced, but he is no less revolutionary. Not only is he pioneering a new ideal of an entrepreneur king, but he could very well end up changing the business paradigm in the process.
Wang: Ai! Weiwei too much confusion
Ai Weiwei, a very high-profile Chinese artist and dissident, was accosted in a government crackdown last Sunday, April 3.
MegaTrends: Wiling the 100% Perfect Guy
Even in this modern era of non-committal, non-attachment arrangements, I still find my girlfriends yearning to find Mr. Right. They often say, “I wish I could find the 100 percent perfect guy,” but I wish they would take that statement to the logical next step: “In order to get the perfect guy, I must be the perfect girl myself.”
MegaTrends: First Ladies, Second to None
Why do we celebrate the achievements of the men at the helm and forget about the triumphs of their partners?
Megatrends: China as Rabbit, or Groupon’s Deal of the Day
Groupon has played a great game in the past two years. With an unbelievable investment of capital, a solid base of fans in every major city, and a team of incredibly driven people, they’ve expanded to over 40 countries and 250 cities.
Megatrends: The serious business of gaming to learn
It’s quite possible that no single factor has ever played a larger role in augmenting the size of the hermit community than “World of Warcraft.”
Megatrends: Responding to Chua
Let’s accept for a moment that Amy Chua is right. Let’s accept that Chinese children are, indeed, brought up in a manner that produces “stereotypically successful” kids. Let’s accept that these kids are a source of pride for their parents — but let’s understand that they also pose one of the biggest challenges for China.
Wang: pro-wrestling prepares for the senate
Last week’s election saw a contested race between a Democrat and a WWE tycoon. Which got me thinking – to what extent does pro-wrestling prepare for the Senate? Or perhaps, the more fruitful question might be, how can modern-day politics be compared to spectator sports, and modern-day partisanship to spectator rivalries?
Trick or treat? The Halloween gift economy
Anyone who says good fences make good neighbors has probably lived next to people like the boys down the hall from me.
Volcano strands Elis
Professors, conference-bound students and even some prefrosh headed for Bulldog Days found themselves stranded by the Eyjafjallajokull volcano.
