Bill Gates on how better technology will help eradicate Polio

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A few months ago, Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg announced their plans to team up in the fight to eradicate polio. The goal is not a new one for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but the Bloomberg team-up will add a 100 million dollar pledge and another big perspective to the plan. It’s a… Read More…

Bill Gates at SXSWedu: The future of education is data

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If there was a single nerdy subtext that Bill Gates brought to his closing keynote at the SXSWedu conference in Austin, it was the importance of data. Useful data. Education data. Gates, as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, was the headliner to a standing-room only crowd of roughly 2,500 at SXSWedu, the… Read More…

Bill Gates’ Annual Letter: How measurement can change the world

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Bill Gates published his fifth annual letter today and wrote that accurate measurements and clear goals are the keys to improving the lives of poor people around the world. Gates’ letter highlights progress with the education in the United States to the prenatal health care in Ethiopia. He emphasizes the of the importance of setting goals and… Read More…

Bill Gates wants your help to change the world by 2030

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Once a year, Bill Gates pens an annual letter that recaps the work being done around the world that’s helping the less fortunate. Before his 2013 words come out next week, he wants a little help from you. The Microsoft co-founder is asking people to participate in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation “My Hope… Read More…

From Bill Gates to Google, Startup Weekend is on a roll

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The folks over at Startup Weekend continue to pull in key partnerships as they look to spread the gospel of entrepreneurship throughout the world. After recently inking deals with the Kauffman Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Google today announced that it was entering into a two-year sponsorship arrangement with the Seattle-based non-profit…. Read More…