By Scott Meacham When people ask me the secret to building a scalable and successful high-growth startup, I give them a one-word answer. Talent. Entrepreneurship, just like every other endeavor in life depends on people. Is there a certain type of wiring that a high-tech entrepreneur needs? Yes. Curiosity, boundless energy, stubborn determination, and theRead more
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We’d better accept that the education of Oklahoma’s young people is the business of business, and invite input from the business community on the appropriate standards of education.
Study after study shows that as a nation, U.S. students are not graduating from high school or in some cases even from college with the technical, analytic and problem-solving skills needed to compete and attain good jobs in today’s innovation economy.
I’m concerned when I hear from entities as diverse as the National Institutes of Health, the State Chamber membership, and i2E client companies that there just aren’t enough problem solvers and engineers.
