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Thore Aalvik is already a veteran app developer at 19. The techno-teen, with a penchant for equestrian acrobatics, sat down recently with Knowledge@Wharton High School to talk about his successes and failures as an app developer, and why budding tech entrepreneurs should travel, enrich themselves culturally, and seize the opportunities that come their way.…

App Developer Thore Aalvik: iBob Marley Quotes and Other HTML Creations

On the heels of streaming media and DVD rental provider Netflix announcing quarterly losses, industry watchers are questioning its future viability. This column from Knowledge@Wharton Today looks at the future of Netflix, and why content partners, competitors and customers are so crucial to its survival.…

Is Netflix in Trouble?

What’s your favorite new tech passion? Apple’s iPad 3, which was released on March 16? Pinterest? Whatever gadget or online destination has you glued to your computer screen these days most likely has a corporate home in Silicon Valley, a region in Northern California with a legacy of launching technology greats and nurturing clever startups. Perhaps as important as the region’s emphasis on technology is its culture of entrepreneurialism.…

Silicon Valley: The Land of Tech Pioneers and Heroes

On February 1, 2012, Facebook filed for an initial public offering that could value the company at $75 billion to $100 billion. Teen FB users and fans, as well as stock market experts, weigh in on the world’s favorite social network becoming a public company. …

Facebook Files for an Initial Public Offering

In late January 2012, high school students from across the country met up at MIT to see their knowledge and hard work in action – on the International Space Station – at the Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge. While programming robots was fun, the students were also learning what it takes to be successful in a high-tech career.…

Programming Robots in Zero Gravity

Tech companies large and small spent the second week of January 2012 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas giving the world a first look at the latest, greatest high-tech gadgets for consumers. Are you ready for smart TV? …

Consumer Electronics Show Buzz: Smart TVs and Innovation over Lunch

Since the age of 15, Eiso Kant has been a serial entrepreneur, most notably founding Twollars in 2009, the first virtual currency company on Twitter, which raises money online for charities. He talks with Knowledge@Wharton High School about his critical choice to pursue college over full-time entrepreneurship and how and why he finds time for his latest entrepreneurial endeavor. …

Eiso Kant on Web Design, Virtual Currency and Trusting Your Intuition

As senior vice president and chief information officer of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, Bill Schlough “keeps the lights on” for all the team’s technical needs. He recently spoke to Knowledge@Wharton High School about how he came to work in his high school dream job – even though he wasn’t a great athlete – and why it’s important to be geographically flexible if you want a job in the sports business.…

San Fran Giants CIO Bill Schlough: ‘The Business Side Can Be Just as Exciting’

For most of us, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are a way of life – we eat, sleep, post and tweet. In reality, social media is a major game changer for anyone who cares about reaching lots of people with their messages – namely businesses who have services to offer or products to sell. …

@Business: Do You Have a Smart Social Media Strategy?

Teen entrepreneurs from California have designed web-based software for educators to alert parents when their kids are skipping class. TruantToday has won innovation awards and support from start-up incubators, but can it beat the tough competition?…

Considering Cutting Class? TruantToday May Be Watching