Although Republican efforts to weaken the Affordable Care Act in Congress have tailed off, campaign rhetoric and voter polls indicate that the law remains controversial.

Jerry Yang is giving a quick tour of the conference room at his private investment firm in Palo Alto, Calif. It?s dotted with gifts and photos from his 20 years in Silicon Valley. Yahoo?s 45-year-old billionaire co-founder stops before a glass deal toy on a low table.

Friend might be premature. We only just met. But already I?m worrying over him like an old friend, because we met on a break between two all-day sessions that he spent preparing to work in the Ebola clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, which is operated by M

This collection of Paul Graham quotes are all from the third lecture. While there is great advice applicable to all startup enthusiasts, please note that this particular lecture was especially targeted to college students. To review quotes from any of the other lectures, please see the links at the bottom of this email or follow the collection. Also, please take a moment and Recommend the article at the bottom of the page if you found it useful.

Before Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and state legislators can even think about renewing or expanding research and development incentives for innovation industries, they need to find a way to fill a hole in the state budget on the order of $5 billion over the next four years.

Federal health regulators picked Johns Hopkins Medicine on Friday to lead development of a Web-based tool to train doctors, nurses and other health care workers on the protocols they should follow when treating patients with, or at risk of contracting, Ebola.

It?s been six years since Eric Ries first posted his thoughts on ?the lean startup? in September of 2008. His early pontification of agile methodologies and rapid iteration helped us crystallize our approach to product design. Our CEO, Chuck Longanecker, recalls a time when Digital Telepathy was working intuitively in the lean model. ?Build-Measure-Learn? hadn?t been coined but we had been practicing a similar, yet much simpler version of the methodology in our client services and product divisions.

I would highly recommend that anyone interested in business, tech and startups, to read both Masters’ notes (available for free online) and this gem of a book. Both reads contain powerful business principles and interesting stories.

Dr. Mel Borins wants to you to be healthy and he wants you equipped with more than just your family doctor?s orders.

Big data is a big topic lately. But for all the talk, there?s very little action. In truth, big data can be a difficult topic to wrap your head around. – See more at: http://simplicity.laserfiche.com/content/want-become-data-whisperer-heres-how#sthash.uzTlcvh0.dpuf