Sunday’s Top Links (6.5.2011)
Posted By Aly Juma / 5th June 2011
Welcome to this week’s links!
1. Peter Thiel Gives Whiz Kids $100K
… to quit college and start businesses. Peter Thiel’s program “20 under 20″ is designed to give students funds to startup new businesses instead of stay in college. A bit extreme, but its definitely making a statement about issues with the education system.
2. LinkedIn Connection Timeline
The latest tool from LinkedIn Labs comes in the form of a connection timeline. Now you can watch how you built up your network over the years, which is pretty cool to see if you have an established network already.
3. Ten Videos Every Entrepreneur Should Watch
These ten YouTube videos cover some of the great thought leaders of our time and useful advice for all entrepreneurs. Learn from Steve Jobs, Seth Godin, Muhammad Yunus, Warren Buffet, and more.
4. Tron: Legacy HTML5 Graphic Novel
Disney decided to spend some cash and come out with the first graphic novel via HTML5 for the movie Tron: Legacy. The novel is very well put together and using HTML5 really brings the story to life.
5. The Internet is 20% of Economic Growth
In a recent McKinsey report released for the eG8 forum, we get more insight into just how big of an economic driver the internet has become. There’s also a number of charts and graphics that convey the most important information from their report, which is also available.
And if you missed last week’s links check them out here.
