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What did Michelle Obama achieve during her time as First Lady? How did she use her newfound power to make a positive impact? Michelle Obama knew better than to try to meddle in political matters as First Lady. However, her position as First Lady gave her the publicity and resources to run campaigns to try to help children and military families. Keep reading for more on Michelle Obama’s accomplishments as First Lady.
What did Michelle Obama’s timeline of higher education look like? What major events happened while Michelle was at Princeton? What led Michelle to apply to Harvard Law School? During her time at Princeton, Michelle met her first mentor, got her first job working with children, she experienced the decline of her father’s health, and she made the decision to go to law school. All of these events would affect her later in life. Continue on to learn more about Michelle Obama’s college years.
What is post-truth? And when exactly did we transition to the post-truth era? The phenomenon of post-truth has a long history, but there isn’t really an accepted definition of the term. So, what exactly is post-truth? Essentially, it refers to a political phenomenon where political issues are framed in such a way so as to appeal to people’s emotions. According to Yuval Harari, people have always lived in the era of post-truth. Keep reading for the answer to the question “what is post-truth?”
How did Ben Horowitz go from managing software companies to starting the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz? Why was the company so successful? Ben Horowitz, author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things, didn’t know what to do after he sold Opsware in 2007. He wanted a change of career but didn’t want to waste all the knowledge he gained as a CEO. His solution was to start a venture capital firm to help entrepreneurs realize their dreams. Keep reading to learn more about the Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm.
What is the story of Buddha under the Bodhi Tree? How can taking the time to pause give you a temporary nirvana? After several years of searching for the answer to happiness, Siddhartha Gautama took a moment to pause under a tree. At this moment, he came to realize that there was room in the world for both suffering and beauty to coexist. Continue on for the full story of Buddha and the Bodhi Tree.
What was the history of the Netscape browser? What lead to its downfall? Where is Netscape now? In Ben Horowitz’s book The Hard Thing About Hard Things, he talks about the rise and fall of the Netscape browser. What started as a promising venture fell apart when Microsoft entered their playing field. Keep reading to learn about the history of the Netscape browser.
What are the values that underpin the political ideology of liberalism? Why is liberalism becoming irrelevant as technology advances? The ideology of liberalism—which values personal freedoms, free trade, and free elections—is the dominant political model today. However, technological advances are transforming the political, social, and economic structures on which liberalism stands. Keep reading to learn about the slow rise and the looming fall of the ideology of liberalism.
What is the history of Loudcloud? How did the company go from raking in money to almost bankrupt in a matter of years? How did they manage to survive the dotcom crash? In 1999, Ben Horowitz and Marc Andreessen founded Loudcloud. The company took off running, leading to exponential growth. Then, as quickly as it grew, Loudcloud almost went bankrupt. They were forced to go public and make big company changes. Read on to learn more about the history of Loudcloud.
How does the chain of command work in the American military? What are its main limitations? The U.S. military chain of command has long been structured in a bottom-up fashion: information flows from the field up the chain of command, where decisions are made and orders are sent back down. While it allows for structured communication, running decisions up and down the chain of command takes too much time and creates too much risk. Keep reading to learn about the military chain of command in the US task force, its history, and key limitations.
Why did Opsware transition from servers to software? What did Ben Horowitz do to make the company so profitable? Ben Horiwitz, co-founder of Loudcloud, bought Opsware in hopes of saving Loudcloud from going under. Horowitz took the struggling Opsware and turned it into multimillion dollar company which HP acquired in 2007 for over a billion dollars. Continue on to learn how Ben Horowitz managed to turn Opsware around.