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That's actually a different firm called Apollo Group (which is mostly comprised of Phoenix and a small number of other things) – Apollo Global is a much larger private equity firm …

Also, this might answer the question of potential acquirers...

At Thinkful (thinkful.com) we're in beta with a python class that covers programming with python, and then web developing using flask. The syllabus overview for the class is here: …

First commenter's co-founder here: Sure, you definitely need to screen for culture fit. There are great people who would be bad fits here. That said, we want people who have succee…

Thinkful (thinkful.com) - NYC, full-time. We are a team of educators and students. Whether you’re building the product, designing a curriculum, or working directly with students, y…

Couldn't agree more – when we started Thinkful (mentor-led training for front-end development), my co-founder and I mentored every student ourselves, and it was amazing how quickly…

We've mentor about 75 students in front-end development at Thinkful (thinkful.com) – we're actually working with a team of about 12 mentors now. If you'd like to join, feel free to…

Also OATV is a seed fund – they may have participated in a few series A's in the past, but probably don't deserve to be mentioned in this list. Should probably add a filter for inv…

Coaching is less likely to mask incompetence than reveal competence.

Right, and it's one thing if the problem is, "you're a douche," which frankly requires more than interview feedback to fix. But if the problem is, "you came across as timid," and t…

Free month of Thinkful to the team that's supposed to be keeping it up. Could have order something and had it delivered in the time it took to get back up...

With such comprehensive layoffs (4% of the company), I can't imagine they wiped out 80% of their bottom 5%.

Signs certainly point to yes.

Oh come on, we know it's Derek Jeter. Jeter IS kalamazoo.

Sometimes it's not about being unique or being the hardest-working in the world. A well-told human story can often inspire.

We've known for a while just how widespread this is. Surveys have shown 2/3 of undergrads cheat at some point in college. Students just don't feel they're doing something immoral w…

"I’m convinced that medium/long-form writing’s future is unthreatened; but remain puzzled that nobody in new media has really figured out the elite-curation story and created a pla…

This is the big challenge when it comes to quantified self -- passive tracking can be creepy, but manual track has such high adoption costs. Seems like it would be hard for manual …

One of Musk's original goals was to do it 10x cheaper, and accd to his recent discussion with NPR, he's already at 1/8th of the cost(1). What an amazing accomplishment. 1. http://w…

Realistically that's the growth curve experienced by even the most popular and addictive games (grow quickly to large # of users, slowly decline into mediocrity) -- the trick for T…

Haven't we seen enough of these? I'm thinking punchd, Belly, LevelUp, Plink, not to mention offerings from Groupon, foursquare... They may be able to profitably acquire businesses …