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Roger Joseph Ebert (IPA: [i:bɝt]) born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic and screenwriter.
He is known for his weekly review column (appearing in the Chicago Sun-Times since 1967, and later online)and for the television program Siskel & Ebert at the Movies, which he co-hosted for 23 years with Gene Siskel. After Siskel's death in 1999, he auditioned several potential replacements, ultimately choosing Richard Roeper to fill the open chair. The program was retitled Ebert & Roeper at the Movies in 2000. Although his name remains in the title, he has not appeared on the show ...
The author of nearly five hundred books, Isaac Asimov was one of the finest writers of science fiction in the twentieth century. Many, however, believe Asimov's greatest talent was for, as he called it, "translating" science, making it understandable and interesting for the average reader.
Born: January 2, 1920
Petrovichi, Russia, Soviet Union
Died: April 6, 1992
New York, New York
Russian-born American writer
Nova Spivack is a technology visionary and entrepreneur with nearly two decades of experience in pioneering ventures.
Mr. Spivack is CEO and Founder of Radar Networks (http://www.radarnetworks.com), a stealth-mode technology venture located in San Francisco. Radar Networks is developing a fundamental new technology for enriching content that will open up a new dimension of the Web.
In 1994, Mr. Spivack co-founded EarthWeb (http://www.earthweb.com), one of the first Internet companies, where he was Executive Vice-President for Products, Strategy and Marketing. EarthWeb went public in 1999 and resulted in the Nasdaq's largest IPO single-day percentage point gain up ...
Roland Fryer, Jr. is the director of the Harvard University's American Inequality Lab (http://www.americaninequalitylab.com), which is devoted to understanding the causes and consequences of inequality in American society. He is a professor of economics at Harvard University and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In January 2008, he became the youngest African-American to receive tenure from Harvard.
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Dave McClure has been geeking out in Silicon Valley for over fifteen years as a software developer, entrepreneur, startup advisor, angel investor, and internet marketing nerd. He is currently an advisor or investor for Mint Software, Spock Networks, Mashery, Simply Hired, HealthUnity, and Canopy Financial. Dave is also a board member for microfinance accelerator Unitus, and advisor to non-profit Kiva.org, and leads user groups and conferences on technology, entrepreneurship, venture capital, & microfinance.
From 2005 to 2006, Dave launched & ran marketing for job search engine SimplyHired.com, and its evil twin
