2011
Codecademy CEO Zach Sims
With only one year left until graduation, Zach Sims decided to drop out of Columbia in 2011 to start Codecademy. Fast forward to 2015 and Codecademy has grown t…
Why IBM Watson Won Jeopardy (And What It Means for Our Future)
In 2011, IBM Watson beat Jeopardy mega-champion Ken Jennings, signaling a seismic shift in computing. Like the human mind, Watson can process massive amounts of…
Always Wear Pants: New Rules of Work From The Muse's Kathryn Minshew
Back in 2011, Kathryn Minshew and Alexandra Cavoulacos founded the online career resource The Muse. Six years and 50 million users later, they decided to team u…
M.M.LaFleur: Sarah LaFleur
When she was working corporate jobs in New York City, Sarah LaFleur hated getting dressed in the morning; the choices in her closet felt overwhelming, many item…
