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As iPhones and tablets go global, where will the world plug in? Idealab CEO Bill Gross is hard at work on finding the best solutions for renewable energy to fuel this worldwide technology boom. In this edition of Tech Tonic, Reuters Social Media Editor Anthony De Rosa catches up with Gross at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss the next game-changing technologies.

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The Gates Notes, the personal website of Bill Gates, recently went behind the scenes at Idealab to explore how founder Bill Gross is able to consistently achieve true innovation over time.

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Florian Stege interviews Klaus Hommels at IdeaLab! -- The Founders' conference in October 2011 IdeaLab! - The founders' conference is the biggest student-organized founders' conference in Germany. Annually held for the past 11 years at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, the IdeaLab! has a unique reputation amongst German and European entrepreneurs, bringing together successful investors and skilled founders. Learn more about it at www.idea-lab.org !

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More than 40 college students from around the country collaborated on innovative ideas to help universities reduce their large ecological footprints and save money. Student entrepreneurs and innovators participated in the Sustainable University IdeaLab at Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT and the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance co-hosted the five-day experiential workshop at RIT's Center for Student Innovation.

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Bill Gross, Founder & CEO, Idealab with 20 years of entrepreneurial experience talks about learning from failure and his 12 tips for succeeding

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Idea Lab presents Eyakem Gulilat and Howard Koerth.

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Robert just told us Bill Gross offered $500k to launch the Scoble startup. I have agreed to not disclose what the Scoble startup is.

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University of Cincinnati biomedical engineering professor Marybeth Privitera discusses why creativity is an important element to biomedical engineering. Privitera is a faculty facilitator at the BMES IdeaLab workshop at Northwestern University (6/27/11 to 6/30/11).

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Kellen Knowles, a biomedical engineering graduate student at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, discusses his experience at the BMES IdeaLab workshop. During the 4-day event at Northwestern University students use case studies, creative experiences and intensive exercises to help expand their understanding of and competence in BME design. The workshop is run by the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA).

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Perfect Market summer intern Meredith Bell proved her mettle at the Idealab Banana Split Speed Eating contest. Not only did she pound through a pie plate filled with a Neapolitan ice cream sundae, but she also proved to be a great sport, providing her fellow contestant (and the final winner) with a spare hair clip so he could see. Great job, Meredith! (We hope you'll come back next summer ...)

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This video is a tutorial presentation for usability testing in Auburn University's IDEA Lab and for TechSmith's Morae usability testing software.

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In the summer of 2010, Idealab collaborated with the Pasadena Arts Council and ArtStorm LA to transform the back side of our headquarters into a beautiful, 250 foot long mural. The images were inspired by the vision and creativity that go on inside our company every day. We were proud to sponsor young artist Guy Ellis and his graffiti-style aerosol design, for this special project. Here's 2 months of work compressed to 3 minutes in time lapse video. Category:

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February 23, 2011 - Bob Skinner, founder of IdeaLab and numerous other Silicon Valley startups, discusses pathways to successful entrepreneurship with an emphasis on clean tech and the necessity of moving to robust commercial solar and renewable energy sources in the imminent future. Stanford University www.stanford.edu IdeaLab http Stanford Energy Seminar energyseminar.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube http

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Idealab Founder Bill Gross lays out a clear and thoughtful explanation for solar energy being the best possible source for the planet's growing energy demands. He illuminates the reality of current energy usage, the socio-economic factors that will impact future needs, and the limitations of other non-fossil fuel energy options. Gross is chairman of eSolar, an Idealab spin-off that focuses on making solar energy cost-competitive in the global marketplace.

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Bill Gross, chairman of eSolar and founder of Idealab, discusses how Moore's Law provides a new weapon in the fight to make solar energy technologies more productive and cost-competitive. After examining current solar energy harnessing techniques, Gross focused his attention on applying Moore's Law to high-efficiency solar conversion systems. eSolar was founded to work on the development of these ideas. In this clip, Gross describes the technology behind eSolar's current solutions.

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Idealab Founder and CEO Bill Gross offers an engaging way of examining the mix of personalities present on management teams, featuring the roles of the Entrepreneur (E), Producer (P), Administrator (A), and Integrator (I). According to Gross, each of us has a dominant type, and individuals of different types often will not see eye to eye. However, the best management teams consist of a strong mix of all four types, working together.

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For Show Launch: TweetUp The real-time stream from Twitter, Facebook, and other sharing platforms is influencing communications, advertising and content. Advertisers see real-time data as key to sending the right message to the right people --and avoiding disaster. What's now in real-time technology? Bill Gross, CEO idealab, debuts TweetUp

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For Show Launch: TweetUp The real-time stream from Twitter, Facebook, and other sharing platforms is influencing communications, advertising and content. Advertisers see real-time data as key to sending the right message to the right people --and avoiding disaster. What's now in real-time technology? Bill Gross, CEO idealab, debuts TweetUp

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Bill Gross (Idealab, Ubermedia)

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Idealab Founder and CEO Bill Gross offers lessons he has learned from company failures. According to Gross, company failures are often due to two common factors: team issues and running out of funding. He also shares his reasoning on why the most successful entrepreneurs are those with the best execution and the most persistence.

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Last week in LA I spent some time with the team at TweetUp, an innovative service that's bringing advertising to Twitter soon. (Idealab is an Edelman client.) Here's the 60-second overview from their CEO, Bill Gross.

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