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This Entrepreneur Learned Code Just To Take On Amazon and The Shark Tank

Shark Tank

 


“Simply an insatiable desire to explore. Learning is at the very core to entrepreneurship and in this day and age a plethora of resources are available right at your fingertips.”


 

How do you take on  Amazon or ABC’s Shark Tank?

If you want to succeed, you use Disha Shidham as an example and apply some serious skills, boundless creativity, and a whole lot of boldness!

Two years ago, Disha founded Savy, an online marketplace designed to help business owners convert “window shoppers” into paying customers. Her strategy? Teach herself code and create a unique site that … READ MORE

Women In Science

Women in Science: The Star Gazing Scientist

 Meet Dr. Michelle Thaller, NASA Scientist

Michelle Thaller

Dr. Michelle Thaller is an astronomer who studies binary stars and the life cycles of stars, and is Deputy Director of Science Communication at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She is a regular contributor on Science Channel’s How the Universe Works and, in her off-hours, Michelle often puts on about 30 lbs of Elizabethan garb and performs intricate Renaissance dances. She also hosts her podcast, Orbital Path with Michelle Thaller, where she takes a look at the big questions of the cosmos and what the answers can reveal about life here on … READ MORE

Science & Tech Women In Science

Women In Science: Not Your Typical Storytelling Scientist

Women in Science

 

What happens when you cross a kick-boxing foodie with a passion for scientific discovery? You get Science.Sam.

Sam Yammine, aka Science Sam, is a PHD Candidate in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto studying how stem cells build and maintain the brain. She has a passion for science and telling stories.

If science had a Nike commercial, there is no doubt that Science.Sam would be its star.

When she’s not making discoveries in the lab, Science.Sam is sharing her passion for science, profiling fellow scientists, and inspiring other science Nerds through a series of … READ MORE

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Star Wars Week: Learn to Take Your Passion and Make Movie Magic

Storytelling with Industrial Light & Magic’s Tim Alexander

Star Wars Movie Magic

Originally posted on May 4, 2017

When the first Star Wars film (Episode IV: A New Hope), hit theaters in 1977, it was an instant hit. With a budget of just $11 million, this simple story of good versus evil brought science fiction into the mainstream with a box office blowout of over $775 million. So, what made this new space epic so popular? Three simple elements: great story, a strong supporting cast, and unbelievable special and visual effects like nobody had seen before.

Forty years, (currently) eight movies, countless … READ MORE

Gift Guide 2017

59 More Books That Every Nerd Will Love This Holiday – Nerdy Books

2017 Raising Nerd Mega Holiday Wish List:
BONUS Nerdy Books Edition Part 2

“The problem in our country isn’t with books being banned, but with people no longer reading. You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”   ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Ray Douglas Bradbury knew a thing or two about creativity, books, and culture. He wrote 27 novels, more than 600 short stories and poems, dozens of teleplays and stage plays, and the screenplay for Moby Dick before he passed in June 2012.

Ray Bradbury’s writing fed the curiosity of … READ MORE

Science & Tech

Kids Need to Learn to Code: Here’s How to Do It Right

Learn to Code

It’s Hour of Code time!

No matter their interests, Kids will find fun in coding

Guest Post: Laura Giuggio, Technology Integration Specialist
Originally Posted June 2017

My motivation came from a workshop. THE workshop in my career that changed everything. One Saturday afternoon in Holyoke, Massachusetts in January 2015, I was going to learn to code.

I went into the workshop convinced I was going to be clueless. What did I know about coding? My last attempt was in 1988 when I saw a blinking cursor on a screen and had to write in lines of code to make the … READ MORE