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David Townsend

@eship_prof

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Entrepreneurship Faculty @virginia_tech @VTManagement | Sooner Bred | I study knowledge problems, AI & entrepreneurship | EIC: https://t.co/0dCQ6ViKLx | Field Editor: JBV

Blacksburg, VA
Joined November 2010
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@PerBylund
Per Bylund
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Please help spreading the word: the Entrepreneurship Researchers' Exchange is live. With two posts available already! https://t.co/4YUTavRJk7
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@MindMatterr
Mind Matter
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A young student once asked a wise Monk.... MUST READ.. 🧵
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@IntuitMachine
Carlos E. Perez
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New research just dropped showing ChatGPT isn't just writing your emails—it's birthing entire companies. Study of 12M+ Chinese firms proves GenAI = the world's most prolific "co-founder." Here's what nobody's talking about yet: 🧵👇 Traditional startup playbook: Raise $$$ for
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@JMS_Journal
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📢 New Paper Alert: How GenAI expands entrepreneurial ideas while increasing uncertainty. Ramoglou, Chandra & Jin propose the ECR model - AI for ideation, humans for curation - to spot real opportunities. 🌐 https://t.co/diOYoXM0ED #GenAI #Entrepreneurship #JMS #JMS_Journal
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Entrepreneurship has often been viewed through a lens of scarcity of creativity. Yet, the arrival of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) forces us to appreciate that the bottleneck of entrep...
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@SGRodriques
Sam Rodriques
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Today, we’re announcing Kosmos, our newest AI Scientist, available to use now. Users estimate Kosmos does 6 months of work in a single day. One run can read 1,500 papers and write 42,000 lines of code. At least 79% of its findings are reproducible. Kosmos has made 7 discoveries
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@james_y_zou
James Zou
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We found a troubling emergent behavior in LLM. 💬When LLMs compete for social media likes, they start making things up 🗳️When they compete for votes, they turn inflammatory/populist When optimized for audiences, LLMs inadvertently become misaligned—we call this Moloch’s Bargain
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@thomaschattwill
Thomas Chatterton Williams
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They killed this one
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@PerBylund
Per Bylund
3 months
Invitation: submit your proposals for the second annual @okstate Theory Development Workshop. Workshop faculty: Sharon Alvarez, @eship_prof, and @PerBylund. Open for doctoral students and junior faculty. Funding available. https://t.co/fcsti4CmfN
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@nntaleb
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
4 months
My most important paper ever: How uncertainty (errors on errors) fattens the tails. Connects to all epistemological traditions. w/@DrCirillo Pages 1-4
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@martinmbauer
Martin Bauer
6 months
Strong contender for headline of the year!
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@EIXSocial
EIX - Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange
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China's automotive industrial parks centralize resources like financing, supply chain, and innovation under one roof, helping startups scale faster. Entrepreneurs worldwide can draw lessons from this platform-based model.
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Platform-based services provide easy access to everything new businesses need to thrive -- from technical guidance to supply chain management to financial backing.
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@fkasummer
akhil
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he won the fields medal slow thinking can be a competitive advantage question is why? under what conditions?
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@random_walker
Arvind Narayanan
9 months
I tell students on the first day of class that if you're truly learning it's supposed to feel uncomfortable. The reason is that real learning is not simply the accumulation of facts; it is deep understanding, building mental models of the world, and other higher-level abilities.
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@NASA
NASA
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"Love moves us towards the stars." —His Holiness Pope Francis In memory of @Pontifex, we offer this 2017 conversation between the Vatican and the @Space_Station. The pope and crew discussed many things, from the fragility of life to the power of teamwork. https://t.co/r4wbW8KpTi
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@EIXSocial
EIX - Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange
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Space startups are reshaping the future, with innovations driving costs down and opportunities up. While challenges like high costs and limited demand remain, smart strategies and bold partnerships can make the final frontier accessible to all.
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The success of SpaceX, Blue Origin, and other ventures has opened up the space travel industry to smaller companies and private citizens.
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David Townsend
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Momma bear and I are so incredibly proud of this dude. If you know his story, he's gone through a ton of challenges during his life but he has persevered. Next step, Arts@VCU. Congrats, Bozzy. We are so proud of you!
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EIX - Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange
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Business uncertainty isn’t a problem—it’s a reality. Frank Knight’s insights remind us that true uncertainty can’t be predicted, only navigated. Entrepreneurs who balance data with adaptability will build businesses that thrive. https://t.co/B9vhwDffqY
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EIX - Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange
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Business uncertainty isn’t a problem—it’s a reality. Frank Knight’s insights remind us that true uncertainty can’t be predicted, only navigated. Entrepreneurs who balance data with adaptability will build businesses that thrive.
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Frank Knight’s work, though written over a century ago, provides insights for navigating the unpredictable world of entrepreneurship.
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@emollick
Ethan Mollick
1 year
AIs working in the world can create complex systems with unexpected & risky feedback loops. Each output affects the world, affecting inputs, affecting outputs... Even simple loops can drive optimization behavior, making systems turn extreme. No training needed, just interaction.
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Arvind Narayanan
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Something I've observed in academia but I suspect is true in industry as well: as you become more senior, you'll find that you can be much more productive if you spend all your time being a manager and letting junior people do all the real work. But after a few years of this,
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