Victoria Brown
CEO and Co-founder
Recent Activity
August 23, 2009
Victoria
wrote
Exercise Your Topless Right!
I had no idea that August 23rd is National Go Topless Day, until I entered Central Park at Columbus Circle. There, on a nearby lawn, I saw a gathering of a few dozen people dressed in white. Pl...
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July 30, 2009
Victoria
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Happy? Prepare to Die Young
If you hope to live a really, really long life, turns out it's better to be conscientious than optimistic. As The Daily Beast reports, Psychologists have created something called the "Big 5," a ...
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July 13, 2009
Victoria
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What Do You Want to Know About Male Sexual Development?
Dr. Harry Ostrer is joining the panel tomorrow night called, "The Personal Genome: What We Know." Please tweet your questions @Big_Think. Dr. Ostrer is Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology, and M...
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June 26, 2009
Victoria
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Better Off Dead?
What's the liklihood that if you are ill, you go to a doctor and get good, effective treatment? At the moment, we have no way of measuring this. Harvard Business School Professor Regina Herzlin...
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June 18, 2009
Victoria
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It Takes Just Six Minutes to Get Hosed
I was alerted to an article in the UK Telegraph through a Tweet from Guy Kawasaki. Researchers have now proven that alcohol goes to your head really quickly, in six minutes or less. I have two mi...
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About Victoria Brown
Victoria R. M. Brown is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Big Think. Victoria has a BA from McGill University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Prior to Big Think, Victoria worked at Vertex Consultants, a management consultancy in Toronto, and then at Summit Entertainment and Universal Studios in Los Angeles. After earning an M.B.A. Victoria worked as a producer at PBS where she was nominated for an Emmy for producing Charlie Rose’s interview with Ted Turner in 2005.