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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

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First in Wuhan, China, and then the fact that it can spread so quickly in Italy and continental Europe really surprises me and I think a lot of others as well in the scientific community. I think once we lean on the community, the community really has uplifted us to an even more promising stage. Eric Ries : First ever?

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

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The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Starbucks, which is now a common coffee hangout place all over the United States, has an interesting owner. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. #4- Netflix. Photo Credit: Jen Wan.

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Out of the Crisis #5, ANA Therapeutics: a possible COVID-19 treatment and prophylactic

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It didn't take much searching to find out that the drug had been tested against SARS-CoV-1 (known to non-scientists as SARS, the 2003 pandemic ) and had proved effective against the replication of that virus. 51:36) Scientific background on niclosamide, what we know about how it works to stop viral replication. (52:48)