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The Secret Sauce of a Successful Smart City

Austin Startup

The smart stick is an idea that came from a conversation an engineering student had with her blind uncle about the challenges he faced getting around a city. Conversely, if the project is truly revolutionary, it may never get off the ground. While face-to-face conversation is often preferable, it isn’t always possible.

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Sasha Lubomirsky Has Held Design Leadership Roles at YouTube, Android, Airbnb and Medium. Damn! Here’s Five Questions With Her.

Hunter Walker

I did some work on conversion at Airbnb. You think about conversion for Airbnb, and what does that mean? Conversion is the moment where this really comes to a head and decisions have to be made, on both sides. I can give you an example of some impactful tactical work though. It’s not about making the button bigger.

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8 Tips On Intercultural Communication And International Etiquette To Create Successful Business Relationships In Asia

YoungUpstarts

And since opening its borders to global trade in 2012, Myanmar, formerly Burma, is creating an extraordinary entrepreneurial environment owing to its “greenfield” advantage: a rare opportunity to build a fit-for-purpose economy to suit the modern world.

Asia 100
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The Tech Industry and VC Case for Kamala Harris for President

This is going to be BIG.

These are the same folks that look the other way when social media is used to subvert elections, incite violence in Myanmar, and is proving to isolate and depress younger generations. It’s the least you can do when your candidate says, publicly, that this will be the last election you’ll ever have to worry about casting a vote in.