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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

One thing led to another, and my husband and I ended up getting an exclusive distribution contract in Canada for a major French brand. After being successful distributing other companies’ products, the next logical move was to create our own–bblüv baby essentials. Thanks to Rick Sloboda, Webcopyplus ! #20-

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. While Clouds over Cuba represents something more apocalyptic, it is still part of the ‘what if’ narrative. But it’s here to stay and is about to replace the 200 year anomaly of the industrial era.

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The Interview, Censorship, Terrorism, Dr. Evil, and Lots of Other Stuff

Feld Thoughts

2600 weighs in with a deliciously ironic offer to help Sony get distribution for The Interview. He’s decided that the North Korea hack on Sony Pictures was not an act of war but is now trying to decide if it’s terrorism so he can put North Korea on the terrorism sponsors list to join Cuba, Iran, Sudan and Syria.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? And in this crypto algorithm, they said, well, since we're all making this distributed ledger, we now have provably unique digital items that I can send to you, Eric. Do we need more regulation in this area or less?

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Out of the Crisis #17: Max Henderson on Covid Act Now, exponential growth, and how to help

Startup Lessons Learned

As the son of immigrants from Cuba and Germany, Max has deep faith in the power of American ingenuity. Max Henderson : distributed around the country and the world. The work of Covid Act Now has made it the definitive resource for getting cities and states to take action against what he thinks of as our common enemy--the coronavirus.