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

Startup Lessons Learned

Max Henderson founded Covid Act Now to help with that process by making data-driven recommendations for sheltering in place (and later, for reopening) combined with public advocacy guidance to get local government to pay attention to the real facts about spread and safety. Max Henderson : distributed around the country and the world.

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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. One thing led to another, and my husband and I ended up getting an exclusive distribution contract in Canada for a major French brand. Ethics and morality were only measured against regulations. Thanks to Chris Jarvis, JarvisTower ! #4-

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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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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. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football. The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? At one point we had to turn off all the hosts in Cuba, because US companies weren't allowed to work with Cuban citizens.

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