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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. Beneficiaries include ASEAN mainland cities like Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

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The Secret Sauce of a Successful Smart City

Austin Startup

Myanmar, which has an exceptionally high rate of infant mortality, is providing pregnant women with a free app from Council member Ooredoo that provides health alerts with care information and locations of medical services. Communities need some governance; they just don’t need heavy-handed “my way or the highway” governance.

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The Tech Industry and VC Case for Kamala Harris for President

This is going to be BIG.

Marc Andreessen and his partner at A16Z, Ben Horowitz, recently went “all in” on their firm’s podcast to discuss their financial and political support for Donald Trump , which wasn’t all that surprising. Transact free from government surveillance and control my butt. Is this argument lazy, stupid, or completely disingenuous?