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20 Entrepreneurs Share Their Takeaways from 2020

Hearpreneur

We asked entrepreneurs and business owners about the tough lessons they have learned in 2020. #1- Despite the many challenges 2020 has brought, it’s been inspiring to see people from all over the world collaborate to share ideas, innovate together and drive forward this new era of design freedom with RISC-V. 1- Balance is key.

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VC Funding in 2020: What Investors Look for in Startups

ReadWriteStart

According to Ben Narasin , “in 2020, investors will require firmer governance and oversight structures to safeguard against negative impact and ensure these protections are mandated in their term sheets.”. Besides, such companies are incentivized by the government in different ways, including tax cuts.

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A Conversation with 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

View from Seed

We sat down with Andrew Yang , current 2020 Presidential Candidate, who’s whole platform is based on reimagining the American economy with Universal Basic Income, to chat about the benefits of making this a national policy. Then the government says ‘hey, great news! That’s below the poverty line.

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The Biggest Tech Trend for 2020

Start Up Blog

The biggest tech trend in 2020 won’t be a new widget or shiny piece of glass. It will be one of the oldest technologies from civilised society – Governance. And part of the documentation process, are the rules, regulations and boundaries we use to Govern the market place. So will there be any big tech shifts in 2020?

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The Wealth Transfer Movement: An Opportunity to Reimagine Nonprofit Governance

Board Effect

With philanthropic giving at an all-time high, it’s generating a new sense of freedom for nonprofits, allowing them to reimagine governance like never before. billion since July 2020. Nonprofits: Ready, Set, Reimagine Governance. The future of nonprofit governance has the potential to look very bright.

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Hacking for Defense @ Stanford 2020 Lesson Learned Presentations

Steve Blank

In 2016, brainstorming with Pete Newell of BMNT and Joe Felter at Stanford we observed that students in our research universities had little connection to the problems their government was trying to solve or the larger issues civil society were grappling with.

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Even the Smartest VCs Sometimes Get it Wrong – Bill Gurley and Regulated Markets

Steve Blank

The first part was railing against the consequences of regulatory capture on innovation and a second part, about the consequences of premature government regulation of AI and why the incumbents are all for it. He recently gave a talk at the All-In Summit that was really two talks in one. In the U.S. Bill Gurley’s point.)