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Startup America Partnership

Feld Thoughts

On Monday I was at the White House to help announce the Startup America Partnership. For an awesome description of Startup America, please read Aneesh Chopra’s (the United States CTO) post on TechCrunch titled Startup America: A Campaign To Celebrate, Inspire And Accelerate Entrepreneurship.

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China and America want the AI Prize Title: Who will Throw the Knockout Punch?

ReadWriteStart

The Chinese government has been pouring money into things like facial recognition. The NLP tools suggested to both Facebook and Google’s advertisers that those words should influence their campaigns. The post China and America want the AI Prize Title: Who will Throw the Knockout Punch? Image credit: attentie-attentie; unsplash.

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How Non-Partisan Business Leaders Can Help Fix America

David Teten

The most impactful step you can take to help America more accurately reflect our citizens’ (and your company’s) political goals is to increase voting rates. An excellent example of businesses taking leadership on this issue is StopHateforProfit.org , the campaign to pressure Facebook not to profit from hate and misinformation.

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Fixing immigration for startups: What the US government can (and should) do right now

The Next Web

Before following in love with technology, George spent five years in politics, running campaigns and writing a book. to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees (education that is in part supported by all Americans, even in private schools, as schools get huge tax breaks and are often funded at least in part by government grants).

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A Conversation with 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

View from Seed

I started Venture for America back in 2011 with the goal of creating thousands of American jobs in communities around the country. I had never been to a handful of American Cities prior to starting Venture for America. Then the government says ‘hey, great news! That’s below the poverty line.

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What Does it Mean to be American? Why Trump is Just a Blip on the Radar

Both Sides of the Table

The co-founder of Google wasn’t born in America nor was the co-founder of Sun Microsystems, WhatsApp, Yahoo! But his biological father was Abdul Fattah Jandali — a migrant who came to America fleeing political oppression in his native country of …. and the founder of eBay and many others. Yeah, he was born in San Francisco.

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Understanding 501(c)(4) Social Welfare Organizations

Board Effect

While all 501(c) organizations are tax-exempt, the federal government established various IRS subcodes to designate the specific type of work a nonprofit does. Political campaign groups commonly file under the 501(c)(4) classification. Frequently Asked Questions Can a 501c4 donate to a political campaign?