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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

cindyalvarez Petabytes on a Budget - How to Beat the Big Guys (and Build Cheap Cloud Storage) Gleb Budman. One of my goals in creating the Startup Lessons Learned event is to foster entrepreneurial communities around the world, not just in Silicon Valley. The evening's slate: 20 Ways to Not Build Stuff Cindy Alvarez.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

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Here he found out that every kid in Uruguay is given a free laptop by the government – (for me it’s a bit like western countries giving all kids a free public education some 200 years ago and that’s why they currently lead the developed world). The entire country of Uruguay is connected to the web.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

For many of us in Silicon Valley, one of the notable events of the crisis was Brian's public stance about the role of corporate leadership in social issues. It was so amazing, like we were trying to send payments into Uruguay to pay people who are listening to their homes on Airbnb. But email quickly moved into the cloud.

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