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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

My family was also Jewish (my father’s father fled Jewish oppression in Romania and his mother from the Ukraine) so in fact I am Jewtino. link] Interestingly amongst my favorite comedians right now is also a South Asian Muslim comic — Hassan Minhaj — whose family is from India. But childhood sure didn’t feel that way.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

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The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. With all the recent obsessions about “pivots&# most people don’t realize that the more powerful pivots are the unnoticeable ones we make every day through these exchanges.

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How Today’s Startups Can Adapt to a Globally Distributed Model

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For example, the best R&D teams for your needs might be based in the Ukraine, whereas the best designers may be in Germany. Establish policies that promote connection, like a virtual happy hour or fun conversations. A globally distributed business model allows you to hire the best talent wherever in the world it is.

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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

You can listen to our conversation on Apple , Google, or wherever you like to download podcasts. In addition, a complete transcript of our conversation follows the show resources below. His main message throughout all of this, Let's not waste the opportunity this time.Here's my conversation with Alpha Lee.