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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. I use the money made from my private clients to launch intelligence operations against our enemies. One thing led to another, and my husband and I ended up getting an exclusive distribution contract in Canada for a major French brand.

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Out of the Crisis #17: Max Henderson on Covid Act Now, exponential growth, and how to help

Startup Lessons Learned

Max Henderson founded Covid Act Now to help with that process by making data-driven recommendations for sheltering in place (and later, for reopening) combined with public advocacy guidance to get local government to pay attention to the real facts about spread and safety. Max Henderson : distributed around the country and the world.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and also operates a cryptocurrency exchange, went public. What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? Coinbase was founded in 2012 and operates a cryptocurrency exchange.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football. The government is using the shift to technology economies as their chance to reinvent.

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