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

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What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric? Brian is the CEO of Coinbase, a successful tech company, and one of 2021's most successful IPOs. Why don't we just put this plan on the internet? I don't see any big tech companies that have great cultures that are doing fully remote.

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21 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

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After I looked like a slob on the biggest day of my life I scoured the internet to find the solution I was looking for. 4- Provide intelligence to the government and the public. Government and the American public. Photo Credit: Rob Kessler. I started my business because I hated the way my dress shirt looked on my wedding day.

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

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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. All of his work is designed to help it thrive. I lost my uncle.