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The Impact of Community

Duct Tape Marketing

But then when I was eight or nine years old, the Gulf Warhead, I was born in Kuwait and security had lapsed, came together to rescue the country. Ruby on Rails has spawned thousands upon thousands of startups as a framework, as an infrastructure to build products on. Today, of course, these kids are in the slum, they're all well off.

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Why Was Winter in Venture Capital Funding so Short?

Both Sides of the Table

This past year was also the year that startup boards also got more disciplined about containing burn rates and pushing for companies to be run more pragmatically. Perhaps this is why the Kuwait Investment Authority put $165 million into Jawbone and Saudi’s PIF put $3.5 billion into Uber. or Walmart buying Jet for $3 billion.