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Uncharted Waters: How To Draw Entrepreneurial Inspiration From Captain Cook

YoungUpstarts

You have a grasp on your industry, and you are able to draw conclusions to formulate options, alternatives, and forecasts. You and I know that neither passage existed at the time — the Panama Canal was built long after Cook’s time — but this exercise in futility doesn’t take away from his greatness. You are intrepid. You are a pioneer.

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Hey White Guys, You’re Invited!

Austin Startup

Even Rubén Blades was there, an expert in the bias-laden trifecta industries of music, cinema and politics (Blades ran for President of Panama in 1994). Where were all the forecasters? There were panels devoted just to these dialogues, but what was missing was not on the schedule or the roster of speaker, but in the audiences.

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