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What I Noticed On Social Media During the 2017 Hurricane Season

Austin Startup

Irma and Maria together practically wiped out the entire island of Puerto Rico. But instead of being glued to my television or listening to the radio in my vehicle (because who has a radio in their home in 2017), I learned about these storms via social media. Here we go!

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

He was joined in his efforts immediately, as he told me, by dedicated and talented "self-selected people" who connected him with media outlets, politicians and more. Eric Ries : I think for a lot of people listening, they'll think to themselves, "Wait a minute, I was on social media at the same time as you were. And so that.

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Out of the Crisis #22: Ron Klain on pandemic response and preparedness, entrepreneurship, and rebuilding trust in institutions

Startup Lessons Learned

The media, our leaders, people on social media keep mentioning this idea, as if we've never seen anything like this before. Every day, you go on social media. Is there a way we could've avoided or at least softened the damage? Who could've seen this coming? But this kind of pandemic is not actually unprecedented.