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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. 33:15 Thank you to Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show. 1:13:30 Thank you to Walker Corporate Law and Detroit Venture Partners for supporting the show. I remember this lesson well.

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A Glimpse: My American Dream

thebarefootvc

Or the boy in Detroit who becomes a software developer and creates an app to educate a child in the slums of Brazil. People ask me if innovation can flourish in places like Africa and my response is that I encounter innovation everywhere there, when people are forced to innovate to survive, often with scarce resources.