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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

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As the global economic situation deteriorates amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs, many aspiring entrepreneurs might be tempted to give up and wait for better days. A frugal tap in Ghana. But don’t give up! It is true that founding a startup in times of crisis may look more challenging.

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NYC 3.0

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My view is that it’s time to harness the incredible enthusiasm and talent of these individuals to drive impact, locally in NYC as well as nationally and globally. Make no mistake: NYC has arrived solidly as major global tech hub. Founded in 2004, it has grown in leaps and bounds along with NYC’s tech sector.

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

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So he said, "Okay, well you can look at all this human resources data for this mine in Ghana. So plenty of dark bits, but also this weird discovery that you can create incredibly close connections with people that I've never met before and build a global community of people who want nothing more than to help save lives. And he told me.