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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

A bit like Silicon Valley. Like most politically important information, consumers will eventually get to be in control of their own aggregated data. While Clouds over Cuba represents something more apocalyptic, it is still part of the ‘what if’ narrative.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

For many of us in Silicon Valley, one of the notable events of the crisis was Brian's public stance about the role of corporate leadership in social issues. It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. At one point we had to turn off all the hosts in Cuba, because US companies weren't allowed to work with Cuban citizens.

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