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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

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Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , August 14, 2010 Governments round the world are trying to stimulate entrepreneurship. The Chilean government recently announced a bold initiative that stands apart from the usual innovation and start-up handwaving. Have convertible notes really won?

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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A Conversation with 2020 Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang

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But at this point, our government is so backward, dysfunctional and unresponsive that it’s not even on the agenda. Then the government says ‘hey, great news! Looking at an independent studies evaluation of government funded retraining programs shows that their efficacy rate tends to be between 0 and 15%.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

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And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." How do we cut through the news in the disinformation campaign?