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Counting On ‘Social Capital’: The New Way To Evaluate Entrepreneurial Worth

YoungUpstarts

Even if we are fortunate enough to have the time to converse one-on-one, face-to-face, most of our interactions with each other have some element of digitization. The technological developments of the last decade have made the development of social capital essentially free, aside from the time and courage one needs to put into building it.

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The Gender Issue Part II

thebarefootvc

It is great to see that a conversation is finally evolving on the importance of gender diversity in the technology and venture capital sectors. On my trip to Rwanda last year I wrote a blog post on why I thought diversity in general was important.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

In a year of fascinating conversations, a few stood out. One such conversation was with a doctor from Burma. When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. He was intrigued by what this distributed infrastructure could mean for his work in Burma.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

In a year of fascinating conversations, a few stood out. One such conversation was with a doctor from Burma. When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. He was intrigued by what this distributed infrastructure could mean for his work in Burma.

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Leapfrogging into the Future

thebarefootvc

In a year of fascinating conversations, a few stood out. One such conversation was with a doctor from Burma. When speaking about the blockchain to many people in the United States, I get a puzzled look on why the technology matters. He was intrigued by what this distributed infrastructure could mean for his work in Burma.

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SXSW Startups: GoTech Puts Out Fires

Austin Startup

Based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as Rwanda, GoTech is resolved to develop, design and implement solutions to help communities respond to fire. See the product in action at the final pitch session for the Hyper-Connected Communities Technology category at 5 pm Saturday, March 10, in the Hilton Austin, Salon AB.

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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

Startup Lessons Learned

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. Here's my conversation with Tomas Pueyo. Look, first of all, in these conversations, the number of times that the story begins on Twitter is remarkable. He wasn't a media star.