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Out of the Crisis #17: Max Henderson on Covid Act Now, exponential growth, and how to help

Startup Lessons Learned

As the son of immigrants from Cuba and Germany, Max has deep faith in the power of American ingenuity. They had an incredibly effective pressure campaign that helped ordinary citizens write their Mayor, write their governor with simple metrics like, "If we don't shut down, this many people will die." Where are we in this crisis?

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Twitter Link Roundup #278 – Freaky Good Resources for Small Business, Startups, and Design!

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Big Questions That Will Help You Find Your Brand’s Purpose | Small business news; tips; networking | BizSugar [link] crowdspring.co/1HKJMBM Julio Alvarez – In Photos: Cuba’s Tech Revolutionaries [link] crowdspring.co/1MbfVlt Content Marketing Metrics You Aren’t Measuring | SEJ [link] crowdspring.co/1KPRXNZ

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

Startup Lessons Learned

And then the network can come to an agreed upon state that says, hey, this is a valid transaction. At one point we had to turn off all the hosts in Cuba, because US companies weren't allowed to work with Cuban citizens. And so the algorithm essentially proposes how using something called hashing power or proof of work.

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