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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

If you read only one previous post, read this one (or this one.) ————- The Birth of Entrepreneurship in The Hot Cold War Silicon Valley entrepreneurship was born in the middle of a secret war with the Soviet Union. Have they moved to their forward operating bases in the Artic?) How many did they have?

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

Startup Lessons Learned

A few weeks ago, Coinbase , which facilitates buying, storing and purchasing cryptocurrency and also operates a cryptocurrency exchange, went public. Coinbase was founded in 2012 and operates a cryptocurrency exchange. And as Fred happened to move to Silicon Valley, he saw the prototype I had posted on Reddit, I think.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

A bit like Silicon Valley. Especially when the brand normally operate in an invisible category like washing powder. While Clouds over Cuba represents something more apocalyptic, it is still part of the ‘what if’ narrative. They are using Singapore as their model of economic development.

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