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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

An era defined and dominated by the few who could afford the factories, the media and the distribution systems. We now live in an anarconomy where entrepreneurs are making counter moves to disrupt the status quo so they can redefine commercial landscapes. The entire country of Uruguay is connected to the web. And now it is over.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

As you'll hear, BA became an entrepreneur without expecting to have to address such questions, but that's not how it's turned out. Can institutions be totally distributed or should they be rooted and loyal to a certain community or geography? What is the role of public and private organizations in governing our shared civic fabric?

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