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[Interview] PSB Academy: Up-Skilling In A New Learning Economy

YoungUpstarts

Dr Liow: We had one recent graduate who decided to join forces with his dad to manage the family-owned backpackers chain in Yangon, Myanmar. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is a classic liberal arts and a psychology major student. What are some success stories you can share (of any recent graduates)?

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4 startups facilitating a borderless world

The Startup Magazine

Danish-based startup Inpay was formed after founder Jacob Tackmann Thomsen realized money donated to help orphaned children in Myanmar after 2008’s Cyclone Nargis would lose 5% to fees and take days to arrive. Below are four examples of organizations doing just this, including household names and some more up-and-coming startups.

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Sasha Lubomirsky Has Held Design Leadership Roles at YouTube, Android, Airbnb and Medium. Damn! Here’s Five Questions With Her.

Hunter Walker

When we started Homebrew , Satya and I were thrilled to add her as an advisor that our founders could turn to for questions around design, product and user research. Sasha helped us uncover many learnings about how the community was using YouTube and her work informed many subsequent product decisions.