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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity. At the same time, it’s a chance to expose some career State Department employees to Silicon Valley thinking. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

For the deputy secretary, such a dialogue in Silicon Valley is not a matter of charity, but necessity. At the same time, it’s a chance to expose some career State Department employees to Silicon Valley thinking. They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy. This line in your article stood out to me: "Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy."

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Vevo’s Roberto Santos has the answers and a new methodology that will finally enable brands to compare digital and TV metrics. Silicon Valley 2.0: Join former tech founders, mentors, and investors now leading the charge in the cannabis industry as they discuss the current state of this exciting new market.

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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

He worked at an education startup here in Silicon Valley. I wrote a few articles around the coronavirus that got viewed by over 60 million people, and that pushed me from really not a person very well known in the coronavirus world to appearing on the news and in different newspapers. His name is Tomas Pueyo.