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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

I was fortunate enough recently to be invited to a private sitting with the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, along with 18 other entrepreneurs. She is trying to build a “creative economy” in South Korea and wanted to learn from some Americans what made us so innovative and what they could learn from us.

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Elon Musk’s new startup xAI seeks to raise $6 billion to challenge OpenAI

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With several investors handing sizable checks to startups to profit from what has attracted Silicon Valley’s attention in the past year — the race to create more and better AI has been escalating. Elon Musk has never made any secret about his plans to build a safer AI.

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

Both Sides of the Table

Silicon Valley itself was built on the sciences with a foundation of trial-and-error and then improving the model and trying again. I believe this scientific method and trial-and-error approach is one of Silicon Valley’s most valuable strengths. Could big business accept its own creative destruction?

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Why we expanded our startup to South Korea

The Next Web

Many global companies choose The United States first, but it’s also important to look outside of Silicon Valley. So when your later stage startup is ready to expand, where should you go? After finding success in… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Governance

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As the price of bitcoin rose to over $11,000 this morning (from lows near $6000 two weeks ago), governance was a key theme over the past week.

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Why we expanded our startup to South Korea

The Next Web

Many global companies choose The United States first, but it’s also important to look outside of Silicon Valley. So when your later stage startup is ready to expand, where should you go? After finding success in… This story continues at The Next Web.

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

As IT talent becomes scares in many technology hubs like London, New York, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Berlin and many other big cities, the employers are left with no other option than looking for talent elsewhere in the world. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution.