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Rebuilding the California DreamĀ 

Andreessen Horowitz

Jan: California Forever is an attempt to make sure that the Bay Area remains the center of innovation and prosperity that it’s been for the last 50 years. And so, we think that Solano County can become the foundry of American defense innovation for the next 50 years. We couldn’t innovate as quickly as we could otherwise.

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What the evolution of cities can teach us about building platforms

Intercom, Inc.

People know a platform when they see one, but in some important respects, we actually know very little about how they develop. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are one of the most important innovations in human history. Lesson Two: Platforms, like cities, develop their own gravity.

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Starting the Zero-Waste Knowledge Revolution with GrowthTalk

The Marketing & Growth Hacking Publication

to create, innovate, collaborate, and solve problems?ā€”?arenā€™t In a nutshell, self-development has never been as important as it is today. For those passionate about the subject, this is what psychologists call growth mindset , a learning theory developed by Carol Dweck, Professor of Psychology at Stanford University.

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SaaS in Africa: 10 Things We Learned From Scaling to 1M Users (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Between now and 2050, half of the world’s population growth will occur in Africa. Between now and 2050, another 2.4 This is giving rise to this phenomenon called leapfrogging, whereby African countries are circumventing the normal pathway of economic development and jumping straight to the latest thing. Think about that.

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Jennifer Tejada, Ben Chestnut, and Jason Lemkin

SaaStr

Join PagerDutyā€™s CEO, Jennifer Tejada, as she discusses the need for agility and innovation and how automation is aiding adaptability and allowing enterprises to surge ahead. So looking forward, we also need to innovate and automate policies around flexible working, childcare and lead to address some of these challenges.

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