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The Web Summit Party List

Entrepreneurs, startups, techies and investors are flying into Lisbon, Portugal from all over the world this week for the a discrição (all you can eat) known as the mega startup conference, Web Summit. We’re soaking up the culture, people, language,…

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What’s ‘Appening in San Francisco

They say you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. Here’s my love letter to San Francisco’s mad, give-it-a-spin rapid-prototyping culture. Experimentation has always called to me, but it was only when I moved to SF four years ago…

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Unlocking Blockchain: Separating the CryptoKitties from the Cool Cats

Techno trends come and go, but I didn’t know what to say when my friend announced out of the blue that he was pivoting his solar energy startup to the blockchain. I’d already lost one fad-following buddy who ditched SF…

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Surfing at the Office: FluidStance

Joel Heath slammed into his own personal pain point at his desk job. After a decade in motion, working and playing in the all-year mountain paradise of Vail, Colorado, he’d taken a corporate job with a hot athletic shoe firm….

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