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Getting to Your Next Big Thing

How do you find your next big thing? Look for anything but. The SmartUp Innovation Hub was exactly that for us, not our main focus but a ­side hustle, a passion project we nurtured and grew over the years. Our…

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Agnieszka Pilat and Spot

Humanizing Tech through Art, with Agnieszka Pilat

Agnieszka Pilat came of age during Poland’s communist era, a time when Soviet tanks would roll through the public squares under towering monuments to the past. Statues of military heroes, murals celebrating the workers in the factories and fields, these…

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Sandro Pinto

The Perfect Side Hustle

The perfect side hustle fuses passion, expertise and a prototyping mindset. Hustling comes naturally to entrepreneurs, and during the pandemic, it has become even more essential to get out there and make a buck. To naysayers who fear a side…

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San Francisco’s Staying Power

The data is in. San Franciscans are not moving to Austin in droves. They are driving five to 20 miles over our bridges and down the freeway to put down nearby roots. Despite the hyperbole to the contrary, the San…

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