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The Ability to Ask Questions
How the Education System Stifles Curiosity and Why It Matters for Future Entrepreneurs and Innovators
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Burak Buyukdemir
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Puppetry ( former Elbo AI )
Listen now (23 mins) | Meet Saravana Rathinam and Ben McMahan from Elbo AI
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Burak Buyukdemir
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Saravana Rathinam
This is how you win
If you want to win, focus on your strengths, not your weaknesses. The majority of us do the opposite because we fear our weaknesses and take our…
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Alex Souza
Flipside XR - Lesley Klassen
Listen now | In the latest episode of the Startup Istanbul podcast, we had the privilege of discussing virtual reality (VR) and spatial content creation…
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Burak Buyukdemir
Lukhu - Sustainable fashion
Listen now | Operating system for sustainable fashion commerce in Africa.
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Burak Buyukdemir
How to transform your life
You don't have an ideal life. But you do have a real life. The more you focus on chasing the ideal, the less you allow yourself to appreciate the real…
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Alex Souza
Lease Simple - Jeremie Romand
Listen now | Digital wallet for renters; earn credits, reduce costs.
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Burak Buyukdemir
Zero-Billion Dollar Markets
Just crazy enough to create, just sane enough to capture
Published on Everywhere with Scott Hartley • 
August 2023
How to free yourself from the poles
If you polarize, you lose. Humans have a very dangerous self-destructive habit: We polarize everything. We polarize everything because it's easier and…
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Alex Souza
The Perpetual Outsider: The Big Benefits of Not Belonging
Growing up, I never felt like I fit in. Born in the USA, moved to Canada when I was 1 year old. Vancouver at that time was a backwater and we were…
Published on The Hard Fork by Marvin Liao • 
How "thank you" heals your heart
"Gratitude is the memory of the heart." That’s what my mom always says. She inspired me to develop a genuine attitude of gratitude. 👉 This phrase…
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Alex Souza
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If I Told You I’d Have to Kill You: The Story Behind “The Secret History of Silicon Valley”
Awhile back, I had one of the strangest phones call of my life. “Steve my name is Donald xx, and I’m the head of external affairs of the CIA’s venture…
Published on Steve Blank • 
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