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Featured Startup: Nuro
(1) Describe your startup.NURO specializes in Neurotechnology and is the architect of the NUOS platform, a set of products which allows Communication and Computing by Brain. Instantly and without any surgery. (2) What inspired the creation of the startup?Two key events: first my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and I was shocked as to how…
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Are We Finally Seeing The End Of Dumb Productivity?
Silicon Valley has always been pushing new ideas when it comes to work. Indeed, startups have always pushed the concept that you need to be “passionate” about what you are doing. Considering the long hours and frenetic pace that startups usually operate at, the reality is that “passion” is sometimes the emotion that enables entrepreneurs…
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Technology Meets Entertainment: How Will The First Gig Economy Handle The Second Gig Economy?
With the recent announcement of Amazon purchasing MGM Entertainment for $8.5 billion USD, many are wondering what it means for the entertainment industry if anything at all. Some would argue that the “invasion” by technology giants heralds the end of the entertainment industry as we know it. However, there is the potential argument that technology…
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In An Era Of Decentralization, How Is Individual Startup Culture Formed?
While there is no doubt that the pandemic has brought about a significant amount of misery and suffering, it has potentially opened up opportunities for new innovation and creativity, particularly in the space of workforce development and management. Indeed, what we are experiencing may end up deciding how work is distributed and managed over the…
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Have We Reaped What We Sowed? Has Startup Culture Pushed Society Towards Greater Fragmentation? Does It Matter?
With the socio-economic change that is picking up pace thanks to a number of factors including the ongoing pandemic, one wonders about the root causes of this dramatic socio-economic change. While some would point to the changes in technology as the root cause of these socio-economic changes, it could be argued that the way in…
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Founder, Cratic: Israel Peck
(1) Who are you and what do you do?My name is Israel Peck. I’m a home-schooled ranch boy from Montana. I’m a Notre Dame grad, and former strategy consultant. Right now, my co-founders and I are building a team and a software tool focused on the sole mission of accelerating culture change in big businesses. (2) In…
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Featured Startup: Cratic
(1) Describe your startup.Cratic is a SaaS software suite designed to help large enterprises grow their culture rapidly, using measurable frameworks and proven psychological techniques. (2) What inspired the creation of the startup?We saw that there was a need. We saw that the current tools in the market were unexciting, slow, and ineffective, and we believed we…
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Featured Startup: clever carbon
At clever carbon, we raise carbon footprint literacy in a hip and fun way. Goal is to create a transparent and accountable society. Our 2 min carbon footprint quiz What inspired the creation of the startup? I care deeply about sustainability, but a lot of the content out there is very polarizing and alarmist. I…
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Founder, clever carbon: Michelle Li
My name is Michelle! Born and raised in Toronto, lived in San Francisco, London, and now in New York. I’m the founder of clever carbon. We raise carbon footprint literacy in a hip and fun way. Goal is to create a transparent and accountable society. Our 2 min carbon footprint quiz In two sentences or less,…