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OG Black Swan
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Founder @ Black Swans | Silicon Valley's Top Strategist
The 2020's are the decade of the entrepreneur as more new founders are being minted in the biggest entrepreneurship boom in over a half a century. In 2021, more than 5.4M applications for new businesses filed in the US alone - up 23% since 2020 for 2X vs. decade ago

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August 5, 2023 at 8:03 PM
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Philanthropists including the MacArthur Foundation are weighing whether and how to spend big to help local news; rumors set the amount up to $500M over 5 years (Sarah Alvarez/Columbia Journalism Review)

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July 6, 2023 at 7:45 PM
Welcoming Doc to Bluesky!

Before Cluetrain one dark night my desk phone rang during happy hour @ the 1st embedded Linux company. A grizzled voice told me I was doing it all wrong. I listened. I built it. I left. Then built it better. He was right "Joe 6-Pack" showed up. My Doc @dsearls.bsky.social
Doc Searls' final post on his Harvard blog.

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July 6, 2023 at 8:08 PM
Yes, yes we do.
As I said on Twitter, I am unsubscribing from all newsletters that consist of a tease toward a paid subscription. Like most of us, I'm now maxed with subscriptions. We need a new approach to monetization. I suggest https://cyber.harvard.edu/projectvrm/EmanciPay
July 6, 2023 at 6:58 PM
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Summer is better when there's a new Dirty Heads song.
July 4, 2023 at 1:45 PM
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Good morning Bluesky 🦋 I hope you will have a great day.
July 6, 2023 at 12:51 PM
The ethics of cybersecurity might seem to be simple - protect data of good guys, do not let bad guys in - it can be surprisingly complicated. IEEE explores in The Hunt for the Black Swans of Cybersecurity Ethics.

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Black Swans' flock of innovators disrupt the world for good.
July 4, 2023 at 7:48 PM
Black Swans explain almost everything in our world, from the success of ideas and religions, to the dynamics of historical events, to how technology transforms the world. @blackswans.bsky.social
July 4, 2023 at 7:05 PM