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• Traditional economic development focused on large employers and established industrialists was rational for an economy of expensive experimentation. • As “bits over atoms” made experimentation ...

It’s time we change how the U.S. thinks about development. The U.S. has a long history of initiating and funding development banks around the world, such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, ...

When launching a new startup, I always surround myself with two types of business people: creatives, to bring ideas, inspiration and inventiveness; and engineers, to help build the business "machinery ...