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  Steve Jobs
  On the early days of Apple Computer in 1980.

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  Mark Zuckerberg
  On the early days of Facebook while FB had 5 million users.

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  Simon Sinek
  Explains people buy not what you do but why you do it.

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  Peter Thiel
  On building companies with a purpose.

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  Sergey Brin
  On how Google started off as a simple idea.

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  Marc Andreessen
  On a panorama view of venture capital, startups, and beyond.

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  Steve Jurvetson
  On disruptive innovation & optimistic future

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  Danny Hillis
  On why technology is accelerating in 1994.

 
 
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Mark Zuckerberg on the early days of Facebook while Facebook was at 5 million users.
Sergey Brin on how Google started off as a simple idea
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Drew Houston at Startup School 2011 & Startup Lessons Learned 2010
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Building Great Software
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Design
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Bootstrapping
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Marketing & Advertising
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Big Ideas
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Peter Diamandis shows a future of worldwide abundance & optimism, not scarcity.
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Steve Jurvetson
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Policy
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