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Searching For The Question Live 46 Investing On The Entrepreneurs Of The Future With Danielle Strachman of 1517 Fund From the investment thesis of the fund: ... On October 31, 1517, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to a church door in Wittenberg to protest the sale of indulgences. These were pieces of paper the establishment church sold at great cost, telling people it would save their souls. The church made a fortune doing it. Likewise, universities today are selling a piece of paper at great cost and telling people that buying it is the only way they can save their souls. Universities call it a diploma, and they’re making a fortune doing it. Call us heretical if you like, but the 1517 Fund is dedicated to dispelling that paper illusion. Extraordinary careers are possible outside tracked institutions. 1517 marks a turning point in history where great social transformations were wrought by technology. Though Gutenberg’s revolution had been in action for more than fifty years, the mass adoption and diffusion of the printing press meant Luther’s message could influence all of Europe, and not only the people of a small town in Germany. Authority on questions of great importance no longer had to come from priests or royalty. It could come from books, and even more dangerously for the establishment, from an individual’s own judgment. Many current technological and social trends point to our future rhyming with this past. We intend to make it so. https://www.1517fund.com/ Danielle is a cofounder and general partner of 1517. She has worked with young entrepreneurs for about a decade. In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She's worked with some of the most prestigious founders like Vitalik Buterin and Ritesh Agarwal. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving 400 students, with a focus on student-led project based learning and other alternative programs. May 28 7 PM CET (Milan) 10 AM PST (San Francisco) http://sftq.live http://facebook.com/searchingforthequestion http://youtube.com/davidorban https://twitter.com/davidorban #livestream #sftql Become a supporter of SFTQL on http://patreon.com/davidorban

David Orban Network Society Ventures Pitching Live Mavin... Content Integrity Movement With Dr Mark van Rijmenam https://mavin.org/ Network Society Ventures Pitching Live gives the opportunity to startups to pitch a venture firm, in a live streaming setting. A startup pitch competition of one! Are you ready? http://pitching.live http://netsoc.vc/nsvpl http://facebook.com/netsocvc http://twitter.com/netsocvc http://youtube.com/networksocietymedia #networksociety #livestream #startup #pitching #venturecapital

Searching For The Question Live 44 Bitcoin’s Revolution With Andreas Antonopoulos Ten years ago the mathematical invention of Bitcoin started a revolution that is still unfolding. It added a fundamental component that was missing from our digital world: a modern tool for economic transactions. But Bitcoin inspired many to aim for more, and catalyzed the creative energies of people all over the world. The disruption that the new ideas, implemented in thousands of projects brin...g can be measured by the panicky reactions of regulators who want to make everything possible to defend the status quo. What is the promise of Bitcoin? We talk about it with Andreas Antonopoulos. Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and highly sought after expert in Bitcoin and open blockchain technologies. He is known for making complex subjects easy to understand and highlighting both the positive and negative impacts these technologies can have on our global societies. As an educator, his mission is to educate as many people as possible, in as many places as possible, in as many languages as possible, about Bitcoin and open blockchains. https://aantonop.com/ May 22 7 PM CET (Milan) 10 AM PST (San Francisco) http://sftq.live http://facebook.com/searchingforthequestion http://youtube.com/davidorban https://twitter.com/davidorban #livestream #sftql Become a supporter of SFTQL on http://patreon.com/davidorban