Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 31, 2006

I learned that my buddy Martin Burt was on the front line of a revolution in Paraguay when mayor of the capital city, by calling in garbage trucks and bulldozers to surround the congress building while the army was busy shooting people.

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Have Fun - Do Good

APRIL 24, 2007

One of the most visible signs of that is the boom in the gourmet coffee business over the last 10-15 years with the whole cafe phenomenon, cafes springing up all over the country and people looking for a much higher quality cup of coffee, but also a higher quality experience. We're trying to build a different way of doing business.

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Bloomerang

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

And another thing, make your communication accessible and inclusive. It’s more personal, but there is WhatsApp for business. So you can set up this WhatsApp for business. So I’ve mentioned already WhatsApp for business. And now WhatsApp is rolling out a payment feature in Brazil. Naira: You have access.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

I canceled my entire business, which was a big step. Any woman who is just coming on from Kashmir has access to some kind of connectivity to either an Internet cafe, or a cell phone, or a computer at her work. They came from the favelas of Brazil, from Alaska, from the Bronx, immigrant women from the Bronx. She can speak out.

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Non Profit Quarterly

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Today, over 400 area merchants accept BerkShares for payment, revealing an enduring intention in residents’ choice of where and how to do business. There are now over 200 local currencies in use worldwide, according to a database maintained by the Schumacher Center, with popularity greatest in Europe and Brazil. Why Go Digital?

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AUGUST 8, 2006

We really like the idea that this food we're talking about isn't precious, and it's food that should be accessible to everybody. we all shouldn't have access to this food. But I try not to buy, for instance, Coca-Cola, and until I think that their company has better business practices, I plan not to.

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JUNE 19, 2006

I certainly get inspired by getting to touch and be a part of some of the vast wilderness left on the planet, so the job has allowed me the privilege, which not everyone has, of going to Indonesia, and going to the Amazon in Brazil, and certainly that is fuel that will fill my engine for a very long time.

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