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Links to the talks and companies mentioned in the interview:

1st Fledge Demo Day, 50 years in the wrong paradigm
Pinchot University
Charity vs. For-Profit @ Demo Day
Stockbox Grocery, healthy food
Evrnu, recycling cotton
Community Sourced Capital, funding local businesses
Arqlite, recycling plastic waste
BURN Manufacturing and Obamastove, cookstoves in Africa
Ensibuuko, modernizing savings in Africa
Green Char, charcoal from sugarcane waste
Kick, the pre-acceleator
The Next Step, books on entrepreneurship

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