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Tom Byers (Stanford Technology Ventures Program) - The Role of Entrepreneurship in Solving World Problems

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

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Is Technology an Equalizer?

I'm a capitalist entrepreneur who believes that you can do good and make good. And I see technology as an equalizer, let me give you an example. When we needed massive infrastructure for telecommunications, in the developing world, India, China, even in a city like Mumbai,. You move into a flat, you put in your application for a landline phone. Seven years later, somebody may knock at your door saying, I have a phone for you. OK? So access is what empowers people. The reason they don't drink the good water is they don't have access to clean energy, clean electricity. It's a good one. That in part, or you can't hear

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