Alex Danco: Amazon, Cities, and Disruption

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Find Alex online:

• Twitter

• Social Capital: Snippets

People mentioned:

• Steve Yegge

• Clay Christensen

• Travis Kalanick

• Dan Doctoroff

• Dr. J. Craig Venter

• Eric Reis

• Chamath Palihapitiya

Other mentions:

• Steve's Google Platforms rant

• Social Capital

• Y Combinator

• Andreessen Horowitz

• Cloud Kitchens

• Sidewalk Labs

• 100 Resilient Cities

• The Organization Man by William Whyte

• The Lean Startup

SHOW TOPICS

2:11 Amazon's Organizational Structure 4:09 Steve's Google Platform Rant 12:42 AWS & The Government 22:53 Disruption as rearrangement 30:47 Thesis-driven Discovery Team @ Social Capital 38:52 The role of transportation in shaping cities 45:47 Suburban vs Urban life 53:13 Sidewalk Labs in Toronto 1:00:11 Chief Resilience Officers in Cities 1:03:03 Alex & his interest in Biology 1:11:28 The Organization Man 1:18:58 What has Alex learned from Chamath Palihapitiya 1:22:05 Alex's writing advice 1:25:02 Ways to Think About Water

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