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Full transcript: Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle on Recode Decode
by Recode Staff
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The Airport of the Future Will Have No Check-In orSecurity Lines
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- Nobody talks about failure in Silicon Valley, yet 90% of startups fail. Why? 3 yrs ago, @neerajberry and I shut down @Sprig, which raised $60M from @GreylockVC + @socialcapital & grew to $20m revenue. Then, it all fell apart. For an honest story about failure, **Read on**
- In 2012, 11 companies became unicorns. In 2020, 175 companies became unicorns. So far in 2021—seven months in—291 companies have become unicorns.
- Many promising ideas fail to see the light of day not because they're wrong, but because their champions fail to persuade the right audience. Having a good idea is less than half the battle. Change is fueled by people with the will and skill to communicate their visions.