Derek Sivers

AUGUST 6, 2020

Afterwards, a friend reminded me that I had just repeated my “ 232 sand dollars ” story, so go read that if interested. That will buy 125,000 malaria nets, protecting ~225,000 people, averting ~65,000 cases of malaria, preventing ~125 deaths. That’s worth doing. You can buy the books now , directly from me.

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StartupNation

JUNE 2, 2021

The post WJR Business Beat with Jeff Sloan: The Importance of Offering Health Care to Employees (Episode 232) appeared first on StartupNation. I’m Jeff Sloan, founder and CEO of StartupNation.com, and that’s today’s Business Beat on the Great Voice of the Great Lakes, WJR.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

India blocks betting and loan apps: India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has called to block 232 betting and loan apps in order to keep users’ data safe, among other reasons. Spoiler alert: They’re faster. It’s Super Bowl LVII time and there are ways you’ll be able to stream it. Get all the details here.

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Derek Sivers

MARCH 27, 2024

Ben was the one who told me to post the “232 sand dollars” story on my website, because he thought it defined me. We last talked a year or two ago, and he was wonderful as ever. I’ll always remember him fondly. He was a really special person — an exceptional soul. That’s why many of the comments on that page from 2011 are thanking Ben.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2023

which creates the software standards to connect banks and fintech companies, reported a 232% increase from March 2021 to March 2022 in “open banking”-enabled account-to-account payments; an estimated 45% of all consumer electronics payments in Europe are now bank-based. And the Open Banking Implementation Entity in the U.K.,

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Derek Sivers

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

By the time I got home I had collected 232 unbroken sand dollar shells. I tried to think of all the things I could do with 232 sand dollars. I took all 232 sand dollars and went for a long walk on the beach — tossing them in the sand, one at a time, very spaced out, so all the tourist kids could find a few. So at 6 a.m.,

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

According to the company, drivers who handle distribution for its 232 logistics partners and use the wallet for payments can access asset finance and, for merchants: stock financing. There are other working parts of Jwallet.

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