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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

Among a package of some 50 support measures, the entrepreneurial strategy makes a reference to “smart regulation” and floats the idea of sandboxing for testing products publicly (i.e. “So first, for example, for investment — what if big companies start investing more and more than they are actually doing?

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Nana nabs $6M for an online academy and marketplace dedicated to appliance repair

TechCrunch

The world of tech is all about building new things and solving problems, with “breaking” being more synonymous with disruption (=”good”) and fearlessness (see: Facebook’s old mantra to its early employees to move fast and break things). “There are 5.9 Move fast and fix things.