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Tim McDougall

Founder, BuiltByLocal Ventures

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Startup Graveyard — History shouldn't have to repeat itself

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•Web App•Tech•

Merchants of Doubt — How some scientists hid the truth on tobacco smoke + more

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•Science Books•Books•

Bontact — Talk to your site visitors, their way

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•Web App•Messaging•

On Immunity — A philosophical look at the history of vaccination

Super Sad True Love Story — A satirical, dystopian, and hilarious novel

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•Books•

Neuromancer — The novel that defined cyberpunk

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•Books•

Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy — A dark, strange, adult fairy tale

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•Books•

The Martian — An astronaut stranded on Mars fights to survive

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•Space•Books•

Ancillary Justice — An AI space opera with surprising emotional depth

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•Books•

The Goldfinch — Recent Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction

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•Books•

Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and VC — Must read if you want to raise money for the first time

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•Startup Books•Venture Capital•

Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... — Always be skeptical of the business press lauding companies

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•Startup Books•Books•

The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War... — Mission creep can be a real thing. Stay woke.

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•Books•

Station Eleven — A lyrical, dystopian tale driven by deep, flawed characters

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•Books•

1Q84 — The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo

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•Books•

Ready Player One — An endearing rags to riches story set in a dystopian future

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•Virtual Reality•Sci-Fi Games•Thriller Books•

Hyperion Cantos — Hugo-Award winning scifi novel from 1990

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•Books•

DreamFunded — Access to pre-screened Silicon Valley startups

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•Fintech•Tech•

Upcraft Club — World's best site for sewing patterns

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•Tech•

Millennials to Snake People — Replace every mention of 'millennials' with 'snake people'

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•Chrome Extensions•Funny•Tech•