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Why every VC should spend a month with an accelerator

TechCrunch

Juan Carlos Hernández is the executive director at parallel18 , a top-level, performance-driven international startup program with a social mission, part of the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust. Share on Twitter. Boost serendipitous, strategic meetings. The result is a much higher quality of deal flow for VCs.

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Democrats have a new plan to legalize marijuana federally

The Verge

Medicinal marijuana is even more widespread, legal in 37 states, Puerto Rico, D.C., Under the proposed rule, state and local governments and Indian tribes would still be able to adopt and enforce rules and regulations over cannabis more stringent than the FDA requirements. the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.

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TikTok’s biggest problem is outside its control

The Verge

At the root of this concern is that no matter what ByteDance says about TikTok’s independence from Chinese governance, ultimately it must do whatever the country’s brutal, repressive authoritarian regime demands. Governing. ? government.” That makes it hard for high-risk users to feel entirely safe, no matter what the app does.

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