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relationship with the federal government,
163
–64,
194
–95

start of tech in,
104

Skype,
116
,
136

Small Business Administration (SBA),
150

Smalltalk programming language,
25

smartphones,
3
,
43
,
45

Smith, Clive,
19
–20

Smith, Fred,
155

Smith, Megan,
37

Smithsonian’s American History Museum, Places of Invention,
105

Snapchat,
xiii
,
41
,
43

Snapdeal,
177

Social Impact Investment Taskforce,
108

social networks,
xiii
,
3
,
43

Solow, Robert,
174

Source, The,
15

South by Southwest (SXSW) conference (2014),
111
,
112

South Korea,
173
,
182
,
183

Soylent,
51

Special Olympics,
109

Sperling, Gene,
159

Spotify,
15
,
39

Sprint,
2
,
67

Startup America,
110
–11,
155

Start-Up Chile,
181
–82,
183

startups.
See
entrepreneurs

Stockholm,
182

Sun Microsystems,
2

SUNY at Buffalo,
92

Surowiecki, James,
178

Sweetgreen,
54

Tandy,
73

TCI (Tele-Communications Inc.),
64

Teachers Pay Teachers,
48

Teach for America,
99
,
101

telecommunications,
15
,
149
,
196

Tesla,
176

Thalberg, Irving,
165

Thiel, Peter,
163

Third Wave,
xv
,
4
–5,
42
–55,
68
–79

adaptability and,
78
–79

American dominance and,
165
–84

assets for,
87

barriers to entry and,
5
,
42
,
70

Case’s thesis,
187
–88

companies, new regional areas,
91
–94

cresting of,
55

disruption and,
75
,
79
,
80
–88

education and,
47
–51,
70

finance industry and,
70

First Wave and,
6
,
42

food and,
51
–55,
70

future scenario,
89
–90

government and,
146
–47,
151
–72,
188

healthcare and,
5
,
44
–46,
70

impact investing,
106
–13

infrastructure for,
42

Internet of Everything,
5
,
43
,
187
–88

mantra for,
47

millennial generation and,
54
,
107
–8

partnerships and,
69
–76,
87
,
191
,
193

perseverance and,
78
–79

policy issues and,
5
,
76
–78

policy risk,
78

regulated industries of,
76
–77,
191

“the rise of the rest” and,
94
–105

single greatest startup challenge,
72

startups superstars for,
68
–69

success stories,
96

as tech-enabled not tech-centric,
95

transformative economic value,
101
–2,
113

transportation and,
70

who will win in,
79

Third Wave, The
(Toffler),
1
,
7
,
12

Time Inc.,
62
,
117
,
128
,
134

Time
magazine,
117
,
129

“news tour” to China (199),
xi

partnership with AOL for online content,
xii
–xiii

Time Warner

acquisitions,
117
–18

AOL merger,
xii
–xiii,
114
,
116
–42,
155

board of directors,
135
–36,
140
–41

content brands,
118
,
119
–20

dot-com bubble and,
127

formation of,
117

Internet and,
62
,
121
–22,
134
–35

operations of,
128
,
134
–35

revenues and profits,
118

Time Warner Cable,
120
,
128
,
130
,
134
,
136

Time Warner Ventures,
143

Tobey, Kirsten Saenz,
111
–12

Toffler, Alvin,
1
,
7
,
12
,
14

Towers Watson,
74

transportation,
190

barriers to entry and,
70

self-driving car,
76
,
81
–82,
190

supersonic Hyperloop,
190

Third Wave and,
5

Uber,
81
,
83
–84,
161
–63,
179

U.S. Department of Transportation as Third Wave customer and,
153

Turner, Ted,
xi
,
118
,
122
,
129

Turner Broadcasting System (TBS),
118
,
119
–20,
128
,
129

23andMe,
78

Twitter,
xiii
,
4
,
39
,
43
,
154

Uber,
81
,
83
–84,
161
–63,
179

Under Armour,
155

United Kingdom,
182

UPS,
84

U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), Third Wave integration and,
153

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT),
153

US Digital Service (USDS),
153
–54

U.S. government,
145
–64

agencies and the digital age,
153
–54

American dominance and,
165
–84

Case and how to work with the government,
155
–61

Case’s message to,
193
–94

as customer,
152
–54

cybersecurity and,
151
–52

DARPA,
147

data, regulation of,
151

Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI),
150

entrepreneurial environment and,
146
–47,
167
–68,
188

getting in front of the Third Wave,
168
–72

immigration laws,
156
,
176
–79,
194

as innovator,
147
–51

Internet and,
xiv
,
149
–50

Internet regulations,
159
–60

JOBS Act,
159
–60,
174
–75

new rules for a new era and,
179
–81

R&D investing by,
147
,
172
–74

reforming Senate confirmation and vetting process,
170
–71

regulated industries,
76
–77,
191

regulatory function,
151

Silicon Valley and,
163
–64,
194
–95

size of the cabinet and,
170

startups vs. small businesses and,
167
–68

Telecommunications Act (1996),
149

Third Wave czar proposed,
172

Uber and,
161
–63

venture capital laws,
156
–61,
174
–76,
194

venture capital,
83
.
See also
impact investing

Case’s decisions in,
92
,
93
–94

Case’s largest check,
94

corporate funding of entrepreneurs,
87

edtech and,
101

federal regulations and,
156
–61,
174
–76,
194

focus on return,
106

geographic concentration of,
90

geographic diversity of,
93
–98

internal venture funds,
87

rise-of-the-rest pitch competition,
96
–97

seeking biggest idea,
83

valuation gap in startup location,
103

West Bank and,
182

video games,
16
–17

Virgin Group,
122

von Meister, Bill,
15
–16,
72
,
104
,
186

Wall Street Journal
(WSJ)

AOL review by Mossberg,
37
–38

AOL’s IPO and,
34

AOL Time Warner merger story,
128

Warby Parker,
108

Warner, Mark,
180

Warner Brothers,
118
,
119
,
128

Warner Communications,
16
,
117

Warner Music,
16
,
118
,
128
,
136

Washington, DC,
104
–5,
144

Washington Post

negative stories on AOL,
137

“Unconventional Transactions Boosted Sales,”
137

Waze,
4

Wharton School, report on impact funds,
109

WhatsApp,
116

“What Washington Really Knows About the Internet of Things” (Samuelsohn),
168
–69

Wheeler, Tom,
119

Whitman, Meg,
117

Wiggins, Betti,
112

Williams, Tennessee,
98

Williams College,
10
–12,
145

Williamson, Tim,
101

Xerox PARC,
25

XPRIZE,
81

YouTube,
39

Zakaria, Fareed,
91

Zappos,
103

Zients, Jeff,
159
,
160

Zuckerberg, Mark,
3
,
84

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