Funding Science & Innovation; Remote Work & Future Silicon Valley

with @martin_casado @chrislyons @davidu @smc90 For this holiday break episode we cover two timely yet still developing-news topics: (1) That the National Science Foundation could rebrand and get a significant amount of funding, which has implications for U.S. competitiveness and corporate innovation; and (2) There’s been a whole spate of companies that announced they’re going remote, not just during COVID or extending beyond it but by default -- so what are the implications?

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