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Salim Ismail

@salimismail

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Launching @ExOHeroesNFT Founder @OpenExO Board Member @XPrize Founding Exec Dir @SingularityU . Multi-chain maximalist

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Salim Ismail
5 years
Announcing the $100m carbon removal @xprize #visioneering . The largest prize competition every run. Totally appropriate for what's needed in the world
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Totally makes your day…
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We should award @peterhotez a major award (like Nobel-level) for the thankless task of defending evidentiary free thinking..
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Antivaccine and antiscience movement is a political, deliberate, coordinated effort, and is not going anywhere. @PeterHotez #IDWeek2023
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Salim Ismail
5 years
Wonderful article by @SergioSarmiento - great summary of what’s happening in technology and our difficulty in absorbing it
@SergioSarmiento
Sergio Sarmiento
5 years
Mientras México regresa a la electricidad de carbón y al control del sindicato sobre la educación, Salim Ismail @salimismail muestra que en el mundo la tecnología está creando nuevas realidades y organizaciones exponenciales
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This article is a must read. Wish I was at the #texastrib festival
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Many thanks again to the ⁦ @latimes ⁩ for rolling the dice with me on this opinion piece and standing up for science. Not long ago we took this for granted, but tragically for the nation this is no longer the case.
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@elonmusk Waze built into the maps
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Monster news from @openexo and $GNS - we are merging. This is probably the biggest phase change in my career since the ExO book came out. Couldn't be more excited. This deal has been six months in the making.
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Roger James Hamilton
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Today I'm excited to be able to finally announce our #GeniusGroup $GNS merger with OpenExO, completing with FatBrain AI our full Genius City exponential ecosystem. If I had to make one choice of AI company and AI leader in the world who is already working with the governments of
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Salim Ismail
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@shoecatladder @doctorow @CoreyRobin Douglas Adams nails this in the following quote. "Anything in the world when you're born is normal. Anything that's invented when you're young, that's a career. But anything invented after you're 35 years old? That's just bad."
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Mind-boggling value in this @a16z startup metrics post.. mandatory if you're into startups http://t.co/yTZP3MOpDJ @exponentialorgs
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Salim Ismail
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Our 2-yr anniversary of @exponentialorgs - now in 15 languages & selling strong. Very proud > 4.8/5 stars on Amazon
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Salim Ismail
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This is just so great. The beginner as the master
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Lesson: No one knows anything...and it doesn’t matter.
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Totally random sighting in NYC. Two mins either way would not have worked.. @PeterDiamandis @xprize @singularityu
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1/ As a former lead at @singularityu , current board member of @xprize and founder of our 30k strong OpenExO community, I've been immersed in exponential technologies for 15 yrs. So here's my take on @elonmusk ’s crazy Twitter/X brand transformation: 🧵 👇
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Big news - I’m joining @rokk3rfuel as a General Partner in their VC fund. (And now we have a fund #rubbinghands ).
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Salim Ismail
1 year
Boyan, this is amazing… are you doing anything in the Mekong delta?
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Boyan Slat
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Another look at Monday’s record extraction day (half a million lbs!) in Guatemala:
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I'm about to speak to 3000 coop CEOs in Brazil about #openexo and being #AIready . super excited because I'm clear this collaborative shared approach is the future of business models.
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Salim Ismail
4 years
It's so nice to scroll through my Twitter feed without a feeling of dread
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2 years
Canada should be leading the world on this. Not as an opportunity, but an obligation
@ubi_works
UBI Works 🇨🇦
2 years
Top Canadian economists agree: #UBI works 👍 It can grow the economy more than it costs while enhancing the standard of living for ALL of us. Share if you believe it's time for #BasicIncome in Canada.
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Salim Ismail
5 years
Just fabulous.. correlation is not causation!
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Ameet Kini, MD, PhD
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"Correlation is not causation"
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Salim Ismail
6 years
Me to my 7yr old: "Nice goal {soccer).. how'd you do that?" Him: "you have to do two things.. first, you have to focus. Me: "And second?" Him: "You have to be one with the ball" Wtf? Where are these kids getting this?
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Salim Ismail
5 years
Corporate immune systems are resisting disruptive innovation, therefore hindering exponential growth. For more, read my Medium article about Corporate Immune Systems:
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Salim Ismail
2 years
Was waiting for @jasonsilva 's take on #chatGPT , #stablediffusion etc. It does not disappoint! Watch this.
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Jason Silva
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My thoughts on AI GENERATED ART
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Salim Ismail
8 years
I’m spending the next few days stroking my Canadian passport and whispering “my preciousss”.
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Salim Ismail
7 years
This is rather surreal. I guess I've become larger than life.. 😄
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Salim Ismail
8 years
My TEDx talk “Fixing Civilization” is up.. I talk abt democracy, marriage, institutions, uber etc. - comments pls!
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Am super pumped about being named to the Board of @xprize Foundation, helping @DisruptionAlert and @PeterDiamandis change the world
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Excited to announce 'The Exponential Transformation' - a manual to help companies become Exponential Organizations
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Salim Ismail
3 months
This feels like monster news to me..
@bindureddy
Bindu Reddy
3 months
Apparently, the Apple - OpenAI deal just closed! One day before the voice assistant announcement :) Guess Apple decided that it couldn't make it on its own 🤷 The new Siri will be from OpenAI
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Salim Ismail
8 years
It's not often I'm nervous, but opening a conference of 700 biz school deans has done it. I feel like a schoolboy. #AACSBdeans
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4 years
Wonderful
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Setting off in the Tesla from Toronto to Miami.. #roadtrip . Will use self driving add much as possible. Have set up a ton of conf calls
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Salim Ismail
6 years
Big news folks: our ExO Foundation just got a $15m injection into our token economy from @rokk3r_inc . This brings them together with 500 consultants in 55 countries and this announcement solidly anchors that economy.
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Salim Ismail
8 years
Epic trip. Went from the FL/GA border thru 6 states & into Canada. In one day from 9am-2a. In a Tesla. #MicDrop
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Congrats @loblaws .. the learning will be incredible. "Canadian grocery chain orders 25 Tesla electric Semi trucks"
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Our book @exponentialorgs is exactly 3 yrs old today. Tx to all for incredible support. Now in 15 languages and sales are still increasing
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Salim Ismail
8 years
@michael_bodley @deanland - wait, Berkeley Republicans? Sounds like an oxymoron to me..
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Salim Ismail
4 years
Just kicked off a panel on the future of LatAm with several ministers and ex-heads of state. In Spanish! All part of #ExOWorld starting tomorrow.
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Salim Ismail
6 years
Whoa - I just heard that @exponentialorgs is in the top 3 books ever coming out of Silicon Valley.. super buzzed.
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Salim Ismail
2 months
Best news I’ve heard in a very long time. Finally.
@FreeAssangeNews
Free Assange - #FreeAssange
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JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE
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Always a strange weekend when @elonmusk retweets your face. But the conversation around how to guide AI is incredibly important. And honestly, that's our only option (any regulation will curtail many of the benefits). Watch this space as our @exoheroesnft community is focused
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Transformation of education.. "with gpt4, everyone can have their own Aristotle tutor" @salkhanacademy with @PeterDiamandis #a360
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Salim Ismail
5 years
I’m impossibly excited about this event.. bringing my laptop for Woz to sign!
@stevewoz
Steve Wozniak
5 years
Please join me as I share the stage with @salimismail for Industry 4.0: The Future of Humanity in the Smart Machine Age, hosted by @GraziadioSchool , in Los Angeles on April 2nd. Register Now:
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Salim Ismail
4 years
This... totally made my day.
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Salim Ismail
7 years
I tease the French a lot, but first they save democracy and now this? Vive la France!
@EmmanuelMacron
Emmanuel Macron
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Very proud that France has become the first country in the world today to ban any new oil exploration licences with immediate effect and all oil extraction by 2040. #KeepItInTheGround #MakeOurPlanetGreatAgain
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Salim Ismail
8 years
Ho yes. My quote: “every MBA program teaches you how to build an org for the 20th century, not today”
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Ryan Bethencourt
8 years
Is management theory becoming a compendium of dead ideas? Is it time to call the end of classical business schools?
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Salim Ismail
9 months
This is a great point. It would be like Microsoft saying "we own every number in every spreadsheet ever created"
@doctorow
Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK (AFK)
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This gives rise to @saurik 's perfectly named doctrine of " #FelonyContemptOfBusinessModel ," in which it is illegal to use your own property in ways that anger the shareholders of the company that sold it to you: 7/
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Salim Ismail
7 years
The funniest tweet I’ve seen this year..
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Grant Hamilton
7 years
Genius. Until today, if you Googled “Trump” and “shithole” all you got were hotel reviews.
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Salim Ismail
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Damn - I’ve been saying that the metabolism of the outside world now exceeds that of most organizations.. and then I find this from effing Jack Welch.. “When the rate of change inside an institution becomes slower than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight.” GE 2000.
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Salim Ismail
5 years
I dare you to watch this only once
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Harvey Newman
5 years
Insane wing control, for all animators out there fascinated by dope reference. #bird #animation #nature via @reddit
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Big announcement coming tomorrow
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Salim Ismail
6 years
Opening keynote to 5000 ppl - one of the bigger crowds I’ve spoken to.. (and awesome event - congrats to all who put it together)
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Riaz Shah OBE
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The awesome @salimismail at #EY Americas Partner Meeting in Atlanta #NextIsNow #BetterWorkingWorld
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Salim Ismail
8 years
At this point, I’m reeeallly hoping we live in a simulation.
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Salim Ismail
6 years
Yes.. the best definition I’ve ever heard about leadership is “you serve the potential of those around you”
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Simon Sinek
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A weak leader likes to tell us how many people work for them. A great leader is humbled to tell us how many people they work for.
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Salim Ismail
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Totally awesome summary of our @singularityu executive program: “One Week at Singularity University” by @jmoritz
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Salim Ismail
1 year
Wonderful article..
@trevortimm
Trevor Timm
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I wrote for the @GuardianUS about the courage of Daniel Ellsberg — not just in his extraordinary life, but how he faced death.
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Salim Ismail
6 years
Congratulations, #ExponentialTransformation community! 'Exponential Transformation' (Kindle version) has officially made its way to the #1 spot in the 'Business, Strategy & Management' category for both the English and Spanish #Amazon ebook stores!
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Salim Ismail
3 years
Ready for my first zero G flight. Super excited..
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Salim Ismail
7 years
@Nintendo_Legend Um - huge - was walking by a cafe, saw tweet from @chrismessina , met folks from NASA, ended up heading up @singularityu . Boom. (Tx Chris!)
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Salim Ismail
6 years
We’re launching a new ExO book! #ExponentialTransformation is a manual for organizations, consultants, and business schools who are ready to transform the #futureofbusiness . Find out more tomorrow, during the Virtual Book Launch on Sept 20th
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Salim Ismail
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omg - I'm in a meme..
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Salim Ismail
1 year
"in 5 years, there won't be any more developers". @emad at #a360
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Tomorrow noon EST, I’m hosting @PaloAltoNtwks #EpicCloudSecurity event. Come join in person or via livestream:
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Salim Ismail
5 years
Our @openexo colleague @PeterDiamandis has just released "The Future is Faster Than You Think". Grab it if you’re at all interested in leveraging converging exponential technologies and getting us all to abundance → #FutureIsFaster
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Salim Ismail
4 years
Regardless of the outcome, this election shows that social media breaks democracy totally
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Salim Ismail
1 year
Am sooo excited for this… check it out and join us in 3 weeks
@OpenExO
OpenExO
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Discover how you can take your organization to the next level, connect with a community that is building a better future, new technologies become tools rather than daunting prospects. Join @salimismail and @PeterDiamandis on June 6th. Register today:
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Salim Ismail
10 years
Whoa. Our book "Exponential Organizations" (avail 4 pre-order) is #2 on Amazon @singularityu http://t.co/9lRyjtXEsf http://t.co/8ODDDSwCWc
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Salim Ismail
1 month
Yes, this is how it's done. Thank you @maitlis . The stream of lies is near impossible to combat.
@maddenifico
Bill Madden
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This is how it's done. This should be required viewing for the American press -- who are still engaging in bothsidesism, balance over objectivity, and false equivalencies. This is how you conduct an interview with a serial lying sociopath like Kari Lake.
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Salim Ismail
4 years
Love this. The power of science
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Ken Rutkowski
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The early 1980's are such a distance world compared to now, but when Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round, he made me smile of the world he loved so much.
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Salim Ismail
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Mind. Blown.
@historyinmemes
Historic Vids
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A library in a monastery in Tibet. It was discovered in 2003, behind a sealed wall, containing 84,000 hand written sutras and scrolls telling the history humanity back 10,000 years. They were written in Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan & Mongolian.
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Salim Ismail
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I often tease the French, but God bless 'em for saving democracy
@livingarchitect
Rachel 🐀🕷️⬛ Armstrong
7 years
The first projected results of the French elections are in and Marine Le Pen has no chance of victory Keep it up!
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Salim Ismail
8 years
Just had a private tour of FC Barcelona. My highlight: the locker room. Messi's locker is not messy.
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Salim Ismail
9 months
Rather a spectacular venue to do one of my sessions on the meaning of life #workclub
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Salim Ismail
11 months
Absolutely must read from @doctorow .. even more than usual!
@doctorow
Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK (AFK)
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#Enshittification is the process by which a #platform lures in and then captures end users (stage one), who serve as bait for business customers, who are also captured (stage two). 1/
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5 years
Speaking to 1500 business leaders in Chihuahua at #iem2019 . Amazing energy and ambition
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Awesome to randomly meet @JohnLegere in a @TMobile store. Talk about a hands on CEO
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Quite a birthday. Giving the closing keynote today at the UN General Assembly.
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Salim Ismail
9 years
Wow - @FortuneMagazine just named @exponentialorgs one of the top 5 business books of 2016. Thanks @thegrowthguy
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Salim Ismail
4 years
Miami setting a great example with general publications and policies like this to attract tech. Congrats Mayor @FrancisSuarez and all involved
@ndahlberg
Nancy Dahlberg
4 years
ICYMI: MiamiTech Manifesto serves as guiding light for newcomers and locals alike - Refresh Miami via @refreshmiami
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Salim Ismail
6 years
Thank you Amit! Have a great 2019..!
@iamamitramani
Amit Ramani
6 years
#ExponentialOrganizations mandatory reading for @myawfis leadership team. Thank you @salimismail for curating a masterpiece & Happy New Year.
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Salim Ismail
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Very cool. @exponentialorgs and @singularityu mentioned in speech at the House of Lord's.. (topic was the use of big data in the NHS cc @daniel_kraft @drjackUK
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Salim Ismail
5 years
Exponential Day with ACCIO and an amazing group of innovators! #CataloniaExponential #OpenExO Join Our Community at
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Salim Ismail
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My formula for success tonight.. tv, twitter and alcohol
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Salim Ismail
8 years
Speaking today at . My talk? “Fixing Civilization” (a niche topic). It’s streamed if you’re free - 4pm ET
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Salim Ismail
7 years
Incredible to be in Mumbai (where I grew up) for #suindiasummit2017 . India in mango season = ’nuff said.
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Salim Ismail
8 years
Pretty big day - running an @exponentialorgs workshop at the Vatican. They’re kinda the original one (MTP, decentralized, community etc)
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Salim Ismail
1 year
So, our ExO 2.0 book is #1 on multiple categories on Amazon.. thanks all! Go get it here:
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Salim Ismail
7 years
If I woke up smart and did a tweet storm about the blockchain, this is what I’d write.. awesome thread.
@marting
Martin Green
7 years
10 years from now - it's 2027, we'll look back and say, how did the financial system not see all this coming?
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Salim Ismail
6 months
Please watch this…
@Vivek4real_
Vivek⚡️
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The best explanation of #Bitcoin you will ever hear 🔥
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Salim Ismail
6 years
This is a fabulous quote.. it’s why we have a section in @exponentialorgs titled “Beware the Expert”
@stevejang
steve jang
6 years
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few." -Shunryu Suzuki
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Salim Ismail
4 years
My favorite comment from today at #ExOWorld : "This was better than a live event!"
@Bill_Gross
Bill Gross
4 years
"We are living in the most extraordinary time ever. Instead of complaining about problems, we have the resources, brainpower, capital and more to solve them.." -Peter Diamandis at #ExoWorld
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Salim Ismail
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Just landed in Paris for #UNLEASHWORLD Excited to share about Leveraging the ExO model and our New Book @OpenExO  . Orgs that follow this model do 40x better than those that don't !
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Salim Ismail
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"the peripheral nervous system has plenty of extra bandwidth to handle BCI".. @PalmerLuckey with @PeterDiamandis at #abundance360
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Salim Ismail
8 years
I’ve never having gd tears during a political speech. I do now… I feel like I’m saying goodbye to the U.S.
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anildash.com
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Even aside from everything else, I will miss having a President whose speeches I can show to my young son.
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Salim Ismail
3 months
And we have 100 billion of these in each of our skulls.
@neuromichael
Michael Ferguson 🕊🧠
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Previously unseen details of human brain structure revealed. Featured image: a single neuron with ~5,600 of the nerve fibers that connect to it. I feel overwhelming awe at nature's complexity and order.
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Salim Ismail
8 years
Awesome video from Interactive Intelligence. All product videosshould be like this.
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Salim Ismail
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Holy shit. This is amazing. Huge props to President Biden for putting the country first. This kind of leadership is truly what makes america great (without the 'again' bs)
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Keynote to 3000 e-commerce #b2wmarketplace and #sellerday participants.. great crowd. Love Brazil.
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