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24 alternatives to Smart People Should Build Things: Andrew Lowenthal, Executive Director of Out in Tech

On tech as a lever for social change

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Smart People Should Build Things: Andrew Lowenthal, Executive Director of Out in Tech launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Next Society▲73

   Network Smarter

   2014 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Sociable▲93

   Documenting how technology transforms societies

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Smart People Should Build Things: Megan O'Connor and Sam Gimbel, Co-Founders of Clark▲56

   On side hustles and disrupting private education

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Intern - 7: The Priority Problem▲65

   Betaworks CEO John Borthwick on diversity in tech

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Gibbon 2.0▲197

   Make your team smarter: Share knowledge with your colleagues

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Smart People Should Build Things: Daniel Chait, Co-Founder & CEO of Greenhouse▲60

   On revolutionizing hiring through tech

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Good Audience ▲92

   Build an audience the smart way

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Smart People Should Build Things: Wiley Cerilli, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Good Uncle▲58

   On seeing windows in a windowless building

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Smart People Should Build Things: Ben Young and Frederick Kukelhaus, Co-Founders of Hugo & Hoby▲61

   On bringing furniture design & manufacturing back home

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Loopy▲255

    A tool for thinking in systems

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Gum▲123

    The social network of things

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Smart People Should Build Things: Toby Hervey, General Manager & Founding Team Member at Pager▲54

    On the value of persistence

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    The Design of Influence: How to Craft Products that Move People▲93

    Use social psychology to design engaging digital experiences

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Penflip▲119

    A social writing platform

    2013 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Smart People Should Build Things - Jon Stein, Founder & CEO of Betterment▲63

    Technology to transform our relationship with our finances

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Hello Tech Pros: Celebrating Disagreements and Diversity in the Tech Industry▲54

    Paula Paul on People

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Smart People Should Build Things: Christine Hunsicker, CEO at Gwynnie Bee▲64

    On disrupting the apparel industry in an untapped market

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Smart People Should Build Things: Nancy Lublin, Founder & CEO of Crisis Text Line▲64

    Tech companies solving problems through products, not people

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies▲77

    Explains the roots of resistance to new technologies

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Idea Swap▲85

    The sticky note way of exchanging ideas

    2014 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars▲65

    An urban transformation is underway

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Smart People Should Build Things: Erik Schreter, Co-Founder & CEO of Venwise▲67

    On building support groups for founders

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hacking Human Nature for Good▲145

    How to apply behavioral economics when building products

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Changers▲56

    The solar energy community

    2014 · its alternatives →

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