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24 alternatives to Smart People Should Build Things - Jon Stein, Founder & CEO of Betterment

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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 - Jon Stein, Founder & CEO of Betterment launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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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 →
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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 →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Erik Schreter, Co-Founder & CEO of Venwise▲67
On building support groups for founders
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Ben Uyeda, Co-Founder of Zero Energy Design & HomeMade Modern▲60
On building a thoughtful and personally-driven career
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Andrew Lowenthal, Executive Director of Out in Tech▲53
On tech as a lever for social change
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Brad Svrluga & Ben Sun, General Partners at Primary VC▲62
On what it takes to build a VC firm
2016 · its alternatives →
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How to Build the Future: Mark Zuckerberg▲461
The first episode in Y Combinator's new podcast series
2016 · its alternatives →
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SmartUp▲87
A mentoring and business simulation app by Founders Forum
2015 · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Daniel Chait, Co-Founder & CEO of Greenhouse▲60
On revolutionizing hiring through tech
2016 · its alternatives →
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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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Smart People Should Build Things; Conversation with Martin Keen, Founder & CEO of Focal Upright Furniture▲61
from designing shoes to chairs—standing isn't the answer
2016 · its alternatives →
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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: Glen Coates, CEO & Founder of Handshake▲59
On building a company w 1 day of business school education
2016 · its alternatives →
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Startup Quote▲239
Awesome founders provide wisdom about making things
2014 · its alternatives →
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Growth Kung Fu: Kyle Ellicott, founder of ReadWrite Labs▲61
"The biggest opportunity in IoT"
2017 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things: Dan Bloom, Co-Founder of Slope and 2012 VFA Fellow▲57
On joining the software big leagues
2017 · its alternatives →
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Betterment▲122
We manage your investments so you don't have to.
2014 · its alternatives →
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Hello Tech Pros: Data Science Helps Build Strategic Advantage▲64
Jamie Dixon on technology
2016 · its alternatives →
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Smart People Should Build Things - Dave Finocchio, Co-Founder & CEO of Bleacher Report▲98
On giving sports fans what they want
2016 · its alternatives →
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Effective Altruism Funds▲163
Do more good with an evidence-based charity portfolio 💡 📈
2017 · its alternatives →
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Prehype Podcast▲107
Entrepreneurs speaking to people they think are interesting
2015 · its alternatives →
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Building Nexcast Part 1: Schooled by Silicon Valley▲74
Part 1 of the journey building the podcast app and platform
2016 · its alternatives →
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StartupVitamins▲188
Motivation for your business
2014 · its alternatives →

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