Startup Societies Foundation

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Entrepreneurs, economists, and urbanist thinkers join forces to discuss the actions, effects, and impacts of starting new cities.

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Majority of humans live in urban areas, and billions more will in the coming decades. The only way to prepare for this massive shift is to create new cities and innovate existing ones.

We are hosting an event to champion ideas of treating cities just like startups. A panel of fantastic speakers will discuss the topic from each of their unique perspectives. The speakers will include entrepreneurs, economists, and thought leaders on these subjects.

After the panel, we invite our audience to the networking session to chat about decentralization, politics, entrepreneurship, and urbanism. We hope to demystify the concepts of starting new types of societies, paralleling ideas coming from Y Combinator's New Cities Project and New York University's Marron Institute.

"This is a unique time in human history when it is possible to start many new cities because there is an enormous, unmet demand."

"Three billion people now live in cities. Three to five billion more will move into cities in the century."

"Urbanization gives us a chance to create startup-like entities."

Paul Romer | World Bank - Chief Economist

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Startup Societies Foundation

The Startup Societies Foundation studies, promotes, and connects startup societies. A startup society is any new or experimental society located in a small geographical area. Our ultimate goal is to advocate for a vibrant and global industry of innovative communities through international conferences, digital content, and academic studies.

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SUNY Purchase college | economist

Sanford Ikeda

Sanford Ikeda is a professor of economics at the State University of New York, Purchase College. He is an expert on urban economics, policy, and planning. He is the author of the book Dynamics of the Mixed Economy as well as articles in The Journal of Economics and Humane Studies, The Review of Austrian Economics, and The Independent Review, among others. He received his B.A. from Grove City College and his Ph.D. from New York University.

coinsensys | Founder

joseph lubin

Joseph Lubin is an American entrepreneur. He has founded or co-founded several companies including the Swiss-based Ethereum, a decentralized cryptocurrency platform, and is founder of ConsenSys, a Brooklyn-based software-production studio. Lubin has been personally involved in cross-industry groups attempting to advance solutions to governance issues in the blockchain industry

futurism | Founder & editor

Alex Klokus

Alex Klokus is the Founder & Editor at Futurism, a media startup highlighting the breakthrough technologies and discoveries that will maximize human potential. He’s also contributed to the efforts of Singularity University and co-founded Wisdom.ly.

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Majority of humans live in urban areas, and billions more will in the coming decades. The only way to prepare for this massive shift is to create new cities and innovate existing ones.

We are hosting an event to champion ideas of treating cities just like startups. A panel of fantastic speakers will discuss the topic from each of their unique perspectives. The speakers will include entrepreneurs, economists, and thought leaders on these subjects.

After the panel, we invite our audience to the networking session to chat about decentralization, politics, entrepreneurship, and urbanism. We hope to demystify the concepts of starting new types of societies, paralleling ideas coming from Y Combinator's New Cities Project and New York University's Marron Institute.

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Majority of humans live in urban areas, and billions more will in the coming decades. The only way to prepare for this massive shift is to create new cities and innovate existing ones.

We are hosting an event to champion ideas of treating cities just like startups. A panel of fantastic speakers will discuss the topic from each of their unique perspectives. The speakers will include entrepreneurs, economists, and thought leaders on these subjects.

After the panel, we invite our audience to the networking session to chat about decentralization, politics, entrepreneurship, and urbanism. We hope to demystify the concepts of starting new types of societies, paralleling ideas coming from Y Combinator's New Cities Project and New York University's Marron Institute.

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