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Hi, everyone.

Welcome to the A6&Z podcast.

I'm Sonal.

I'm here today with a very special guest visiting Silicon Valley, the former prime

minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Tony Blair, who now runs an Institute for Global

Change, working with governments, policymakers, and others all around the world.

Also joining us, we have Andreessenen Horowitz managing partner Scott Cooper,

who has a new book, Just Out, called Secrets of Sand Hill Road, Venture Capital and How to Get It.

And given that startups are drivers of economic growth and innovation, Cooper also often weighs in on

various policy issues, especially those that affect the flow of capital, people, and ideas around the world.

And that's the focus and theme of this episode. It's more of a hallway-style conversation where

we invite our audience to sort of eavesdrop on internal meetings and convos. We discuss the

intersection of governments and technology and where policy comes in, focusing mainly on the

mindsets that are required for all of this.

But then we do also suggest a few specific things we can do when it comes to supporting

tech change for the many, not just for the few.

Welcome, Tony.

Did you ask me to call you that?

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