The Rise of the Rest

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Humanity Forward Productions

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Steve Case is the former CEO of AOL, and as chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation & Entrepreneurship, he saw the vast majority of investment funds going to just three places: Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. Case joins Andrew to talk about investing in the rest of America through companies like AppHarvest (Morehead, Kentucky) and StockX (Detroit, Michigan), reversing brain drain, and keeping up the American spirit of innovation. Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/X3zc1MF8kpw Follow Steve Case: https://twitter.com/SteveCase | https://twitter.com/RiseOfRest Follow Andrew Yang: https://andrewyang.com | https://forwardparty.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are many things that need to be done in these communities.
0:02.9	And many people, whether it be the government or nonprofits or others need to play their role.
0:10.1	I'm just focusing on one sliver of it, which I think is an important and
0:13.9	catalytic sliver, which is creating more jobs and more economic growth and more places.
0:19.9	As I do think, that's one way, at least I can contribute to trying to knit together a very
0:25.5	divided country and giving the country the best possible shot of continuing to be the most
0:31.8	innovative entrepreneurial nation in the world, even as we're seeing the globalization of
0:36.2	entrepreneurship.
0:37.2	And there's reason to be concerned that maybe this next 250 years won't be as strong as
0:44.2	the last 250 years, but rather than just sit back and complain about it or worry about it,
0:50.1	I'll do at least my part to do something about it.
0:52.5	And for me, that's focused on rise of the rest.
1:18.6	It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome to the podcast one of America's Natha World's
1:25.1	great entrepreneurs, founder of AOL Revolution and rise the rest and bestselling author of
1:32.3	the brand new book The Rise of the Rest, How Entrepreneurs and Surprising Places are building
1:37.1	the American Dream.
1:38.3	Steve Case, welcome Steve.
1:40.5	And you're great to be with you.
1:42.1	We've been on this journey together for a decade and it's great to continue the journey,
1:48.9	continue the dialogue.
1:50.5	Heck yeah, man.
1:51.7	So you and I became friends when we were both on the National Advisory Council for Innovation
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