Today, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., take time to ponder these words from his Nobel Prize Lecture given 57 years ago. In your pursuit of technological innovation, are you also making strides to live with one another in peace?
“[Man] has reached new and astonishing peaks of scientific success. He has produced machines that think and instruments that peer into the unfathomable ranges of interstellar space…Yet, in spite of these spectacular strides in science and technology, and still unlimited ones to come, something basic is missing. There is a sort of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers [and sisters].” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., December 11, 1964
I shared this same quote last year on MLK Day, but the message is still very pertinent today, maybe even more so.
[Pause for reflection…]
This Week’s Best Bets
StartupSac Office Hours: Problem-Solution Fit, Wed Jan 20 at 11:30 AM: Carlsen Center Entrepreneur-in-Residence Brian Gladden will introduce a process for validating your idea with input from future customers.
Addressing the Gender Gap, Thu Jan 21 at 5 PM: What’s it really like for women to start and grow a company? Do women VCs make decisions about funding startups differently than men? What changes to the fund-raising process could make a difference in the success rate of woman-founded/woman-led startups? Our panel will address these questions and more. (local founder Carolyn Peer, Humaxa, is on the panel)
Plan Ahead
Startup Happy Hour with Bitwise CEO, Wed Jan 27 at 5 PM: Join us for Startup Happy Hour powered by StartupSac and the Carlsen Center and get to know Bitwise CEO, Jake Soberal.
Entrepreneurship Toolkit 5-Part Series, Wednesdays at 6 PM Jan 27 – Feb 24: Take your business or business idea to the next level with this five-week long online series offered by the Carlsen Center at Sac State.
There’s a lot more happening this week–check out the details in this week’s Startup Digest. While you’re there, consider subscribing. For even more startup information, happenings and resources, visit the StartupSac Website.
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