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    5. Nicholas Negroponte

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    23. Starlink

    24. Videotelephony  :

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    30. Oculus Go  :

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    33. Lawrence Shepp  :

    34. Stanley Osher  :

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    47. Orbital Sciences Corporation  :

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    49. Lyft

    50. DiDi  :

    51. Instacart

    52. Ocado  :

    53. Uber Eats

    54. Kozmo.com  :

    55. Webvan  :

    56. PayPal

    57. Venmo

    58. Patreon

    59. Bitcoin

    60. DigiCash

    61. Flooz.com  :

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    64. Seamless (company)

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    66. DoorDash

    67. Slice (app)

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    70. VisiCalc  :

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    91. Odeo  :

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    142. Thomas Edison

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    144. Visceral leishmaniasis  :

    145. Andreessen Horowitz

    146. Southwest Airlines  :

    147. Herb Kelleher  :

    148. Marc Andreessen

    149. Ben Horowitz

    150. Chris Dixon