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bail them out

A quick hello and very warm welcome to everyone

banging the drum

viable business

Here's an example of what I mean

Standing in for Frank today is Bob Smith.

So I've shown how architecture can connect people on this kind of horizontal campus scale

Bob had to stand in for Frank due to an illness

So I've shown how tall buildings can be social connectors, but what about public architecture?

I need to start by telling you a little bit about my social life

This all emerged from a simple curiosity: “Who made that?”

I want to pause on that question: What makes a word real?

Before I go any further, let me clarify my role in all of this

I'm going to do this as a show of hands: How many of you still regularly refer to a dictionary, either print or online?

Okay, so that looks like most of you.

Now, a second question. Again, a show of hands

Okay, many fewer.

With that, let's turn to dictionaries

Now, don't get me wrong, dictionaries are fantastic resources, but they are human and they are not timeless

Startups and apps

This collection is aimed at helping you present your tech startups or apps in English. You can memorize useful phrases for presenting, pitching, being interviewed on your product or service. Use the same clever collocations as successful startups used and still use in their interviews clipped from tech blogs. Such as: "Ping was born from a personal frustration with having a...", "Our Aim is To Bridge The Gap Between...", "At the core of the app lies a clever algorithm that allows" etc.

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