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href="https://unsplash.com/@dsmacinnes?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" class="eh ir" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Danielle MacInnes</a> on <a href="/s/photos/start?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" class="eh ir" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Unsplash</a></figcaption></figure><p id="c06f" class="is it hl iu b iv iw hp ix iy iz ht ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn dm ii">Entrepreneurship, while always a cornerstone of the U.S. economy, is emerging as the dominant force for growth amid global economic and technological trends which are changing the very nature of work.</p><p id="b8d6" class="is it hl iu b iv iw hp ix iy iz ht ja jb jc jd je jf jg jh ji jj jk jl jm jn dm ii">This manifesto describes some of the empirical observations and resulting ideas, developed by <a href="https://medium.com/@robbieallen" class="eh ir" rel="noopener">Robbie</a> and <a 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ba hm hn ho hp hq hr hs ht hu hv hw hx hy hz ia ib ic id ie if ig ih ii"><a href="https://medium.com/machine-learning-in-practice/a-gentle-introduction-to-machine-learning-concepts-cfe710910eb?source=user_profile---------9----------------------------" class="eh bw" rel="noopener">A Gentle Introduction to Machine Learning Concepts</a></h1></div><figure class="cw ij mf mg paragraph-image"><a href="https://medium.com/machine-learning-in-practice/a-gentle-introduction-to-machine-learning-concepts-cfe710910eb?source=user_profile---------9----------------------------"><div class="mh"><img alt="" class="v gx il" src="https://miro.medium.com/max/2000/1*SlWDHB6xgx89Co7c5eJuAQ.jpeg" width="1000" height="667" role="presentation"/></div></a><figcaption class="im in io gf gg ip iq ba b bb bc by">Photo by <a href="https://unsplash.com/@shs521?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText" class="eh ir" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Susan Holt Simpson</a> on 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