Story of Luis von Ahn, Duolingo CEO, at WGET in 2015: when asked if he found it difficult to work with IO's, said 3 months is eternity for a start-up that runs out of funds in 9 months, while 9 months is incredibly fast for IO's. That's why it's hard for startups and UN to partner
WGET/ETC was from Sun, Apr. 26 to Thu, May, 2015
Our Panel (Mark, me) was on Wednesday, 29 April, 2015, 16:30-17:10
He also said this at the ITU 150th anniversary gathering on May 17,2015
From my notes: For a startup, 3 months is a long time; for a government, 9 months is very fast. That makes it hard to work together. --Luis Von Ahn [Duolingo founder] #ITU150
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