It’s now safe to say that Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. Even if Donald Trump makes the transition difficult or wants to keep thinking of himself as the real president after January 20th, it’s Biden who will be in the Oval Office along with his new administration, designing and implementing policies in various fields over (at least) the next four years.
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November 18, 2020
What Biden means for European startups
Could Biden's election bring the West together to advance technological progress?
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Nicolas Colin is cofounder of VC firm The Family. He writes a regular column for Sifted

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