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Why it is hard for VCs to say ‘no’ and why that ‘no’ could be good news for an entrepreneur

The Next Web

But if our website says that Credo invests in IT, Internet, mobile or healthcare startups predominantly in Central Europe, I just don’t feel obliged to respond to a gold mine in Mongolia or Australian TV production studio. Yes, it is true that some entrepreneurs either don’t receive a response or get a pre-made template.

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Staying Cyber Aware in a Crisis: Smart Tips for Nonprofit Boards

Board Effect

The general public is on a constant search for updated information on the issue and the internet is the first place they’re looking to find it. In a second, similar attack, a group called Vicious Panda targeted government organizations in Mongolia that claimed to have new information about the numbers of new COVID-19 infections.

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Out of the Crisis #11: Jeremy Howard on the power of masks, health policy, and data science in medicine

Startup Lessons Learned

Jeremy Howard : I mean, just the data like Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mongolia, right next to China, a lot of trade, a lot of social back and forth, Chinese New Year, yet they're in double figures, numbers of deaths. Mongolia, which I think had a law about requiring them. Eric Ries : What kind of evidence were you looking at?