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The Moldova connection

Start Up Blog

And that Vasilii was born during the cold war in the old USSR in a provence called Moldova. Moldova is now an independent country] While the relationship with Vasilii started as a commercial one, it is much more than that now. Which is why he is here. He is here on a large project totally independent of me.

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This year the internet arrives in Australia

Start Up Blog

Some of the countries with faster internet include Kenya, Lithuania, Slovenia, Moldova and many developing economies. I mean, sure we are connected to it, but we aren’t even in the top 50 countries for internet speeds. That’s a total travesty for our economic future. This is the modern.

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Better questions

Start Up Blog

This was my response: Based overseas… Moldova to be precise. After I assured him that there is rarely currency in ideas, and having them stolen was a low risk, I offered to connect him with my development team. Which from my talk, he would’ve known they were overseas. He sent back an email which said: Where are they based?

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Why Founders are Wrong, Even When They're Right

This is going to be BIG.

Oh, and make someone from your 25 person Moldova tech team your co-founder. "We're not interested for this round, but come back to us when Sequoia is leading at a $1.5 pre-money, you have seven enterprise customers and you're cashflow positive. Don't forget to tell all your founder friends about our ultra-pre-pre-seed program. We love early."

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. Brands can’t be a-political, they need to stand for something. Make a call and have a view. Eg Twitter wants to ‘To become “the pulse of the planet.”’ We are starting to understand the bridge between the screen and the real.

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Global Innovation 2011

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

If you are interested in the big picture of global innovation, you might want to download this report from INSEAD — the 2011 Global Innovation Index. It ranks 125 countries by measuring various indicators, both inputs and outputs to the innovation process.

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