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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

The French government has translated the JEI program into English as the Young Entrepreneurs Initiative , an annual competition run by the French Embassy to the US. The boards of these organizations include large companies, local and regional government representatives, universities/public research labs and SMEs. The Big Players.

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HBS Angels Healthcare Night

David Teten

Unlike 1st generation discs, their discs have an elastomeric core that provides a more natural range of motion, and have already received CE mark in Europe and are in clinical trials in the U.S. The company aggregates a tremendous amount of medical news and research and personalizes it into a user friendly experience.

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How To Disrupt The Investing Business, With Katina Stefanova (Ex-Bridgewater Management Committee)

David Teten

An aging population entering retirement in the US and Europe desires predictable income from their nest egg. David Teten : Not only investors but also the government is thinking about how better to manage the risks and volatility of the asset management industry. How does the increase in government regulations come into play?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Through the acquisition of Ratiopharm, which is the second-largest player in the German generics market, Europe’s biggest, Israel’s Teva becomes number one in Europe as its presence in Spain, Italy and France is also boosted. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.,

Israel 68
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I was shocked – shocked! – to find out there are tech startups in Portugal

The Next Web

There’s Muchbeta , a nicely named Web applications company that is building a nifty news aggregation app for the iPad called Niiiws. I learned about initiatives like government-funded business incubator Startup Lisboa , Beta-i and the Lisbon Startup Pirates.

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Entrepreneurship Week and Europe’s Best Startups 2010

VC Cafe

In the UK, the theme this year is Make a Job, Don’t take a Job and the events enjoy heavy government support. Research conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK team in a survey of over 1,000 entrepreneurs shows the following key findings: SUPPORT - 77% want the government to play a key role in supporting entrepreneurs.

Europe 79
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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

Office of Assistance to Europe, Central Asia, & the Americas. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. They are the glue that holds the agency together and they are key to getting anything implemented in government.