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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

As an immigrant student from Argentina, Ms. Freed is a global thinker and living proof that purpose-driven businesses transform lives. For example, when we started, we had a different name because we thought we could solve all the world’s problems. and North Park University. Raising sponsorship funds?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ISRAEL TO TRADE FREELY WITH MERCOSUR; ARGENTINA – ISRAEL SIGN FTA. Argentina became the last of the South American Mercosur trade block of four to sign a free trade agreement with Israel. Trade with Argentina, on the other hand, only reached $130 million due to high tariffs on Israeli goods there.

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Four Things To Consider When Taking Your Startup Global

YoungUpstarts

If you’re wondering how to take your startup global, here’s some advice: 1. Of course, this is not a definitive guide when it comes to taking your startup global – there’s certainly a lot more things to learn along the way and mistakes to make. But going international will be an entirely new ball game.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, is acquiring Provigent, an Israeli company which develops system-on-a-chip products that enable wireless system vendors to deliver broadband wireless backhaul systems to network operators.

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The four waves of crypto disruption: where are they today? 

Version One Ventures

But you only have to talk to people from high inflation countries like Argentina or Venezuela to understand the appeal of a globally-accessible and permissionless digital currency. Given the stability of the US dollar, Bitcoin’s value proposition as a store of value may not be easy to grasp for the mainstream user in the U.S.

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[Infographic] Business Etiquette Around The World

YoungUpstarts

For example, name-dropping and nepotism, while common and widely practiced in Argentina, is largely frowned upon elsewhere. If you intend to do business with another country – or even work for a global company with a cosmopolitan culture – you might like to stay away from making a fool of yourself.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Brian Armstrong : My name is Brian Armstrong. And if you look at what percentage of the global population lives within commuting distance of one of our offices, it's a tiny fraction of the world, far less than 1%. It's kind of like whoever discovered penicillin, you don't need to know their name. BA : Yeah, that's true.

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