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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. As an immigrant from Argentina, I took a career path based on opportunities presented to me by mentors and professors followed by my complete determination and arduous work.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Professor Daniel Shechtman of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has been designated the winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 for his discovery of quasicrystals – a new form of matter that has become a major subject field for physicists, materials scientists, mathematicians, and crystallographers.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

Since 1M/1M is a global program, we have many entrepreneurs in various parts of the world who are building interesting businesses, and trying to determine how best to interface with the ecosystem that exists in Silicon Valley. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

. “Provigent is a unique asset with world-class microwave backhaul technology and strong engineering talent developing innovative and highly integrated semiconductor solutions for the microwave segment.&# – Rajiv Ramaswami, executive VP at Broadcom. LEADING SECURITY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY MCAFEE ACQUIRES ISRAEL’S SENTRIGO.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

billion in 2007, as investors worldwide tightened their belts in the wake of the global financial crisis. real GDP growth for Israel in 2010 in the absence of extraordinary developments, and Fischer has said the economy may grow more than that if the global recovery accelerates. Foreign direct investment in Israel reached $3.8

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One Startup’s Story: The Evolution Of An Outsourcing Strategy

ReadWriteStart

So far so good, but soon my lead technologist decided to go back to Argentina for family reasons. See also The Pros And Cons Of IT Outsourcing: Globally, Nationally And Locally.). Remote technology development teams must make frequent reports back to the home base. 6 Outsourcing Lessons Learned. Keep Teams Together In One Place.

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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.