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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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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. Let me highlight some of the book’s fascinating themes: Growth of Middle-Class Consumers.

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20 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

Governments around the world are adopting Digital Infrastructure for growth. In a post-pandemic world, the healthtech industry is going to be central to governments, business, and society. A lot of new digital wallets are not only restricted to B2C transactions. Thanks to Jonathan Slain, Rock the Recession ! #7- 7- Healthtech.

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

It doesn’t matter if your company is B2B or B2C, as Y Combinator puts it, you need to build stuff people want, and obsess about making it as user friendly, friction free and smooth as possible. 2021 gave us plenty of examples for bad governance in both startups and venture capital. Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft.

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You Shouldn’t Have to Pay to Talk To Your Own Customers

Austin Startup

You don’t want to end up beholden to a third party for fundamental insights into your business, and you don’t want that same third party governing your interactions with your own users. Make sure that you fully understand any provider’s policies before you commit to using them. And as a user, speak up!

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

Digital transactions are now moving beyond B2C transactions & venturing into B2B, P2P, cross-border remittances, & more. With government support and continued technological innovation, the renewable energy industry is poised for rapid growth in the coming years. Thanks to Max Benz, BankingGeek ! #17-

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Data Visualization Inspiration: Analysis To Insights To Action, Faster!

Occam's Razor

This example is about the very sad reality of the Ebola epidemic and the sadder still inaction by governments (like ours). I'm sure that information like this played a key role in getting our government, and likely others, to jump and take action when they did. Let's look at some more. Thank goodness for predictive models.

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