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Sprint Like An Egyptian: A Tech Entrepreneurship Revolution in Alexandria

Gust

As our group sweltered in the July heat on the outskirts of Cairo , each of these purported minions of the state — none of whom wore a uniform or badge — in turn blocked our entry, determined to exercise the modest amount of authority bestowed on him by demanding that my host surrender his digital SLR camera.

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Public Goods: What a US Startup can Learn From China Sidewalks of Death

Austin Startup

The billion or so bike share start-ups that are now brilliantly exploiting what every entrepreneur should know about: public goods. It is bikes on demand. However sketchy to pedestrians, this business model is proving to be very popular in the smog and traffic-choked cities of the middle kingdom. What am I talking about?

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Reducing Variability for First-time CEOs - Startups and angels.

Tim Keane

He points out that theres " greater risk (and variability) in first-time CEOs than in serial entrepreneurs." The follow on question, though, (aside from the interests of the investors,) is how does the first time entrepreneur get assistance to succeed? How do they choose mentors wisely? How do they choose mentors wisely?

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. And ask any publisher and they’ll tell you that there’s very limited access to the search algorithm team following a release to appeal anything that affects your business. In fact, they seem intentionally opaque.

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