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What it’s like to found a startup in Estonia

The Next Web

Timo Rein is the cofounder & CEO of Pipedrive , and was previously the cofounder of Vain & Partners - the leading Sales Training company in the Baltics. In Estonia, people who set out to build a great business can’t expect to be greeted with encouragement and support from the broader community. With just 1.34

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Challenges and Opportunities for Europe’s Metaverse Market

ReadWriteStart

According to Rolf Illenberger, co-founder of VRdirect, a virtual reality platform in Munich, none of the big European tech companies are currently relevant to the future of the Metaverse. The goal is for European investors to join forces to challenge American resources and keep talent in Europe.

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GrabCAD & Professional Communities ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

Founders Hardi Meybaum and Indrek Narusk originally started building the company in their native Estonia before moving to Boston to join the hub of SaaS / CAD software companies located here. I co-founded NextView Ventures , a seed-stage VC firm based in Boston, in 2010. Outstanding arguments. Keep up the amazing effort.

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A blueberry in a bowl of chili or why any Founder should visit Austin.

Austin Startup

image source: [link] If you are a startup co-founder in Central and Eastern Europe, when you hear about about US entrepreneurial communities, you usually hear of course Silicon Valley, but more and more often now east coast as well. And here I hear about writing them a message on LinkedIn and some of them will respond.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

One of the things I do as a founder of a later stage startup is to meet with early stage entrepreneurs to help them get their companies going. In Meebo’s case, for example, I was lucky enough to partner up with Elaine and Sandy. No looking for partnerships (who’s going to partner with you anyway?). and Google. No phone system.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Tim Schumann, Founder & CEO, Buddy Ventures , highlights that typically less investment capital is required to get into foreign startups at the same stage of development as a comparable US startup. . Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Determined Founders. Being an international founder is a significant advantage if you’re looking to sell abroad.