The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

These ‘circles of trust’ can be very small (think deep family ties in Italy), or very large (think easy formation of large industrial groups in Northern Europe). As a general rule, the more trust a society has, the lower the cost/friction of transacting with each other. The Netherlands is often described as a ‘high trust society.’

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Example: More than 50% of all youth in Greece & Spain (34% in Italy) are unemployed and if you take “under-employment” it is even worse. And the solutions to many of the worlds problems will come from the people as much as from governments. And rebellion. Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. Collaboration.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 6, 2020

The human toll a virus could inflict and the immense economic cost of the emergency response stayed with him. The institutions that governed our lives before are under extreme stress, and the cracks and gaps in the system are becoming rifts and fault lines. This hypothesis might be the case until we saw the crisis in Italy.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2016

In China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan, exporting SMEs are roughly twice as likely to report such rapid growth compared to their non-exporting counterparts, while exporting SMEs in Brazil, Colombia and India are between 1.1-1.3 Some worry about the costs of exporting. A stint working in the L.A.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

I informed him that we needed to translate the software into Finnish at a cost of $50,000. Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box. I had organized European operations into regions and the country manager for Italy reported to the central European manager based in Germany. HR rules are local.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I was living in Silicon Valley at the time of the panel, but I had been living abroad for 11 years before returning having lived in England, France, Italy, Spain and Japan as well as establishing physical offices in India. They struggle to maintain cost advantages. But then the world changes. It globalizes.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2012

If we look across history, the same underlying culture that created Silicon Valley is not that different from what caused bursts of creativity and growth in Northern Italy during the Renaissance or the Dutch Golden Age. Q: What role can, or should, government play in helping create the next Silicon Valley?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

I informed him that we needed to translate the software into Finish at a cost of $50,000. Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box. I had organized European operations into regions and the country manager for Italy reported to the central European manager based in Germany. HR rules are local.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

For example, a name like “Italiatour” for a company that promotes tours to Italy can instantly excite audiences about foreign travel. Not every business name needs to be trademarked, as long as your state government gives you the go-ahead and you aren’t infringing on anyone else’s trade name,” Entrepreneur says.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

  It was simple   - Reduce costs and improve consumer experience for the large retailers.   In the EU, for instance, it’s virtually impossible to dismiss anyone – for non-performance or anything short of outright theft – caught on video tape by a government certified camera operator. It was bootstrapped.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

The Golden Brat™ Shirt are crafted with Mercerized Cotton Lisle Yarn made in Italy, Certified High Quality , the shirts are natural stretch and follow the movement of the body, so are a No stress Shirt. I knew it was an easy fix, so I really didn’t want to pay for a tow truck in addition to the cost of the repair.

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 24, 2024

These two are connected: we’ll get better government regulation of AI when these technologies have been deployed to more people to try, use and integrate into their lives. What is the cost of that not happening sooner than later? On that note, I had the pleasure of driving a Dallara around a racetrack last year here in Italy.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

On the one hand, a travel business can be fairly inexpensive to start, and you can often get away with limited staff and little upfront cost. Lorne’s vision was to create a brand that “gave guests a true taste of Italy.”. “I However, starting a travel business is a bit of a mixed bag. Why was an LLC the best choice? “We

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 29, 2016

Every year, governments increase restrictions on unsolicited email. Italy – Personal Data Protection Code. Spam Laws, Email Marketing, and Compliance written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit Flickr. With new restrictions also comes harsher penalties when laws are broken. CAN-SPAM Act.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

The parallels to the music industry are too obvious even though the industry players, the medium and the cost structures are different. I started showing my partners more deals that I found interesting and doing loads of analysis on the future of markets I thought were ripe for disruption. US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

A provider of low-cost health clinics across the country, Carbon Health was also on the frontlines when the COVID pandemic hit--and even understood what was coming long before most people in the U.S. Carbon Health is a provider of low-cost health clinics across the country. They had to decide whether and how to respond.

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Occam's Razor

JULY 13, 2017

This is embarrassing but I was surprised how big Italy is, and how small Sweden is.). Lars Verspohl takes you along on a wonderful journey through cost and profit structures of movies. The color schemes are contrasted enough to allow you to follow along nicely. The context from the sizes of the economy is a nice touch.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." The benefit of the hammer and the dance is lower, and also the cost is higher."

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Reid Hoffman

AUGUST 21, 2020

But on August 19th, Germany recorded 7 deaths, Italy had 7, the U.K. On the 2016 campaign trail, Trump bragged that he was a builder who would bring the results-oriented approach of a successful businessman to government, starting with his big beautiful border wall. had 16, and France had 17.

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