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500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup: More international and more sh*t founders say

The Next Web

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Kickfolio: service to help brands market their iPhone apps. Pick1: retargeting service through automated market research.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

2) Help Others & Improve Upon Customer Service. I started my business namely to help others and to improve upon the aloof customer service being presented in the IT industry. I heard horror stories about how their technicians had chips on their shoulders, belittling customers with their elitist attitudes. 5) Market Downturn.

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SaaS Wars: Europe Awakens

Cracking the Code

The combined market cap of these companies today is around $9B. By comparison, the US has seen around 60 SaaS IPOs with a combined market cap of close to $140B ($50B of this is Salesforce). Take Denmark, where the passion of Peter Holten Mühlmann has made Trustpilot the online standard for customer experiences.

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