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Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs: Web 3.0 & Social Dancing, Romania Emerging

ReadWriteStart

Complete with videos and definitive use cases, it would give an interested reader some great ideas on how to design such a Web 3.0 Florin Cornianu from Timisoara, Romania, pitched 123ContactForm , a company that competes in the same space as YCombinator's WuFoo that exited earlier this year for a $35M price, and was acquired by SurveyMonkey.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. This reminds me of one of the most unbelievable vestiges of communist Romania: the so-called “Department for the Betterment of the People”. Final thought.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. And I’m now managing partner six years later.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. This reminds me of one of the most unbelievable vestiges of communist Romania: the so-called “Department for the Betterment of the People”. Final thought.

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My Commencement Speech?—?Life at Your Crossroads

Both Sides of the Table

His father, my grandfather, ended up in South America after fleeing Jewish oppression in Romania. They called the partner in America responsible for the project, Grieg Coppe, put him on the phone and he said, “what the hell are you doing there?” then you can move into a role designed to maximize your potential income.

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The Next Web introduces 12 local Startup Awards to celebrate entrepreneurship across Europe

The Next Web

As you may have heard, we have also partnered with the European Commission to launch a prestigious event called Europioneers to identify and award Europe’s finest technology entrepreneurs. There are 7 categories: Startup of the Year, Best (Co-)Founder, Best Web App, Best Mobile App, Best Design, Best User Experience and Best Investor.

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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

We curate and aggregate a collection of talented made-to-measure designer brands who showcase their garments in our integrated marketplace platform. Then in 2016 I found a dressmaker in Romania who created fashion-forward designs that were made to measure, and the light bulb went off!