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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

years where I developed skills building distributed systems over networks. You helped me get staffed in Rome so I didn’t have to work in Erlangen, Germany. He didn’t have the work in Europe to carry me. “Cory, I want to work in Europe. I’ve been working on a project for 2.5

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

Both Sides of the Table

My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. But this isn’t restricted to distributed teams, multi-country environments or even large companies. I don’t understand why she gets all of the best accounts. We faced it when we were small.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”. Total raised: $29.5mm.

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Times Square Strategy Session – Web Startups and Customer Development

Steve Blank

Even startups that are dominated by technical risk have the customer validation risk of finding positive ROI distribution in a large market. Especially because U are 3 out of 4 leaders (Paul Graham is still missing) in developing entrepreneurship in the US, as far as I can judge that here from Germany. So please, go on!

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The Law on Fonts and Typefaces: Frequently Asked Questions

crowdSPRING Blog

Under the 1976 Copyright Act (United States), the copyright owner has the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display the work. In contrast, Germany recognized in 1981 that typeface designs can be protected by copyright as original works. One does not need to register a work with the U.S.

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Twitter Link Roundup #224 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. A Dozen Things I’ve Learned About Marketing, Distribution and Sales | 25iq – crowdspring.co/1lD0q6Y. Germany Sets New Record, Generating 74 Percent Of Power Needs From Renewable Energy – crowdspring.co/1sW9tE2.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

BigBand Networks, which has more than 200 customers in North America, Asia and Europe, provides broadband service providers with digital video networking solutions designed to make it easier to distribute, manage and monetize video. Pluristem Therapeutics Ltd.

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