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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

From Silicon Valley to Silicon Alley, and Berlin’s hip coffee shops to East London’s Silicon Roundabout , the world is well versed in the global innovation boom towns. Eindhoven, Netherlands. And this is just one of the many pioneering technologies surfacing out of this mid-sized Southern city of the Netherlands. Pune, India?.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: What Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has learned in his business career

The Next Web

That includes the Netherlands, where it launched just yesterday, and it was in Amsterdam where I caught up with him to find out what he’s learned in his journey as an entrepreneur. How can we optimize for global distribution. You need to produce your own content so you are in control globally. How will mobile change.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

Israel’s ranking in the’s Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011 increased to 24th place from 27th the year before. The Global Competitiveness Index is based on 12 pillars of competitiveness, which together provide a comprehensive picture of the competitiveness landscape in 139 economies around the world at all stages of development.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Cell Buddy will be the world’s first Mobile Virtual Global Operator (MVGO). Our subscribers will continue to use their regular provider at home, however while travelling they will seamlessly roam onto the Cell Buddy Global Network. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution. ClarityRay - Company Website.

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Innovation Outposts in Silicon Valley – Going to Where the Action Is

Steve Blank

They helped to globalize their innovation cycle and tap foreign expertise and resources. Other companies operating in small markets with little R&D resources in their home country (ABB, Novartis and Hoffmann-La Roche in Switzerland, Philips in the Netherlands and Ericsson in Sweden) pursued R&D outside their home country by necessity.

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Lessons from my Dad

Rob Go

But I think that’s because in other ways, he was always so open to new things and looking for new opportunities as globalization was taking hold during his lifetime. I was always frustrated by how unwilling he was to learn new things or learn how to use a computer properly. He had a remarkable ease in moving through different cultures.

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Understand the tricks Multinationals use to avoid paying tax

Start Up Blog

A jurisdiction where the tax rates are lower, think Singapore, Ireland, the Netherlands, the Cayman Islands. Outlaw lobbying, and we’ll go a long way to having a more equal income distribution and claw back the one percenter’s grip on the economy. Oh, and a ‘Related Party’ is essentially ‘them’. So what can we do about it?