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Our Interview With Richard Burry, International E-Commerce Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

Global e-commerce entrepreneur and investor Richard Burry followed a unique path to the pinnacle of Internet success. Recently we visited Richard Burry in his seaside base of operations in Cascais, Portugal for an intriguing conversation about the keys to online success. As the founder of Smartvu Ltd., Try a lot of things.

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[Portugal][Event] Explorers Festival 2013

YoungUpstarts

The Explorers Festival is an upcoming event in Lisbon, Portugal focused around the topics of entrepreneurship and innovation. Organized by Portuguese startup accelerator beta-i - the same people behind TEDxEdges and Sandbox Global Summit - it promises to be the largest entrepreneurship event in Portugal this year.

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10 Digital Startup Conferences You Should Attend This Year

YoungUpstarts

A single track conference with a maximum cap of 400 attendees offers an intimate, collaborative environment where founders and entrepreneurs can get to know one another. Lisbon, Portugal. Affiliate Summit is another conference that’s global in scope, with outposts in Singapore and Las Vegas. SaaSMonster.

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3 Businesses That Have Fared Spectacularly During The Lockdown

YoungUpstarts

Those sharks in the first paragraph have been strengthened by the global crises unravelling before our eyes, while smaller businesses have been shut down entirely. Fast fashion has been in the critical spotlight far before the COVID-19 pandemic and, with global supply chains scuppered, many clothing companies are on the wane.

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

Give young startups a global experience. The government should also send Brazilian executives, engineers, and entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley, not just academic students. An example of a great startup incentive took place in Portugal, where tax reductions were offered to companies that hired unemployed workers or students.

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Pandere Shoes, Anchorage Startups, and Techstars

Feld Thoughts

The founders loved where they lived and put together a support team of shoe experts and designers in Boston, France, and Portugal. They were able to obtain early capital from prize winnings, along with mentorship from fellow entrepreneurs and investors. Their shoes are made in Portugal.

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Strategy Roundtable: Convert Potential Competitors to Partners

ReadWriteStart

First up today was Antonio Lucena de Faria with ActionFlow from Portugal. Rick is looking at Medi-Code as an investment opportunity from his angel group, and Rohit is the entrepreneur. I started doing my free Online Strategy Roundtables for entrepreneurs in the fall of 2008.

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