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8 Tips To Get the Most Out of Your Investors and Board

Both Sides of the Table

But the thing I am most proud of about Rob is that he has taken a company with a uniquely talented founder & CTO – Nick Halstead – and managed to build a very tight working relationship with Nick where we drive world-class product development without having the usual founder / CEO conflicts. Always seek input.

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Social Music Streaming With Frenzapp Music

YoungUpstarts

He was also previously CTO of Vivendi Mobile Entertainment, which operates a subscription based PC/Mobile/TV service for music and movies in France and Germany. He was also previously CTO of Vivendi Mobile Entertainment, which operates a subscription based PC/Mobile/TV service for music and movies in France and Germany.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone). We have great intellectual property protection, and have efficient ways to enforce contracts. Entrepreneur Europe Analysis and Opinion'

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5 Mistakes We Made While Growing A Startup In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

As the company’s Commercial Manager, Hortensius was armed with the responsibility of setting up the office’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur as well as growing the local team. While it is quite rare in Europe, many companies in Southeast Asia also provide their employees with health insurance that also extends its coverage to their partners.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4 Venture Capital investments in AI, Europe 2016 (Source: Dealroom ). Chen Zamir is the company’s CTO and former Intelligence officer in the IDF as well as Paypal risk manager. Billion in VC funding.

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Ardent 1: Supercomputers Get Personal

Steve Blank

A Phone Call After I left MIPS Computers I was in New York tagging along with a friend (a computer architect whose products at Apple a decade later would change the shape of personal computing) who was consulting for a voice recognition startup. On a rainy day in Providence we tracked Andy down just as he was leaving for a trip to Europe.

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Kinnernet 2006 – geek camp

BeyondVC

At Kinnernet, I had the privilege to spend time with some great people from Israel, Europe, and the US. There were lots of robots, aerial shows with model planes and helicopters, great discussions on current technology trends, and of course, plenty of beer and laughs. All that being said, the numbers are still against the entrepreneur.