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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

by Anthony Coundouris , trade finance evangelist for ApexPeak. If an overseas customer is not able to settle an account due to liquidity problems, sourcing local finance to bridge the gap is an option. It is expected many SME business owners may turn to alternative financing, which in the UK has grown to a EUR 1.7

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Battery gives back to Israeli entrepreneurial community with venture creation workshop

VC Cafe

Danny is an entrepreneur, investor and Brown University Professor of Entrepreneurship , and has recently held similar workshops in China, Egypt and Portugal. The workshop was conducted by Danny Warshay using the Socratic method.

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How to Translate Your Passion Into Your Purpose with Liz Elting

Duct Tape Marketing

I had the opportunity to live in a number of foreign countries, Portugal when I was little, then Canada when I was 10 until college, and then I did my junior year in Spain and I worked in Venezuela, and I was able to study four languages, so Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Latin loved languages. What led you to start TransPerfect?

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. Instead, it is our eight years of indefatigable relationship and customer building with large segments of the world’s early stage finance industry.

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I was shocked – shocked! – to find out there are tech startups in Portugal

The Next Web

I spent the past few days in the beautiful city of Lisbon, Portugal, to attend the annual Switch Conference and gain some insights into the Portuguese startup ecosystem (and to enjoy several local seafood dishes and pastries). There’s Talkdesk , a voice platform for businesses that is backed by Dave McClure’s 500 Startups.

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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

External constraints or the lacks of resources (finance, skills, business idea) are relative minor reasons. With huge unemployment rates in countries like Spain, Greece and Portugal, coupled with risk-averseness and impractical education this leads to a circle of hopelessness.

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Growthink Capital advises Swiss Dental Services on Acquisition Financing to expand in the UK market

Growthink Blog

The Portugal-based dental surgery group gains a foothold in the UK by acquiring two dental clinics in London Growthink Capital is pleased to announce it acted as Swiss Dental Services (SDS)’ investment banking advisor on an acquisition financing – via SME Capital, a London-based alternative capital provider – to expand in the UK market.