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

The Next Web

At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor the Dutch outperform the EU big five in terms of early stage entrepreneurial activity.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt. We’re 2.5 years in and still down 5% from the peak. What gives?

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

On a macro level it has led some countries, like Italy, Spain and Portugal, into a vicious cycle, with billions of dollars tied up in overdue invoices. Singapore Business Federation, Singapore: Your global Asia Hub. net, Asia’s banks face $1 trillion Basel III capital shortfall, says DBS chief. Anthony Coundouris.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations. Waze, which was founded in 2008, has more than 7 million users in the United States, Italy, France, Spain and Israel. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Dedicated To Steve Jobs, Reinforcing Mission To Restructure Capitalism

ReadWriteStart

Sramana Mitra is the founder of the One Million by One Million (1M/1M) initiative, an educational, business development and incubation program that aims to help one million entrepreneurs globally to reach $1 million in revenue and beyond. on a global scale. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. CrowdEngineering.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

Since 1M/1M is a global program, we have many entrepreneurs in various parts of the world who are building interesting businesses, and trying to determine how best to interface with the ecosystem that exists in Silicon Valley. Malaysia, India, China, Italy, Argentina, wherever), you are better off raising money locally.

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Aaron Wens on the Lifecycle of Your Ocean-Going Vessel Investments

The Startup Magazine

The maritime business is fully globalized, and a ship will often travel great distances. Other well-known shipyards are in Italy, Spain, and the United States. Aaron Wens , a marine engineer with 16 years’ experience, explains the life cycle of an ocean-going vessel. Shipbuilding Areas.