VC Cafe

APRIL 8, 2010

Through the acquisition of Ratiopharm, which is the second-largest player in the German generics market, Europe’s biggest, Israel’s Teva becomes number one in Europe as its presence in Spain, Italy and France is also boosted. The deal is expected to capture significant synergies for Teva.

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Transformify

APRIL 2, 2020

Some countries like Italy, Spain and France allow citizens to leave their home only to buy groceries, visit a doctor or a pharmacy. The situation in the European Union is not much different as most EU member states have declared a state of emergency and/or country-wide quarantine.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Example: More than 50% of all youth in Greece & Spain (34% in Italy) are unemployed and if you take “under-employment” it is even worse. And the solutions to many of the worlds problems will come from the people as much as from governments. And rebellion. Think Tunia, Egypt, Syria and now Turkey. Collaboration.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I was living in Silicon Valley at the time of the panel, but I had been living abroad for 11 years before returning having lived in England, France, Italy, Spain and Japan as well as establishing physical offices in India. A local government official was willing to go and look for our equipment personally, but it would cost money.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. The first weekly newspapers appeared in Italy and Germany, and quickly spread through Europe. And some governments learned how to turn radio into a weapon of mass deception. — The next wave was Radio. The same is true for the Internet.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box. I had organized European operations into regions and the country manager for Italy reported to the central European manager based in Germany. Managing foreign exchange reserves is every bit as challenging as managing a family budget. HR rules are local.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). As promised at the end of July , the organization has now announced the launch of five new programs across the continent, doubling its European presence to ten chapters across as many countries.

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Tim Keane

MAY 27, 2010

.   In the EU, for instance, it’s virtually impossible to dismiss anyone – for non-performance or anything short of outright theft – caught on video tape by a government certified camera operator. In Italy, if you bankrupt your business, you lose your driving privileges until you get a job and pay off all of the creditors.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Those words were a key part of the G7’s first-ever Innovation7, which was held last month in Turin, Italy. The Innovation7, or I-7, is a gathering of industry representatives from the G7 countries to help bridge industry and government. Yet it’s a whole different pace of adoption in government.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2020

A December 19 th report by ING points towards a cooling of house price growth in 2020, with three exceptions: France, Italy, and Greece. In addition, the local government plans to exempt from VAT payment all house sales for the next three years, a move that could further boost the real estate market in 2020. Germany and France lead.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Including conferences in Italy, Canada, Holland, Turkey, the UK, Korea, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, New Zealand, and Australia. The Creative Thinkers Conference was attended by government and public sector officials of the U.A.E. as well as educators and non-profit organizational leaders from many Arab Gulf countries.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 23, 2012

Fifty years ago this year, the New York City Board of Estimate voted down Robert Moses ' plan to build a ten-lane elevated highway across lower Manhattan--leveling fourteen blocks along Broome Street in Little Italy and what is now SoHo, as well as the West Village. How could things get so far?

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box. I had organized European operations into regions and the country manager for Italy reported to the central European manager based in Germany. Respect local customs and practices. HR rules are local.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2016

In China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Spain and Taiwan, exporting SMEs are roughly twice as likely to report such rapid growth compared to their non-exporting counterparts, while exporting SMEs in Brazil, Colombia and India are between 1.1-1.3 There’s also a clear correlation between exporting and achieving rapid growth.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Italy is a renowned immigration destination for Americans because it brings a mix of everything. The Italian investor visa process starts with investment in Italy, so you need nothing much but money. Italian government bond- €2 million. All through the journey, you have to hold your investment in Italy.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

An investor visa is perhaps the easiest route to immigrate to Italy. Although the investment part sounds daunting, it is a small price to pay for starting a life in Italy and exploring the citizenship potential in the long term. You will have to donate €1 million to a public sector project or buy government bonds worth €2 million.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Her clients include Fortune 500 companies, federal and state government agencies, and non-governmental organizations. She serves as faculty for the UN System Staff College in Turin, Italy, and the Escuela Bancaria y Comercial in Mexico City, Mexico. Jack is a former bank president and has authored or edited more than 100 books.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 13, 2015

It’s easier for smaller countries to substantially re-orient themselves, as Singapore in particular has done, so the real point of comparison here are the other large developed countries: the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. Together these are the necessary pre-conditions for a fertile startup community.

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Diego Basch

AUGUST 23, 2012

Same with censorship; if Europe threatens to block Twitter unless they filter out the word Greece, Twitter will probably do it (and probably Italy too, for good measure). Will they appeal to the US government for a subsidy? And, worst of all, what if Twitter discovers that it simply cannot sustain its business with ads?

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 1, 2017

For example, a name like “Italiatour” for a company that promotes tours to Italy can instantly excite audiences about foreign travel. Not every business name needs to be trademarked, as long as your state government gives you the go-ahead and you aren’t infringing on anyone else’s trade name,” Entrepreneur says.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

On January 29, Virtualitics announced the release of VIP 2020, the newest version of its AI-driven data visualization software that enables users in a wide range of industries and government agencies to obtain actionable insights from complex data faster and with greater accuracy than they can with any other software on the market.

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Up and Running

APRIL 18, 2016

“[At Flavours Holidays], we have been specializing in cooking, Pilates, painting, photography, and language holidays in Italy since 1998,” she says. Lorne’s vision was to create a brand that “gave guests a true taste of Italy.”. “I “That is why our tagline is ‘Passionate, Inspiring, Authentic.’”.

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Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

With debt levels so high and confidence in government so low, the bond market has come a knocking and is intimidating the heck out of European governments. First, the bond market knocks on Iceland’s door (see Michael Lewis' Vanity Fair article and his book Boomerang ), then Ireland's, then Greece's and now Italy's. Who’s next?

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Reid Hoffman

MAY 24, 2024

These two are connected: we’ll get better government regulation of AI when these technologies have been deployed to more people to try, use and integrate into their lives. On that note, I had the pleasure of driving a Dallara around a racetrack last year here in Italy. But it was also the advent of shipping civilizations.

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Transformify

MARCH 28, 2020

ii) be able to create temporary remote jobs for those living in the areas around the world that suffered the most like Bergamo and the red zone in Italy, Madrid in Spain, etc.

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Feld Thoughts

MARCH 13, 2020

we are calling on government officials and other business leaders to restrict large group gatherings, including in the largest entertainment venues along the Front Range. Our actions alone will not be enough, and we cannot wait for our government agencies and elected officials to mandate these restrictions.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JULY 29, 2016

Every year, governments increase restrictions on unsolicited email. Italy – Personal Data Protection Code. Spam Laws, Email Marketing, and Compliance written by Guest Post read more at Duct Tape Marketing. photo credit Flickr. With new restrictions also comes harsher penalties when laws are broken. Czech Republic – Act No.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. After a quarter-century in government – serving with the National Security Council, the Senate Armed Services Committee and now State – Blinken says Washington can no longer afford to pretend it can solve such complex problems alone.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

government does have some unique convening power and the ability to tap external talent and resources. After a quarter-century in government – serving with the National Security Council, the Senate Armed Services Committee and now State – Blinken says Washington can no longer afford to pretend it can solve such complex problems alone.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 25, 2021

They were mostly trying to reduce their risk factors, and they were hoping that the government, the public health departments, would actually take ownership of the response there. I think that another one was really kind of partnering with local governments on this part and trying to help them. I mean- ER : Yeah.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

When I was younger, my family and I would always go on holiday to Italy in the summer time. The company provides management consulting services to small to mid-sized businesses, as well as government agencies – I wanted clients to know that the company’s values include balance, perspective, integrity, stability, and practicality.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

I lived and worked in Italy in the mid 90′s and weekends were sublime. If that isn’t a plug for why every government and every corporation needs DataSift I don’t know what is. In my unconnected world there was no personal email. On vacation you really checked out because you had to.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 1, 2018

Branches of the industry, such as video gaming, are overtly misogynist in governance, in culture, and in product content. Governments, stock exchanges, and industry groups in Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and New Zealand, for example, are very active on gender diversity issues. A mere 5 percent of Tech’s senior executives are women.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 7, 2012

If we look across history, the same underlying culture that created Silicon Valley is not that different from what caused bursts of creativity and growth in Northern Italy during the Renaissance or the Dutch Golden Age. Q: What role can, or should, government play in helping create the next Silicon Valley?

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

The Golden Brat™ Shirt are crafted with Mercerized Cotton Lisle Yarn made in Italy, Certified High Quality , the shirts are natural stretch and follow the movement of the body, so are a No stress Shirt. So we study the most comfortable dress shirt in the world and the people can wear it and feel comfortable all day long.

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Transformify

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Being a high tech nation helped a lot too, as the government was able to leverage technology and track everyone who traveled to or from China, mandated that they download an app and report their health condition daily and tracked the activity of those infected prior to being diagnosed.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 29, 2023

Japan, Italy, and the Soviet Union) made strategic decisions about what types of weapons to build (tanks, airplanes, ships, submarines, artillery, rockets), what was the right mix (aircraft carriers, fighter planes, bombers, light/ medium/ heavy tanks, etc.) government to aggressively fund atomic research, so that the U.S.

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