VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

I won’t get into the details of the presentation on mobile search and its impact on ecommerce, but rather, I want to share my quick insights on the atmosphere in Spain, based on my own observations and the conversations I had with both speakers and conference attendees. A few numbers about Spain. million people, a GDP of $1.47

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

MAY 6, 2013

Some attributed one of the recent rises in Bitcoin price to worries in Cyprus and Spain about the fragility of their banking systems. So there is existence proof that high inflation can drive a whole country to adopt another currency, one that is completely disassociated from the central government.

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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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YoungUpstarts

MAY 12, 2017

Tommy Scott loved selling things when he was young and then discovered peach juice in Spain. She spent 20 years in government, including as an Federal Trade Commissioner and in the White House as staff director of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. Hooman Radfar’s mom supported his passion for computers.

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entrepreMusings

JUNE 1, 2010

Their government has allocated money to support programs like ours not just with UT Austin but also universities like MIT, Harvard, Cambridge, and Carnegie Mellon to help them in this mission. Many of them are so energized about their potential roles in making this happen and have made significant progress!

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VC Cafe

APRIL 3, 2012

ISRAELI WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY HITS SPAIN. Blue i Water Technologies , a Tel Aviv-based water-monitoring technology firm, is currently in the process of installing 140 of its quality-inspection devices in Barcelona and 40 more in other areas of Spain. UK’s AVAYA PLC PURCHASES RADVISION LTD.

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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 times more likely to achieve rapid growth.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

So when we heard while I was in Spain last last week with my graduate students that the official unemployment rate there was 20% my immediate question was, "So high is the actual unemployment rate?" Bill Gates, no government that can rival that level of job creation. I was expecting to hear that it was 25% or even 30%.

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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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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 12, 2020

You have corporations, associations, faith-based in churches, non-profits, government and military, colleges and universities, and education, K through 12, so elementary, middle school, and high school. They invited him to come speak over there and I think it was in Spain. He’s like, “How much do I charge?

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

MARCH 9, 2010

Entrepreneurship education is one of several key factors, along with access to finance, government policies, infrastructure, and others, that influence attitudes about entrepreneurship and people's willingness to start businesses, according to GEM.

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Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

With my father returning from Spain with his girlfriend and my new baby brother , I had plans to give my car to him and get another one for myself. The Australian government, to help combat the “GFC&# , offered a 50% tax incentive on new cars purchased in 2009, so I had to December to decide what to buy.

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David Teten

MARCH 18, 2020

COVID underlines the universal need for a competent, well-managed, fact-based government, both locally and nationally. . No one is allowed to go outside in Spain due to the COVID crisis, so one sports instructor in Seville is teaching classes from a roof. Encourage people to work out from home.

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www.businessweek.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Bloomberg Government. For Greek Politicians, Election Doesn’t Make Governing Any Easier. Stocks Decline as Spain Bond Yields Rise. Go To Businessweek.com. Bloomberg.com. Businessweek.com. Bloomberg TV. Professional Products. Bloomberg Anywhere. Bloomberg Tradebook. Industry Products. Bloomberg Briefs. Bloomberg Law.

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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. You can intimidate everyone.". James Carville. The news out of Europe just goes from bad to worse. Who’s next? You Can’t Fund a Big Debt Forever.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

With its overnight success, the conspiracy theories about data being shared with China, coupled with an alleged hack of Deepseek, raised security concerns with the Pentagon, who immediately moved to block government employees from using it. With over $8 billion committed to AI-related infrastructure in Spain and the U.S.,

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The Cerro del Aguila power station, located in Tayacaja Province in central Peru, in March signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Peru’s government-owned electricity company, which will come into effect when the power station is completed in the second half of 2015. Israel Corporation is Israel’s largest holding company.

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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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Berkonomics

MARCH 17, 2016

She is a United States citizen, but was born in Spain when her mother was stationed in the U.S. Federal and state governments have what is called “Protected Classes.” Bob begins to ask questions about past experiences, past jobs, and then turns to some personal topics. Does intent matter? Believe it or not, the answer is no.

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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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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

AUGUST 9, 2011

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. I know that investors must also be aware of the civil unrest in the UK.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 9, 2015

It was really refreshing to see the openness of the government around these ideas and I look forward to continuing to work on these initiatives to improve the competitiveness of the French ecosystem and enable startups to reach escape velocity much faster!

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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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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

We have seen the damage that this share structure can cause over the long run, said Anne Sheehan, head of corporate governance for California State Teachers Retirement System, a big public pension fund. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. All Rights Reserved.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 18, 2011

This is the wrong time to bring down debt and government expenditure. Read: mortgages will not get cheaper, interest-wise, but the government is doing their best to ward off a real estate bubble. Robyn’s public sector experience includes internships in the UK Parliament and the US State Department Foreign Service in Spain.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Headquarters: Barcelona, Spain. Notable Clients: AIGA, Alma Hotels, BCD, Betway, BMW, Canal+, El País, EMI Music Spain, Future Designs, Gap Inc., Dutch National Police, Transavia, Vincent Van Gogh Museum, Dutch Railways, EUNL, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, NPO, Randstad, The Dutch Government. courtesy of Dessein.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." Had we been able to apply this strategy simultaneously nationwide, the U.S.

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