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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. I’m long on payment technologies. Yes, it seems to largely be thugs.

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Victor Restis – How COVID-19 Has Affected the Global Shipping Industry

The Startup Magazine

Mr. Restis’ home country of Greece is one of the premier tourist destination spots in the world, but they still build ships. Each nation has something to offer the global market besides tourism. Tourism is a great industry and many places rely on tourism for their very lives, but there is more to many countries than just tourism.

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SuperMac War Story 6: Building The Killer Team – Mission, Intent.

Steve Blank

Greetings from Crete, Greece Reply Jerry Ji , on April 10, 2009 at 11:09 am Said: Simply _THE BEST_ war story I’ve read in months. At some point in my career as I began to formulate thoughts about mission and intent, I started to think about the broader role of marketing in a growing technology company. It became [.]

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Concentrated Production, Diversified Consumption

Growthink Blog

The world of multi-billion dollar companies like Cisco utilizing information technology to accomplish the accounting miracle of closing their books each and every day. The world where I order new leather seat covers for my car, from Greece, on Ebay, and at a fraction of the price of what the dealership is asking.

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Twitter Link Roundup #80 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

State of Web Design in Greece – [link]. Creating HTML Emails – How To And Design Inspiration – [link]. Designing For The Future Web – [link]. Creating Web Design Wireframes: Tools, Resources and Best Practices – [link]. Unconventional Website Designs – [link].

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25 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Entrepreneurs That Best Represents Innovation and Disruption

Hearpreneur

It wasn't until Amazon invented walk-out technology that he was open to expanding. The entire world was in need of this technology. and the other was in Greece. First and foremost, he was a visionary who saw the potential for technology to change the world in ways that most people hadn't even imagined.

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7 Ways Of Using An Immigrant Culture In Your Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Yet, I find them often jumping to the forefront, with many notable successes , including Elon Musk (South Africa) at Tesla, Sergey Brin (Russia) at Google, and Arianna Huffington (Greece) at the Huffington Post. People starting with nothing in this country expect to have to work harder and longer to get ahead.