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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

1/ Social Network Interference. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. A concept discussed during that time was “ glasnost ,” a part of the new Russia’s restructuring to provide more openness and transparency in information.

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Millennials In Asia Are Ambitious And Entrepreneurial: VISA Study

YoungUpstarts

Filipinos come a very close second at 79-percent, followed by Russia (60-percent). We know that the Millennials are defined by their love for and use of technology, but how much do they really embrace the Internet and their devices? Well, unsurprisingly, online social networking is huge with this lot.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

This was especially true as we found some of the best developers to be in Russia and India, therefore splitting the travel. I am the co-founder of Underratedsites.com Posted by: Sarah | September 10, 2007 3:08 PM I dont see why owning your own server equipment makes much sense for perhaps 80%-90% of Internet companies. Nice article.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

The two companies have collaborated for a long time, with Facebook using Face.com’s technology to help users tag the faces of friends in pictures they upload on the social network with Face.com’s Photo Tagger service. This is Facebook’s second acquisition in Israel, following the acquisition of Snaptu for $70m in March 2011.

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7 Startup High Risk Factors That Scare Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. We all know that the success “rules” in Russia are different from the USA, so cross-boundary investments are considered high risk, even if you have operating experience there. Dependent on government regulations.

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7 Ways Startups Get Tagged as Too Risky by Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. We all know that the success “rules” in Russia are different from the USA, so cross-boundary investments are considered high risk, even if you have operating experience there. Dependent on government regulations.

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Nicolas Brusson discusses BlaBlaCar’s journey from French success story to global winner

Cracking the Code

There were no social networks, let alone sharing economy then, so it took a while to take off. The first generation of internet entrepreneurs did well, but they were “single country winners” – they were always “the French or German e-commerce company”, for example. Back in 2006, that was a very weird concept.

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