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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Italy

The Next Web

Italy may be a latecomer to the booming startup scene but it’s fast becoming a hotbed of new tech talent. Red tape and bureaucracy were some of the biggest challenges new companies faced.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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I thought I was pretty sell suited to answer that question because having grown up in Northern California but lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain & Japan over 11 years I had seen quite a few societies and work environments.

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How To Use A Reward Credit Card To Earn Free Travel

YoungUpstarts

You could take your daughter to France and Italy for a two and a half week vacation, for example. If miles are being redeemed for overseas plane tickets, which can cost 100,000 points for two people, the 20,000 points saved represents substantial savings. Two round-trip, economy-class tickets cost just 80,000 points.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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During this period of time I found ways to get my firm to staff me in Italy, France, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and the UK. It took more than a year to make this happen (I’ll cover how I did this in a different post) but January 2nd, 1995 I flew to France for 2 years and didn’t move back to the US for 11 years.

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

crowdSPRING Blog

The image above is a photo of Manarola, Italy – a small town in northern Italy. These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! image credit: EpicV27.

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Joint Statement by Colorado High-Tech Companies on COVID-19

Feld Thoughts

We are already seeing this play out with tragic consequences in Italy, where the mortality rate is shockingly high, as their healthcare system has struggled to keep pace with the sudden crushing load of hospitalized patients, leading to otherwise preventable deaths. There are not enough health care providers to care for all the sick.

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Survivors

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I lived and worked in England, France, Italy and Japan and had worked extensively in Germany. I felt variations of this in France, Italy and Germany. I felt pretty uniquely qualified to answer that question because I grew up in Northern California as the son of an immigrant and with a computer in my bedroom in the 1980’s.