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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Working on it. And being ambitious.

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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. But the government is now on a mission to cut down barriers, launching several new initiatives focused on making it easier to grow hi-tech companies, including the Italian Startup Act and Visa scheme.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re not familiar with the term it’s basically trying to help all of us who are deluged with technology to find ways to cope with the masses of information without having it ruin our lives. We were high tech at the very start of the boom. Let me start by saying I’m a huge business book cynic.

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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. The Sapphire Preferred Card is embedded with chip technology , so there’s no trouble using the card overseas where they use a four digit pin code instead of signatures. Two round-trip, economy-class tickets cost just 80,000 points.

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Transformify: The Sustainable Platform for Remote Jobs

Transformify

Earthquakes and talent scarcity in tech hubs like San Francisco, London, New York, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Paris and so on could disrupt the business of many tech companies. Tech startups were running out of cash prior to launching great products over talent shortage and ever-increasing salaries and rents. and business transformation.

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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

If an overseas customer is not able to settle an account due to liquidity problems, sourcing local finance to bridge the gap is an option. Suppliers in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology or professional services space, need to pay special attention, as these industries have above average DSO. Benchmark the industry DSO.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Potential partnerships with media and telecom giants make it attractive enough though, and hopefully there will be cross polination between the Israeli startups and the great tech cluster in London. Utilizing a recently developed innovative technology, BetterView leads a revolution in the content world. Applicaster - Company Website.

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