ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 28, 2011

It gathered 120 hackers from Finland, Estonia and Latvia under the same roof and challenged them to go from zero to demo in 48 hours. Focus on technology you know. The designers and marketers had nothing to do, so they started working on a promo video, more characters and funny names, which made their whole demo more catchy.

Latvia 158

Latvia Estonia Coder Finland 158

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 5, 2023

Even some of the most prominent startup household names in Silicon Valley saw their demise last year — and everyone entrepreneur and startup face this fear. Europe Tallinn For decades Estonia has been at the forefront of technological and business innovation in the Baltic region.

South Africa 136

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VC Cafe

JULY 2, 2012

has acquired Israeli face recognition technology developer Face.com for $100 million. 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. FACEBOOK BUYS FACE.COM FOR $100M.

Israel 109

Israel Latvia Lithuania Russia 109

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. His name is Tomas Pueyo. You have a day job here in Silicon Valley at an education technology company. He was not a famous author. He wasn't a media star.

South Korea 114

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