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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. Bringing macro back down to micro – there are Dutch techies and executives ‘ kicking ass and taking names ‘ around the globe.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

What exactly is going to be the name of your business? Whatever the inspiration or relation may be, the naming of your business is one of the most important parts of becoming a CEO. Coming up with our business name, Stellar Villa, was quite a process. This allowed us to knock a few more names off the list.

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10 Amazing Microfinance Success Stories

YoungUpstarts

Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. When The Baptist University of the Americas asked him to set up shop on campus, he financed the project with a $4,265 loan from ACCION Texas-Louisiana to secure supplies and part-time employees. Marcelino Lopez, Colombia.

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Strangling Innovation: Tesla versus “Rent Seekers”

Steve Blank

These opponents have their own name – “rent seekers” – the landlords of the status-quo. The banks lobbied regulators in Louisiana , New York , California, and Idaho and soon they were issuing injunctions forcing PayPal to delay their IPO. Yet this is where startups will run into anti-innovation opponents they may not expect.

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Founder Interview: RedMane Technology’s Tony Lakier

The Startup Magazine

The State of Louisiana was our first major win. In 2000, Louisiana gave our five-person company (at that time) a multimillion-dollar contract to implement a mission-critical system. Louisiana is still a client and great reference for RedMane today! Describe RedMane’s pivot point, and its impact on the company?

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Top Five US Cities With Pleasant Environments To Live And Work In

YoungUpstarts

The sunny city of San Jose boasts the highest number of available full time jobs and houses the headquarters for some of the highest paying companies in the world, including Adobe, Cisco, and EBay just to name a few. The new and improved “Capital of the Silicon Valley” is definitely living up to its name.

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