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And that Vasilii was born during the cold war in the old USSR in a provence called Moldova. Moldova is now an independent country] While the relationship with Vasilii started as a commercial one, it is much more than that now. Which is why he is here. He is here on a large project totally independent of me.
They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. Brands can’t be a-political, they need to stand for something. Make a call and have a view. Eg Twitter wants to ‘To become “the pulse of the planet.”’ We are starting to understand the bridge between the screen and the real.
Some of the countries with faster internet include Kenya, Lithuania, Slovenia, Moldova and many developing economies. I mean, sure we are connected to it, but we aren’t even in the top 50 countries for internet speeds. That’s a total travesty for our economic future. This is the modern.
This was my response: Based overseas… Moldova to be precise. After I assured him that there is rarely currency in ideas, and having them stolen was a low risk, I offered to connect him with my development team. Which from my talk, he would’ve known they were overseas. He sent back an email which said: Where are they based?
Oh, and make someone from your 25 person Moldova tech team your co-founder. "We're not interested for this round, but come back to us when Sequoia is leading at a $1.5 pre-money, you have seven enterprise customers and you're cashflow positive. Don't forget to tell all your founder friends about our ultra-pre-pre-seed program. We love early."
If you are interested in the big picture of global innovation, you might want to download this report from INSEAD — the 2011 Global Innovation Index. It ranks 125 countries by measuring various indicators, both inputs and outputs to the innovation process.
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