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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. But hedonistic pleasures aside, The Netherlands actually has a great foundation for tech entrepreneurship. A top-notch infrastructure.

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

To put that in perspective: with the Netherlands having only 16.8 In 2010, philosopher Rob Wijnberg (1982) became the editor in chief of nrc.next , the morning edition of NRC Handelsblad , the Netherlands’ premier daily national newspaper. Here’s our story. From ‘news’ to ‘new’. This reporting takes place in their own ‘gardens’?—?sections

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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

As a result, Zoom became a house name for video calling while their stocks grew by 545% in 1 year. The goal of the sprint was validating the demand in the “IT integrators” vertical in 5 European countries: Belgium, Netherlands, France, Spain and England. We start with answering the question: how can we validate if there is demand?

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The unimportance of product names

37signals.com

The unimportance of product names. Don’t waste too much time on picking a perfect name for your product. And what about picking a name that’s available as a domain? Obsessing over a name is an easy time trap to fall into when you should be focused on more important obstacles (i.e. Apr 27 2010. Ty Fujimura.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter September 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The magazine rated 100 countries by how well they scored in five categories, namely: education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment. STANLEY FISCHER NAMED ONE OF WORLD’S TOP 10 BANK CHIEFS. TAKADU NAMED WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TECHNOLOGY PIONEER 2011. in August 2010.

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Twitter Link Roundup #242 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

5 Must-Use Tools for Brainstorming Company Names – crowdspring.co/1wehUO7. Glow-In-The-Dark Highways Open In The Netherlands | Co.Design – crowdspring.co/1wXq6DJ. Small Business and Startups: Customer Service Marketing Manifesto – crowdspring.co/1wYokDi. Fewer bosses. More coaches, please – crowdspring.co/1q5hqpL.

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Kinderfeets – Ergonomical Push Bikes For Kiddies

YoungUpstarts

Cycling is a big thing in the Netherlands. It’s in such a culture that Netherlands native Oscar Mulder, an award-winning and published designer of Mulder Design , has introduced Kinderfeets , a small training bicycle for children that comes without pedals. And in Amsterdam, nearly everyone cycles.