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Coping With Late Payment – Managing Asia’s Slow Payers

YoungUpstarts

Suppliers in the manufacturing, pharmaceutical, technology or professional services space, need to pay special attention, as these industries have above average DSO. On a macro level it has led some countries, like Italy, Spain and Portugal, into a vicious cycle, with billions of dollars tied up in overdue invoices. Anthony Coundouris.

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Battery gives back to Israeli entrepreneurial community with venture creation workshop

VC Cafe

Danny is an entrepreneur, investor and Brown University Professor of Entrepreneurship , and has recently held similar workshops in China, Egypt and Portugal. The workshop was conducted by Danny Warshay using the Socratic method.

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Our Interview With Richard Burry, International E-Commerce Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

By the time businesses began to take notice of the unfolding promise of Internet technologies, he was perfectly positioned to take the leap into this exciting new industry. Recently we visited Richard Burry in his seaside base of operations in Cascais, Portugal for an intriguing conversation about the keys to online success.

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Twitter Link Roundup #107 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

This camera introduces a new camera technology – light-field photography. crowdSPRING interview (our 1st with a couple) – 12 Questions: Meet Debs & Johnny (Portugal) – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! The image above shows a radical new camera – called the Lytro.

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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Portugal

The Next Web

It might be everyone’s dream to move to Portugal. Like in neighboring Spain, the country was hit hard with a headache-inducing unemployment rate that was concentrated primarily on Portugal’s youth. Beautiful beaches, amazing food, and weather. Its vibrant startup scene is now another reason to add to the list.

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Entrepreneurship in Portugal

entrepreMusings

I went to Portugal with 4 other colleagues (3 of us presented) to help give a workshop on incubation management and on-shoring opportunities for Portuguese technology companies to the US. The UTEN program is also run through IC2 which the Austin Technology Incubator (where I work) is also under. Boat photo : Taken in Porto.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work. The thing that struck me so powerfully then was that virtually everything we were doing was at the intersection of foreign policy, and technology and innovation….