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A Bit of Berlin in Slovakia

Babbling VC

Being that I am from Slovakia and was just there for the Slovak Startup Awards , there is no way that this post could be considered impartial. This is one hell of a biased post so let me get that out of the way right off the bat. But so be it. .

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Startuppers.org – A Community Of Upstarts

YoungUpstarts

Created by Bratislava, Slovakia-based Marek Novotny, it’s meant to help plug a gap he saw in the ecosystem. Touted as a new way for people in the startup ecosystem to communicate with one another, networking with each other, and creating connections and sharing advice within the community.

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Finally! A Slovak Story

Babbling VC

Most people at this point know that I am originally from Slovakia. I basically chose almost from the point where I moved to Europe back in the 90's to figure out a way to "work" in Slovakia. . It started out at SAP Ventures, where I for years looked for investments somewhere in Slovakia.

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Finally! A Slovak Story

Babbling VC

Most people at this point know that I am originally from Slovakia. I basically chose almost from the point where I moved to Europe back in the 90's to figure out a way to "work" in Slovakia. . It started out at SAP Ventures, where I for years looked for investments somewhere in Slovakia.

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Real Time Bidding In The European Market

YoungUpstarts

The major winners in the RTB trend report for Q3, published by Adform are countries which just have lately discovered the RTB market as a new way of advertising online, notably Slovakia have a market growth of 1400% and Portugal a growth of around 1200%.

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Insights into the CEE Venture Market

Babbling VC

Additonally, all the sponsors spoke on stage about what they are doing in the CEE region and I moderated a panel of investors and an entrepreneur from Slovakia. The final keynote was the Minister of Economics from Slovakia, Dr. Juraj Miskov, who unfortunately was the only participant to speak in Slovak instead of English.

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The Disposable PhD | The Economist

Campus Entrepreneurship

PhD production sped up most dramatically in Mexico, Portugal, Italy and Slovakia. Between 1998 and 2006 the number of doctorates handed out in all OECD countries grew by 40%, compared with 22% for America. Even Japan, where the number of young people is shrinking, churned out about 46% more PhDs.