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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

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My closest friend from high school, Rob Sowers, had studied abroad in Spain during college. It wasn’t Spain (where I had wanted to go) but it didn’t sound like it would suck too bad either so I began to pepper Mike with questions about how to get out there. True story.]. I felt I had missed out on something.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

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During this period of time I found ways to get my firm to staff me in Italy, France, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and the UK. Mine was to live in Spain but I could only make France happen. I got my firm to pay for 50% of my MBA and I did the international program at the University of Chicago. You CAN do it. Close enough.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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I thought I was pretty sell suited to answer that question because having grown up in Northern California but lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain & Japan over 11 years I had seen quite a few societies and work environments.

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[The Philippines] Harnessing Apps To Tackle Traffic

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plus a nomination to the 2014 Mobile Premier Awards at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain next February. Trip Barker , a community-based trip planner for mass transit systems through which users can share real-time weather, traffic, and events with their community, won the Best App Award and P100,000.00

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From Intern To Cofounder

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In my case, I had the opportunity to participate in an International Week in Spain about advanced entrepreneurship. With my master thesis finally done, nothing was holding me back and I took a plane for Spain. Read emails sent by your University and subscribe to newsletters. They can be a true gold mine.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: New Assessment Tool For Entrepreneurs

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Last up, Fortunato Cardenas from Barcelona, Spain, presented Green Earth Aerogels , a nano-materials company in Barcelona, Spain focused on developing insulation gels from rice. Fortunato is facing a dreadful economic climate in Spain -- a meltdown of sorts, really -- and is looking for U.S.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

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This round was led by Kevin Spain from Emergence. Investors: Emergence Capital Partners (Kevin Spain), OpenAir Ventures (Ron LeMay) , with existing investors Steamboat Ventures, Voyager Capital. That wouldn’t surprise me. He’s a guy that I’ve always liked. Happy to see him get this deal done. 7mm in Series B.