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Coronavirus: Will It Boost the Adoption Of Remote Work?

Transformify

However, a day ago, it has been reported that the confirmed COVID-19 cases have reached 2002, the highest number outside of China. What is the situation in Europe? If Asia was somewhat prepared to a force major situation given the SARS outbreak years ago, Europe was not as prepared.

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Niklas Zennström on Atomico’s investment strategy and Europe’s evolving startup ecosystem [Video]

The Next Web

A few weeks ago at the Dublin Web Summit, we caught up with Niklas Zennström , easily one of Europe’s most accomplished entrepreneurs with companies like Skype, KaZaa and Joost under his belt. Niklas also talks about how the European startup scene has changed, in his view, since he co-founded Skype with Janus Friis back in 2002.

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The Magic of the Irish – Dublin’s Resurgence on the Global Tech Scene

Both Sides of the Table

Between 1995-2002 I visited often – especially since I founded my first company there. My trip was scheduled around the annual Web Summit and the f.ounders conference, both of which have become the hottest must-attend event in Europe and rivaling any great conference in the US. Paddy never stopped.

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What to Do When You Need a Disaster Loan

Up and Running

The European Union created the EU Solidarity Fund in 2002 specifically to respond to natural disaster-afflicted areas in Europe. The Canadian government has its own federal loan programs in the event of a disaster. You can find details here. .

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What we can learn from the UK’s top franchises

The Startup Magazine

The 600-mark was reached in 2002 as the breakfast revolution got underway as all pubs opened six days a week to serve the first meal of the day. Over recent years, Quiz have also branched out into a worldwide operation and have now got well over 50 franchises in both Europe and Asia.

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Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

View from Seed

I was an early employee at PayPal and back in the 2000-2001 timeframe, and we ended up taking a fairly significant amount of strategic investment (tens of millions of $) from various banks in the US, Europe, and Asia.

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Techstars brings The Lean Startup to Boulder

Startup Lessons Learned

In 2002 I became exposed to the idea of “agile software development&# and subsequently was a first round investor in Rally Software which is now the market leader in Agile application lifecycle management software. So far, Im going to be on the east coast at least three times, and in Europe twice. Stay tuned for more details.)

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