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Out of the Crisis #13: Alpha Lee on remembering the 2003 SARS epidemic and his opensource COVID-19 Moonshot

Startup Lessons Learned

First in Wuhan, China, and then the fact that it can spread so quickly in Italy and continental Europe really surprises me and I think a lot of others as well in the scientific community. Alpha Lee : I was initially hoping that the pandemic would be a slightly worse version of the common cold or flu. Eric Ries : Yeah. That's exactly it.

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Fresh Consulting Expands to Austin

SiliconHills

And by old, he is talking about 2003 when he landed here. But he’s also spent time in Europe, Asia, and Silicon Valley. Dean Kakridas remembers the old Austin tech scene. For the past 18 years, he’s worked in a variety of roles and has seen Austin’s technology scene mature and expand. During that time, […].

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[Interview] Pekka Viljakainen, Author Of “No Fear: Business Leadership for the Digital Age” (Part I)

YoungUpstarts

But when I came into an international environment and I managed 500, 800 and 1000 people in 2003, however, it was a sad year. and into Europe. Our company used a complex system to measure leadership and my leadership index was 93 of 100, which was like running a religious cult. Life was beautiful. My leadership index dropped to 27.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

techcrunch.com

She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was. European M-Payments Startup SumUp Partners With Revel Systems, An iPad POS Provider, For Its Push Into Europe. Enterprise. Smartphones. Digital Cameras. Headphones. CrunchBase. Hot topics. Disrupt NY. After Raising $6.7M → Learn More. Wednesday, April 24th, 2013.

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Europe’s growing share of $1bn startups

The Equity Kicker

Aileen Lee of early stage fund Cowboy ventures wrote a post for Techcrunch yesterday looking at the characteristics of 39 startups founded since 2003 that are worth over $1bn. Fred’s Hackpad lists $1bn+ value companies founded after 2003 and founded before 2003. Now the list is not complete (e.g.

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Two Important Reports from the NVCA: VC Fundraising Declines 53% in Q3 2011 and U.S. Medical Innovation is in Crisis

Pascal's View

The report “revealed that US venture capitalists are reducing their investment in biotechnology and medical device companies and shifting focus overseas to Europe and Asia, primarily due to regulatory obstacles at the Food and Drug Administration.” Shift focus away from the United States towards Europe and Asia.

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All you need to know about the 2015 EU VAT changes and how we implemented them at TNW

The Next Web

If you’re wondering what developers are doing over in Europe today, a good guess (besides recovering from a hangover) would be that they are trying to figure out how to implement the new EU VAT rules. Column Entrepreneur Europe Patrick How-To''s News' I don’t get… This story continues at The Next Web.

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