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Founder Institute doubles down on Europe, now runs 10 startup accelerator programs continent-wide

The Next Web

Founder Institute founder Adeo Ressi says the organization is now on pace to launch over 250 European companies in 2013, generating as many as 1,000 new jobs per year. Applications to the newly launched programs are now open, in addition to applications for long-established programs in Berlin, Paris, Belgium, and Amsterdam.

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6 Tips To Help Entrepreneurs Win And Grow A Strong Customer Base

YoungUpstarts

As is often the case, I was wrong, and they turned their startup, Pushpins (acquired by Ebates in 2013), into a success. Michailidis told a story of how he reached out to the CEO of a large grocery chain at his home in Belgium. “I The following is straight from Jason and Peter based on their Q&A with the 2015 Fellows.

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Make Election Day a Holiday: It’s the American Thing to Do

Reid Hoffman

percent (Belgium) to 65.97 A handful of countries, including Belgium, achieve their high turnout rates by making voting compulsory. In a 2013 Yougov.com poll , 85 percent of respondents said they were planning to celebrate Thanksgiving. In the top 15 countries in Pew’s study, turnout of the voting-age public ranged from 87.21