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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

Prerna began her startup journey after leaving a job as a management consultant, and launched Yaari, a youth-oriented social network in India. With this approach to establishing and tracking milestones, ReadyTalk launched its beta of UbiMeet.com in March 2015. Come hear about them live at the 2015 Lean Startup Conference.

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Say No To Absent Fathers, Yes To Paternity Leave

YoungUpstarts

In November 2015, Facebook Founder & CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted his paternity leave plans. Sweden is one of the few countries in the world, where fathers must take at least two months off before the child is 8 years old to receive the government benefits. Image credit: Father and son from Shutterstock.

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A Tale of Two Bubbles: Why Cryptocurrency Isn’t the Next Dot-Com

ReadWriteStart

Most governments don’t quite understand what’s going on, much less how to deal with it. Recent fluctuations in the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were the direct result of new regulations announced by the South Korean government , and other regulatory agencies across the world are guaranteed to make similar moves.

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Bitcoin: Resilience in Crisis

thebarefootvc

Those in countries that have previously experienced massive inflation (Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Argentina) or capital controls (China, India) have long seen relative value in an asset that is independent of government financial manipulation. For example, crude oil prices are down nearly 19% since 2015.

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What living in different countries has taught me about life (and work)

Austin Startup

After some reflection, I came to the realization that 2015 and 2016 marked the first time in my life that I did not travel outside of the United States. Lately, I’ve been feeling uneasy. A sense of staleness. I have promised myself that will never happen again.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Hemafuse

Austin Startup

Prior to Sisu, Yarina founded a medical device non-profit working with rural mobile clinics in India. We moved our company from Michigan to Baltimore in 2015, and it was a great decision for us. Governments are also investing heavily in health care to combat chronic and critical illnesses.” and Indian companies.

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2021 was a record breaking year for Israeli startups. What now?

VC Cafe

Israeli tech investments 2015-2021 (source: IVC ). The only countries that saw higher growth in tech investments were Germany (170%) and India (164%). India: $42 billion ??U.K.: The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. US: $330 billion ??China: