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Aspen Institute Maghreb Investor Delegation, next week in NY and CA

David Teten

The group is about 22 people; managing directors, partners and COO’s of major investments firms in Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Tunisia. The technology sector is of particular interest to the delegates for several reasons: The Maghreb is being used as a near-shore IT platform for Europe, especially as Eastern Europe is expanding.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

What we’ve seen in digital…’A mashup co-creation, mass customised society’… we will inevitably see in retail…. So the alternative of a global currency will emerge. These founders are imbuing their new businesses with the values of our time. They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., And companies that didnt survive might have closed their doors for reasons other than failure, for example, getting acquired or the founders moving on to new projects.