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Out of the Crisis #6, helpwithcovid.com

Startup Lessons Learned

Out of the Crisis #6 is my conversation with someone who not only saw that deficit but did something about it--literally almost overnight. You can listen to our conversation on Apple podcasts , Google podcasts , or wherever you like to download. A complete transcript of my conversation with Radu is also below. How did it happen?

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. million jobs.

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Startup Lessons Learned

One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. Past livestream attendees have reported great conversations and networking. They represent more than 10,000 people total.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. How should we as entrepreneurs and as a community be acting? [00:52:12]

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12 Questions: Meet Clara Garnier (México)

crowdSPRING Blog

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. 12 Questions: Meet Dana (Romania).

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

The site is now the world’s largest live-streaming community, with a reported number of over 40 million registered users, and is still ran by original co-founder Shear. Follow conversation. 10 of the Most Disturbing Communities on the Web. Latin America. Middle East. Y Combinator’s first batch: where are they now?