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The Truth About the Scooter Economy?—?An Insider’s Perspective

Both Sides of the Table

Act II was “revenge of the luddites” in which some local governments banned them and some annoyed citizens stole them or broke them. They are no longer remarkable in Santa Monica or Venice or in many cities in America, Europe or South America. They’re acceptable. Year two in the life is electric scooters is just that?—?invisble.

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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. The country is dead serious in all levels of government and universities about making this happen. Instead it felt like the government – through CORFO - was doing most of the risk capital investing. This isn’t some small-time effort.

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How technology can disrupt a Government.

Start Up Blog

Any government is only all powerful as long as the system it operates under is stable, and the people allow it to continue to control its market. A Government is just like a business in many ways. While the government is a monopoly in most of its realms, what if technology could assist us to ‘go around it’?

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Invest in Israel Newsletter March 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The 2-year model, which was also backed by the Bank of Israel, will allow the government to present a long term plan and maintain market stability. The ministers also unanimously approved Steinitz’s proposal to implement a calculation system that would increase the government’s annual expense rate from 1.7%

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International Tourism Grew 4% In 2012: UNWTO

YoungUpstarts

Yet international tourism managed to stay on course,” asserts UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai. ” “Tourism is thus one of the pillars that should be supported by governments around the world as part of the solution to stimulating economic growth,” he adds.

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Globalisation vs Nationalism – COVID-19 series

Start Up Blog

However, we can expect to see government interventions to secure supply chains and manufacturing returning to high-cost labour markets, facilitated by automation and increasingly protectionist policies. Even tomatoes weren’t used in Italian food during the Roman Empire – they arrived much later from South America!

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

online.wsj.com

Management. How well a failed entrepreneur has managed his company, and how well he worked with his previous investors, makes a difference in his ability to persuade U.S. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Mexico/Central America. South America.