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Why would a son want a different life from his father's?

deal architect

The question jumped out at me in this article about the wide open spaces in Mongolia. It’s a question a nomadic herder asks. It may seem quaint to us these days but it is something that was accepted for generations.

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Why it is hard for VCs to say ‘no’ and why that ‘no’ could be good news for an entrepreneur

The Next Web

But if our website says that Credo invests in IT, Internet, mobile or healthcare startups predominantly in Central Europe, I just don’t feel obliged to respond to a gold mine in Mongolia or Australian TV production studio.

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[Seoul] Serviced Office Cum Business Incubator WAHA Offices Opens New Location

YoungUpstarts

“We see ourselves as partners as we aim to help firms to accelerate their growth. That’s why we want to be in key locations, including London, New York and San Francisco in the short-term.

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When I Hear “Fastest Growing” I Reach for XKCD

Diego Basch

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a pilgrimage to Mongolia, along with Vice President Joe Biden and before him George W. Wow, is Mongolia the up-and-coming economic powerhouse of the world? In other words, Mongolia plays a negligible role in the world economy. Not so fast. In other words, it’s tiny.

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Staying Cyber Aware in a Crisis: Smart Tips for Nonprofit Boards

Board Effect

In a second, similar attack, a group called Vicious Panda targeted government organizations in Mongolia that claimed to have new information about the numbers of new COVID-19 infections. When computer users clicked on the attachment and unzipped the file, it opened a trojan virus through the back door.

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Separated at Birth: Techstars and Startup Weekend

David Cohen

At these events (there about 1,000 per year from Boulder to Mongolia to Chile to New Zealand), entrepreneurs and the community gather to build startups in 54 hours. Startup Weekend is my absolute favorite global event for entrepreneurship. If you’ve never been to one, you’re really missing out.

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Richie Norton on The Power of Starting Something Stupid

Life Beyond Code

For example, a woman from Mongolia wanted to start a cashmere company and had won the competition a couple years earlier. Some said I was “stupid” or “crazy” for going after this dream to help people start businesses in developing countries, but I persisted.

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