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Female Founder Interview – Claudia Freed, CEO of Non-Profit EALgreen

The Startup Magazine

In 2021, EAL helped corporate partners keep 5,056 mt of products out of landfills. During the pandemic and beyond, we have seen carriers face significant driver shortages that affect our ability to have only one or two preferred partners to bring donations into our fulfillment centers.

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 17 – Organizational Design – Safi Bahcall

Steve Blank

They keep the role neutral, like Switzerland, neither on the research side, nor on the operation side, but in between, like a mediator needs to be. Partner nations could see their own militaries and homelands subjected to the same threats and challenges that the United States would face. allies in the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere.

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Why English Isn't Enough

Babbling VC

Be it within the company or external with customers or partners, English may work. My experience with over 20 years in Germany now is that no matter how well someone speaks English, when it comes to the hard things, they prefer German when in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. Mr. Vukajlovic has two kids and lives with his family in Zurich, Switzerland. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998.

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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. I run the recruiting process for my VC firm, GRP Partners. He wanted to raise angel money.

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Why English Isn't Enough

Babbling VC

Be it within the company or external with customers or partners, English may work. My experience with over 20 years in Germany now is that no matter how well someone speaks English, when it comes to the hard things, they prefer German when in the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) region.

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DEMO Report: Startup Creativity Through Variety

ReadWriteStart

Another cloud service panelists found impressive was Switzerland-based Koemei , which transcribes online video and audio. It's one of those businesses where there could be a very good premium model," Ping Li, partner at Accel Partners , offered hopefully. I was blown away by that one.".