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What in the World ?!?

thebarefootvc

”, almost exactly 2 years ago to this day at Bloomberg LP’s headquarters in NYC as part of Social Media Week. If this acquisition, cited as the largest venture backed exit ever, doesn’t change that view, I’m not sure what will. I gave a talk, titled “What in the World?”,

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Defying the Odds

Austin Startup

in Austin, Texas If you look at the highlights of my story through a glossy social-media lens, it would look almost like a Hollywood fairy tale. from the University of Pennsylvania and entered the venture-capital world. How a Ukrainian girl who loved math became a V.C. I am a Ukrainian girl who came to the U.S.

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How to bootstrap a Startup with less than $10k

www.thestartup.eu

Posted by Stefano Bernardi On June - 21 - 2010 It’s a known fact that seed capital is very scarce in Italy. Tipsandtrip was born from an idea of social media consultant Juliette Bellavita and Blogo.it Developers are in Argentina, Ukraine and Russia. CEO Marco Magnocavallo. How did they do it? Total cost: $5000.