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The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent

ReadWriteStart

Guest author Chris Heilmann has been a professional Web developer since 1997 and has worked in various agencies and corporations on large, international products. He was a lead for distributed teams in India, Europe and the U.S., Right now I see a lot of people from Europe moving to the U.S. Outdated and Impersonal HR Practices.

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Meet our Startup Chica Committee Members

Austin Startup

Paulina Cabrera, Operation Coordinator for Solar Winds and Latinitas Volunteer Paulina Cabrera Paulina Cabrera grew up in Arlington, TX, but had the wonderful experience of living in Neiva, Colombia from 1997 to 2000. Nereyda loves to travel and has been lucky enough to live, work and study abroad in Europe and Latin America.

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[Review] Twitter Is Not A Strategy

YoungUpstarts

Enriched with examples of successful brand marketing campaigns around the world – Axe and Nike in the US, Honda in Europe, to Anta and Volkswagen in China –” Twitter is Not a Strategy ” is a delightful journey into the heart of marketing in the digital age.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

capital markets for listed equities have been in systemic decline since 1997, while every other major international equity market has been growing. Ultimately, we will face an inevitable erosion and shift of wealth– much like we are witnessing today in Europe.’” Of the 85 IPOs priced so far this year, only 28 are up.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

It was embarrassing to witness yet it was one of the least forms of gender bias I experienced in my time working in continental Europe and Asia. In 1997 I was sent to England to work on a project for the oil company Halliburton. We got to define Internet offerings for one of the largest telcos in Europe. ” Not technical.

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Don’t Take the Little Things for Granted

Both Sides of the Table

Through hard work and persistence I got transferred to Europe. In 1997/98 I spent months in Barcelona. Eventually the ocean view just became life and life was filled with work, stress, bills, cooking dinner, watching football, suffering hangovers, talking on the phone, whatever. I wish I could say otherwise.

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Paying Lip Service to Developing Entrepreneurs

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

I’ve always assumed that as the years go by, more and more Americans (and this extends to most of Europe and the free world) would take the entrepreneurial plunge. in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. That is not good.