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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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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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The 12 Strangest Celebrity Businesses

YoungUpstarts

Shue and a partner created CafeMom, a social networking site for moms to share worries, tips, and stories. until 2007, and Manson decided to jump into the newly opened market. proof beverage, called Mansinthe, is produced in Switzerland and can be bought online by anyone wanting to experience the green fairy.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The IMD, which is a leading business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland, examines the level of developed nations’ competitiveness based on some 330 different parameters. billion in 2007 and de-listed from Nasdaq. ISRAEL TAKES EUREKA CHAIR – WORLD’S LARGEST R&D INITIATIVE. billion), or 2.5 Kamada won U.S.