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Accel 2021 Euroscape: On the path to global dominance?

Cracking the Code

Back in 2016, Europe and Israel had only four public companies worth less than $9B combined and local cloud companies had raised just $900M throughout 2015. The $900M of SaaS VC funding in 2015 now represents less than Europe's largest financing round, with Celonis raising $1B in June this year. of market capitalization.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 7 – Space

Steve Blank

led liberal international order and replace it with its own neo-totalitarian model where China emerges as the dominant regional and global power. Cold War in Space: Top Secret Reconnaissance Satellites Revealed ” National Museum of the United States Air Force, June 02, 2015. China’s goal is to challenge and overturn the U.S.-led

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Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

A new study considers whether it is better to “go global” from day one, or to grow locally first. Auckland-based startup Niesh, which has developed a student discount platform, is on a rapid growth trajectory and has had to decide if it should grow locally, or prioritise opportunities overseas.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. Global interest in Canadian tech jobs has increased by 58%. Global interest in Canadian tech jobs has increased by 58%.

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Technology, Innovation, and Great Power Competition – Class 3

Steve Blank

Weiss, “ New Tools, Old Tricks: Emerging Technologies and Russia’s Global Tool Kit ” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 2021. Stephen Blank & Edward Levitzky, “ Geostrategic Aims of the Russian Arms Trade in East Asia and the Middle East ” Defence Studies , 2015. For a complete understanding of Russian foreign policy.,

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Top 10 Emerging Marketplaces for Chemical Industry in 2022

ReadWriteStart

Almost Half of Chemical Companies Fear Losing Markets Due to Not Meeting Customers’ Needs.” — Accenture’s Global Buyer Study. Also, people in the chemical sector use several digital products and services developed during the past ten years. Image Credit: Customer Centricity; Provided by the Author; Thank you! eCommerce platforms.

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What’s FinTech, And What Does It Mean For Your Business?

YoungUpstarts

in investments in 2015, $15.2B FinTech had started to grow popular soon after global financial crisis happened, fueled by public’s distrust of banks and incumbent legacy firms, and then exploded in 2015. Others narrow down its meaning to just startups that aim to disrupt incumbent financial systems. The industry reached $15.5B

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