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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

My co founder Jonathan Hill realised how important good food was due to his father passing away from eating poorly. I co-founded reel paper, which produces bamboo toilet tissue emphasizing environmental and social responsibility. The 5 years that I spent working in the US were majorly governed by 2 things: Work and Cooking.

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Accel 2020 Euroscape: "Decacorn Unleashed"? - Apply Now!

Cracking the Code

- This article was co-authored with my colleagues Varun Purandare and Candice du Fretay and published initially on Tech.eu. Last year, we predicted it would take three years for Europe to mark its first Decacorn. With this milestone, Europe has clearly established itself as a key center for software innovation in the world.

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

Office of Assistance to Europe, Central Asia, & the Americas. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Teams that just two or three weeks ago seemed to be foundering pulled off some amazing comebacks.

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

Office of Assistance to Europe, Central Asia, & the Americas. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Teams that just two or three weeks ago seemed to be foundering pulled off some amazing comebacks.

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Entrepreneurship Week and Europe’s Best Startups 2010

VC Cafe

In the UK, the theme this year is Make a Job, Don’t take a Job and the events enjoy heavy government support. Research conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK team in a survey of over 1,000 entrepreneurs shows the following key findings: SUPPORT - 77% want the government to play a key role in supporting entrepreneurs.

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Entrepreneurship Week and Europe’s Best Startups 2010

VC Cafe

In the UK, the theme this year is Make a Job, Don’t take a Job and the events enjoy heavy government support. Research conducted by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK team in a survey of over 1,000 entrepreneurs shows the following key findings: SUPPORT - 77% want the government to play a key role in supporting entrepreneurs.

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Soundbites from the Future – 2013

Start Up Blog

The Co-Commerce Revolution – Well it isn’t really a revolution, more of a devolution. The co-commerce era is here and defined by the 3 C’s – Collaboration, Conversations and Creativity. Web access is seen by the government as an ‘economic development investment’, not a political football.

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