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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

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Whitehill is founder of Entrepreneur Week , the Greek version of which was inspired by riots protesting the country’s austerity moves. He teamed up with a number of Greek organizations, associations and institutions, including CoLab Athens (Greece’s first co-working space), which offers workshops and accelerator programs to startups.

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Episode 5 on Sirius XM Channel 111: Pete Newell, John Kuhn, Matt Weingart, Takashi Tsutsmi and Masato Iino

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Takashi Tsutsumi and Masato Iino , founders of Learning Entrepreneur’s Lab in Japan. military can work together – for access to advanced technology and to learn how to move with agility, speed and urgency. During his military career he served in Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, the Arabian peninsula, Egypt, and the Horn of Africa.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

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Inspired by Riots Whitehill is founder of Entrepreneur Week , the Greek version of which was inspired by riots protesting the country’s austerity moves. I’ve had similar conversations about bringing entrepreneurship to Egypt, where starting a company is considered a low-class occupation. Ignore the odds; be a survivor. Proactiveness.

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20 Best TED Talks For Students Of Social Media

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And social media frequently makes news, including when it accelerated the uprising in Egypt this year. Given useful and agile tools, people can take an idea and do amazing things with it, things that its creator may not have ever imagined. Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media.