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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

I’ve had similar conversations about bringing entrepreneurship to Egypt, where starting a company is considered a low-class occupation. Think about gaining access to global markets, and how to build bridges internationally. Ignore the odds; be a survivor. Stop being risk-averse; instead, embrace the risk. Remember, they can’t eat you.

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20 Best TED Talks For Students Of Social Media

YoungUpstarts

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. Ethan Zuckerman: Listening to global voices. Evan Williams on listening to Twitter users.

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Walk Like an Egyptian

Growthink Blog

And while the concept of Tunisia and Egypt being ‘Twitter” revolutions is over-stated, it is true that easy media connectivity has greatly accelerated organized action on long-held social and political discontents. We now live in a global, idea economy. It is young people with qualities like this that are changing Egypt.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

I’ve had similar conversations about bringing entrepreneurship to Egypt, where starting a company is considered a low-class occupation. Think about gaining access to global markets, and how to build bridges internationally. Ignore the odds; be a survivor. Stop being risk-averse; instead, embrace the risk. Remember, they can’t eat you.