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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

A quick look at the really nice sites developed in just a few months by companies like CircleUp, FundersClub, Bolstr, Seedrs, et al will show you that the base technical challenge of creating a marketplace/social network is not particularly difficult.

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Can Ireland Offer Startups Something Silicon Valley Can’t?

ReadWriteStart

In the past few years just about every country with a high-speed network and a national budget has hatched a “startup ecosystem.” Ireland Can Help With Going Global. Russia, Belarus, England, Greece and South Africa. None has succeeded. But we think we have extra things to offer.”.

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200.000.000 mobile users, for starters – Q&A with Viber CEO Talmon Marco

The Next Web

The company is based in Cyprus with development centers in Belarus, Israel and China. Viber is quite global. Obviously, we index better in some countries (and worse in others), but it’s pretty much a global phenomenon. Viber is pretty small given the scope of what we do. Maybe someday.

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