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Founder Institute doubles down on Europe, now runs 10 startup accelerator programs continent-wide

The Next Web

Applications to the newly launched programs are now open, in addition to applications for long-established programs in Berlin, Paris, Belgium, and Amsterdam. Full disclosure: I’ve mentored at the Founder Institute programs in Brussels in the past and probably will do more of that in the future.).

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Make Election Day a Holiday: It’s the American Thing to Do

Reid Hoffman

percent (Belgium) to 65.97 A handful of countries, including Belgium, achieve their high turnout rates by making voting compulsory. In the same way that other major holidays have become powerful economic engines, it creates new opportunities for entrepreneurism and commerce. percent (Mexico). In the U.S.,