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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

At the time we were planning a workshop for B2B tech startups from the IMEC accelerator (Ghent, Belgium) and had a chance to interview many of the companies that had signed up. And while this was a good start, a significant position of these companies were early-stage startups.

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A Beer Drinker's View of the Venture Industry

Genuine VC

A Red Hook IPA didn’t taste like a Sam Adams Lager or the Belgium-style ale at your local brewpub – all of which were very different than a Bud Light. The elite top-tier firms have a sustainable competitive advantage with both entrepreneurs (and LPs alike) given brand, a vast network, and self-reinforcing success.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

While some might question the sanity of an individual who decides to make Greek startups a cornerstone of a plan to spread entrepreneurship around the world, Gary Whitehill says the young, entrepreneurial tech startup economy taking hold there offers lessons for startups everywhere. he says, when it comes to supporting startups.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

While some might question the sanity of an individual who decides to make Greek startups a cornerstone of a plan to spread entrepreneurship around the world, Gary Whitehill says the young, entrepreneurial tech startup economy taking hold there offers lessons for startups everywhere. he says, when it comes to supporting startups.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

Now I knew that it began in the early days of World War II as a crash program to reduce the losses of bombers to the German air defense network. Finally, I had an answer to the question I had asked 35 years earlier when I was in Thailand: “How did electronic warfare get started?&# Electronic warfare and signals intelligence in the U.S.

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Small Business Spotlight of the Week: Alfred Jorgensen Laboratory

crowdSPRING Blog

AJL supply these yeasts to breweries in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, France, Spain, Brazil, Chile, USA, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Korea, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Greece, Belgium, Holland, Vi etnam, Germany and many other countries.

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The importance of confidence and the four keys to getting it

Jeff Hilimire

Confidence can make the difference between a startup getting off the ground, getting that big promotion, or even meeting someone at a party. It doesn’t go well when he’s leading Easy Company into their assault on Foy, Belgium. Anxious about a networking event coming up? He lost his confidence. Norman Dike.

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