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AI Houses & Reverse Mentors

Start Up Blog

Ross helped me understand social media, blogging, and the emerging business models the internet was facilitating. The Stranger from Romania – Raul Oaida – was my co-conspirator in creating the world’s first ever drivable lego car. A tiny cohort of startup founders who shared ideas on tech before it was trendy.

Romania 62
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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

I started blogging because Brad Feld blogged. It turned into this blog. I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe.

Europe 352
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12 Questions: Meet Emanuel H?rd?u? (Transylvania, Romania)

crowdSPRING Blog

In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Emanuel lives and works in Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania), Romania. Please tell us about yourself. in my mind.

Romania 68
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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). Eventually he got paperwork to do so, but it was ridiculously long and riddled with red tape. More red tape.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step.

Romania 77
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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

The main prize of oDesk’s competition is a trip to the Silicon Valley with guided tours to the offices of major Internet companies, including Facebook, PayPal, Autodesk, and others. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. Have laptop – will freelance.

Russia 151
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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. By the way, this was still pre-Netscape, pre-Internet.

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