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500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup: More international and more sh*t founders say

The Next Web

Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Club W: service that provides curated, personalized wine subscription. Hunie: community for designers to help them get feedback from their peers.

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How can startups engage with Google?

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Marketing partnerships – Google curates agencies or companies who pass exams to become certified partners or resellers of Google marketing products. Google Campus – Google launched a number of Campuses, physical hubs for startups, offering a combination of workspace, community, startup support programs and events.

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Blood, sweat, and tears: How we got from 0 to 500K downloads on a budget

The Next Web

Launch into an existing community, or piggyback one. We chose to integrate our product closely with Pinterest, which was the talk of the town in the summer of 2012, and allow our users to do more with their carefully curated photos. Brazil, with a population of 200M and Mexico with 120M are now in our top 5 download countries.

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