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Out of the Crisis #27: Eren Bali of Carbon Health on public health, COVID vaccinations, and working as a unified society to solve problems

Startup Lessons Learned

Eren Bali arrived in Silicon Valley from Turkey in 2010 hoping to relaunch Udemy , his online education company. Eren came to the US from Turkey to work at a Silicon Valley tech startup, which is actually where I first met him a few years ago. How did you first get into tech and come to Silicon valley?

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Balloon Wars

Steve Blank

They thought that a similar sound channel might exist in the upper atmosphere. Designed to test this theory, Project Mogul balloons carried microphones up to the sound channel to “listen” and radio transmitters to send the sound to the ground. Filed under: Secret History of Silicon Valley.

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You’ve graduated from the incubator cocoon… now what?

The Next Web

The missing link is finding the right channel and investment partner. For the entrepreneurs who are in Israel, Turkey, Europe (CEE or Western), New Zealand, Singapore, and other markets: understand your limitations. Beyond Silicon Valley investors. In Turkey alone there are 200+ Groupon-like companies.

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The Next Web introduces 12 local Startup Awards to celebrate entrepreneurship across Europe

The Next Web

We’re teaming up with local partners who know the scene well – in fact we’re still looking for great partners in Ireland, Russia and Turkey. Not all hot startups are built in Silicon Valley – we’re seeing very talented entrepreneurs with big ideas and great execution all over the world.

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