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[Interview] Kris Oestergaard, Co-Founder And Chief Learning And Innovation Officer At SingularityU Nordic, Copenhagen, Denmark

YoungUpstarts

This was The Singularity Is Near, by Ray Kurzweil, which describes technological development, the law of accelerating returns and how the doublings in computational power has powered digitization of our societies. I decided that I needed to know more and so attended a program at Singularity University, which Ray co-founded.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Radiobotics

Austin Startup

Stine Mølgaard Sørensen, co-founder and COO for Radiobiotics, based in Copenhagen. Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, in September 2017, Radiobotics recently received approval to sell its products across Europe. Its algorithms are easy to integrate into existing workflows and are highly scalable.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Tim Schumann, Founder & CEO, Buddy Ventures , highlights that typically less investment capital is required to get into foreign startups at the same stage of development as a comparable US startup. . Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage.

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

The Next Web

Startup founders and investors across the world love The Next Web, and we love them right back. Says Patrick de Laive, co-founder of The Next Web: “Europe needs real entrepreneurs to put itself back on the map again. Vigour and drive, the willingness to transform and develop are what’s required.

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This Weekend

Startup Lessons Learned

Product management and customer development, KISSmetrics. Co-founder, Backblaze. Founder, House of Mikko. Co-founder and CTO, Sharethrough. Co-founder and CTO, Saygent. Founder, BlueSpark. Co-founder, Polyvore. Founder, Monsoon and Badmash. Founder, Tout.

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6 Forward-thinking Businesses That Are Making the World a Better Place

Up and Running

Warby Parker’s appeal as an innovative and admirable business is two-fold: First, they provide a one-for-one product, (the model that originated with TOMs shoes ) wherein for each pair of eyeglasses sold, the company will send someone in the developing world a pair too. Novo Nordisk Headquarters in Denmark.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

These are often 100% US-based at inception, but in my experience they are more likely to both open an office abroad and to sell abroad than a company without an immigrant founder. Determined Founders. Being an international founder is a significant advantage if you’re looking to sell abroad. They burnt their ships behind them.