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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. As you may have heard, we have also partnered with the European Commission to launch a prestigious event called Europioneers to identify and award Europe’s finest technology entrepreneurs. You can find a list of locations below.

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

Up and Running

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

In this class, we partnered with sponsors in the State Department including: Office of Space and Advanced Technology. Every team spoke to close to 100 potential “beneficiaries,” partners and stakeholders including NGOs, tech company executives, supply chain managers, foreign service officers in embassies around the world, and even refugees.

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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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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

In this class, we partnered with sponsors in the State Department including: Office of Space and Advanced Technology. Every team spoke to close to 100 potential “beneficiaries,” partners and stakeholders including NGOs, tech company executives, supply chain managers, foreign service officers in embassies around the world, and even refugees.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4) I am founder on an unconventional online gallery, The Art and Craft Gallery. Ajay Prasad, the founder of GMR Web Team < [link] > #15) Take Advantage of an Opportunity. 4) Used to Reconnect. Thanks to Alexi Venneri, Digital Air Strike ! #6)

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. Determined Founders. Being an international founder is a significant advantage if you’re looking to sell abroad.