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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. Mr. Willink would later bank roll the Louisiana Purchase - in someway a ‘super angel’ of the 18th century. We have 30 procedures to go through when starting a legal business entity – ranking us #5 globally of light bureaucracy when incorporating.

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“We are one of just 13 industrialized countries with a rising maternal mortality rate” – Christy Turlington Burns on Fighting for Healthy Mothers

Hunter Walker

How has this reality impacted the type of community building you do—does it make you more careful? CTB: I became aware of the global problem after giving birth in the US and experiencing a childbirth complication personally in 2003. Did you feel connected to Silicon Valley back then? More fearless?