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The Screwy Logic of Crowdfunding and Venture Fund Regulation

This is going to be BIG.

Until you realize that vetting and helping companies is actually really hard--or did you not notice all the news that venture capital as an asset class doesn't beat the market. If venture funds could be supported by the local communities they invest in, you'd create a fantastic dynamic. scratches bald head]. I certainly would!

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13 Sites You Love Built With Ruby On Rails

YoungUpstarts

Probably, the best-known photography community ever. Latvia-based, this service has all chances to overcome Formspring’s popularity. This is a social network for asking and answering sent question – both from anonymous and identified users. Your best helper is CouchSurfing – a social networking and hospitality exchange website.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

So really it is not just the English-speaking, but since you're talking about addressable market, I had a thought about it. And really the addressable market is not just the people, English-speaking, connected to internet, but rather I would say whoever is willing to spend half an hour reading an article about the coronavirus.