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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

As the global economic situation deteriorates amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine and soaring energy costs, many aspiring entrepreneurs might be tempted to give up and wait for better days. But don’t give up! It is true that founding a startup in times of crisis may look more challenging.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

In addition to speaking at IDCEE’13 in Kyiv, Cooper had another goal in visiting Ukraine (and Russia, a couple of days before that). The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have been sort of anchors for oDesk on the technical side,” Cooper explained.

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[Event] Ukraine, Thailand And US Take Top Spots At Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012

YoungUpstarts

Taking top spot in the Software Design category is quadSquad from Ukraine, winning US$25,000 with its set of custom-designed sensory gloves and a smartphone application called ‘Enable Talk’ that allows the deaf to communicate verbally by translating sign languages into speech. . First Place: quadSquad (Ukraine).

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25 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Entrepreneurs That Best Represents Innovation and Disruption

Hearpreneur

Since her divorce, she has given away $12+ billion to >1000 organizations focused on gender equality, racial justice, public health, Ukraine, and more. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Her giving has been unrestricted with few reporting requirements. Thanks to Loredo Rucchin, Jukebox ! Tell us in the comments below.

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What do your VCs care about and does it matter?

This is going to be BIG.

What if it turns out she feels most herself in the LGBTQ+ community? I’m supposed to participate in a tech and startup community under these conditions? Or, if it isn’t about my daughter, knowing that it’s happening to other families in my community—the founders of the companies I back? I have a daughter. Their employees?

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

BMW introduced subscription fees for their cars, creating revolutionary changes in the conservative automotive community. When Koum was young, his poor family emigrated to California from Ukraine. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. #16- Subscription service by BMW. Photo Credit: Jason Baker. 24- Jan Koum.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

I think my catalyst for taking the class was: How would some of these business ideas be useful to generate new ideas in the academic economics community? They shared their experiences of how technology has enhanced – and threatens to undermine – diplomatic work. He’s hoping to take some of the Lean methods back to his work in economics. “I