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Should Apple Buy Hungary?

Agile VC

I had read somewhere that Apple’s cash pile was equivalent to Hungary’s GDP so I tweeted out the suggestion that perhaps an activist shareholder should push an acquisition of Hungary rather than thinking small (e.g. For some reason the notion of Apple hiking the taxes of Hungary to fund a dividend recap just amuses me….

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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

ReadWriteStart

Real estate costs in tech hubs have skyrocketed. Huge leaps in technology have made seamless communication with remote teams efficient and cost-effective. Global internet bandwidth has exponentially increased while costs have become radically lower. In terms of technical expertise.

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CEO Behind Multi-Million Dollar Escape Room Business

Hearpreneur

Completely amazed by the indoor family amusement concepts like Dave & Busters and Chuck E Cheese, Akos decided that he wanted to establish a similar family entertainment concept in his homeland of Hungary. During my high school years, I spent an academic year in Burbank, CA as a foreign exchange student from Hungary.

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Remote Work in the Time of COVID-19

ReadWriteStart

Cost savings companies experience when they eliminate expensive office rents and the payroll costs associated with the salaries required for people to live in major metro areas. The technology is mature enough that working from home works pretty well. They may be a top-tier engineer or not.

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SXSW Startups: Tunnelware

Austin Startup

A finalist in Augmented and Virtual Reality , which will pitch at 3:30 pm Saturday, March 9, Tunnelware is a product of DigitalTwin Technology, founded in Cologne, Germany, which aims to create digital twins of civil infrastructure. but a relatively new variant of the technology looks set to make an equally significant impact.

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Eastern European Champions & the 4 V’s of Big Data

Cracking the Code

It took me some time to figure out a title and I eventually settled for “Building European Champions” as the region has proven its ability to generate very successful venture outcomes and will continue to be the birthplace of many successful technology companies. Why Eastern Europe?

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

As IT talent becomes scares in many technology hubs like London, New York, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Sydney, Berlin and many other big cities, the employers are left with no other option than looking for talent elsewhere in the world. Via Transformify Recruitment CRM, the employers can source top talent regardless of the location. .’’