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14 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- To take knowledge and apply it to what is coming next. Amazing chefs and experts who want to share their cultural and culinary traditions with curious people – even if they can’t hop on a flight and visit Japan this year or Italy next year.

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

The Next Web

We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. 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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Head, Heart, and Hands: 3 Essentials for Startup Success

Up and Running

First-time entrepreneurs and small business founders often feel anxious when they think about all the factors that play into getting their idea off the ground. Howard Schultz brought the espresso bar concept from Italy to the United States and grew Starbucks into a global phenomenon. It can also be helpful to find a mentor.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

During this week's roundtable we had a group of entrepreneurs from the Pune Open Coffee Club gather at the offices of Persistent Systems to participate in the roundtable together. In terms of monetization, Vin expects the ad networks to supply ads to his site by selling ads to local restaurants. That sounds great.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. There will also be a free networking reception at Campus on Monday, June 25th. Cell Buddy will be the world’s first Mobile Virtual Global Operator (MVGO). How do we do this?

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

But as we now know 33% of the world’s population is now connected to the Internet, the majority of traffic to the major Internet properties is now global and at Benedict Evans pointed out in his recent report, more than 70% of the world’s literate population will have a smartphone within 4 years. Network Up. Prices down.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

Both Sides of the Table

I thought about things I never had to as an entrepreneur: check size, ownership percentage, deal stage, portfolio construction and risk. So I encouraged entrepreneurs to think about raising their funds as quickly as they could because. I have a young entrepreneur friend who IMs me a lot. Unemployment likely to rise. What gives?

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