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Some encouraging data on migration

The Equity Kicker

Spain and Greece, by contrast, have seen increases in emigration. Most migrants are in search of better economic opportunity. Hence they head for countries that are doing well. That’s why migration has been rising in the UK recently whilst on average worldwide it has been falling. These tides will turn of their own accord.

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Ellison Eyewear the Multi-Billion $ Sunglass Industry

Hearpreneur

Ellison Eyewear offers designer quality sunglasses made in Greece using Italian components. Aristotle Loumis was born in Greece and grew up in Chicago, one of 8 children raised by a single parent. Aristotle still splits time between, Greece, Iowa, and Chicago, and refers to himself as “Greek born, city raised, and corn fed.”

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Can Ireland Offer Startups Something Silicon Valley Can’t?

ReadWriteStart

Startup Ireland does not take a seat on the board but does take 10% equity. Russia, Belarus, England, Greece and South Africa. Those that are accepted must arrange private-sector funding in an amount equal to the Startup Ireland funding. That’s more than top U.S. But we think we have extra things to offer.”.

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Guest Post Techcrunch: My thoughts on Next10

Babbling VC

Am I delusional to think that we’re not going to feel the effects of Greece in Europe or any of the other macroeconomic problems? Money is available for start-ups in Europe and in my opinion, the consolidation of venture capital and the private equity scene is past the worst. Yet, let’s see the positive side of things.

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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

This was reported as being untrue by British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) about a year ago. With huge unemployment rates in countries like Spain, Greece and Portugal, coupled with risk-averseness and impractical education this leads to a circle of hopelessness.

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

Both Sides of the Table

I show charts on housing, structural unemployment, home equity re-financings that we spent meaning less spending power post crash, new housing sales, debt-to-income ratios, public-sector job problems that will cause crises in cities and states across the US. And the equity in their house isn’t rising. Expect it to spread.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

Girls in Tech London picked the top women in 19 countries – the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Greece and Israel – on the basis of their leadership and excellence in innovation and technology.

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