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Chile, Entrepreneurs, Endeavor, and Global Lessons

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And by doing so, you build a vertically integrated marketplace with a much deeper value stack. The small domestic market in Estonia and the fragmented nature of the market in Europe changed from a disadvantage to an advantage for launching Skype. The same holds true for payments.

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500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup: More international and more sh*t founders say

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Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. LaunchGram: aggregate news service about products and launches coming soon in verticals such as movies, electronics, video games, and cars.

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