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Voice AI startup ElevenLabs gets unicorn status after landing $80m

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Mati Staniszewski, CEO and co-founder of ElevenLabs, commented that their goal remains the same, “to transform how we interact with content by breaking down language and communication barriers.” According to TechCrunch , the pair were inspired by the mediocre dubbing of American movies they watched growing up in Poland.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: From Poland to Argentina

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During this week's roundtable, once again, we had an international group of entrepreneurs presenting from Buenos Aires, Argentina; Warsaw, Poland; Geneva, Switzerland; Sherbrooke, Canada; Oakland, California; and Austin, Texas. Next, Ashwin Bhambri from Warsaw, Poland, pitched Resmesh , a concept that aims to create 'profiles' for people.

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How a community is born: The rise of Polish startups

The Next Web

Borys Musielak is the founder and CEO of Filmaster. Traditionally, Web companies in Poland were focused on the local market of 40 million people, which seemed big enough to scale their business. Traditionally, Web companies in Poland were focused on the local market of 40 million people, which seemed big enough to scale their business.

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How to become a confident public speaker

The Next Web

Matthew Capala is the author of “Away with the Average,” an NYU Professor, and Founder of SearchDecoder.com. I lived in Poland until the age of 23. This post originally appeared on Matthew’s Medium blog.

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SXSW Startups: Sceenic Connects Viewers

Austin Startup

Then, when I was running MTV in Latin America but my parents were in London, it was the Volleyball World Championship Final, Poland vs Brazil. Our third co-founder, Aron Yechezkel, joined us at the end of 2015 and we have been working together since then, and now as Sceenic. How long has the Sceenic team been together?

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Six Words Of Advice From Our Small Biz Community

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Each week, we ask small business founders and owners to distill their advice to new entrepreneurs into six words, as part of our Small Business Spotlight series. Founder, Allen Burt, of EpicThrills. Founder, Jamie Beckland, of BookTurtle. Co-founder, Scott Mercer, of Volta Industries. Co-founder, Jon Poland, of Crowdegy.

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The Next Web introduces 12 local Startup Awards to celebrate entrepreneurship across Europe

The Next Web

Startup founders and investors across the world love The Next Web, and we love them right back. Says Patrick de Laive, co-founder of The Next Web: “Europe needs real entrepreneurs to put itself back on the map again. Vigour and drive, the willingness to transform and develop are what’s required.

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