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AI Houses & Reverse Mentors

Start Up Blog

A tiny cohort of startup founders who shared ideas on tech before it was trendy. The Stranger from Romania – Raul Oaida – was my co-conspirator in creating the world’s first ever drivable lego car. Ross helped me understand social media, blogging, and the emerging business models the internet was facilitating.

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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

Then in 2016 I found a dressmaker in Romania who created fashion-forward designs that were made to measure, and the light bulb went off! Team Info: Founder: Dana Todd. Dana Todd, Balodana Founder. I was struggling mightily with my retail options, which ranged from ill-fitting to frumpy. (I Fantastic points.

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How to find the right cofounder

NZ Entrepreneur

If you are a solo founder, you may be able to do it all on your own initially but you’re making it very difficult for yourself. In my opinion, founders or early stage companies should only have a team of two or three people. In my opinion, founders or early stage companies should only have a team of two or three people.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve been meaning to write this post since September of last year when Brad Feld first wrote about the The Founders Visa Movement. TWTFelipe is the founder of TWTApps , who had developed some really cool add-on applications for Twitter to extend its functionality. university in math or science&# (Thomas Friedman).

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

This is a guest post by Christian Gheorghe, founder and CEO of Tidemark. Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. It’s a start, a work of art. People, people we are the same.

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Twitter Link Roundup #203 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Interesting perspective on lack of women founders - crowdspring.co/1dfjDxu. Transylvania, Romania) – crowdspring.co/18rf4fA. Chicago can be better than Silicon Valley (when it comes to promoting women entrepreneurs) | by Sharon Schneider - crowdspring.co/18J09d4. The Right Tool For The Job - crowdspring.co/185PVcb.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. [00:14:38] Technical founder. President is kind of a weird title.

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