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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. It was surprising many startups are aiming for a global, not local market. The internet has no barriers when it comes to reaching an international user base and these startups are capitalizing on being able to have a global reach. Governments supportive of technology.

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An Entrepreneur – Not Just a Man (and Woman) with a Plan

Growthink Blog

Take Peru, where over the past 25 years more than 1.5 In some ways, those that do so in the contexts of bigger business, philanthropy, and government are even more impressive than our obvious entrepreneurs. Global Entrepreneurs. Thank heavens for all of them - according to a famous M.I.T And I say more power to them.

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Who Is and Who ISN’T an Entrepreneur

Growthink Blog

Marco talked about the experience of Peru, a country where over 1.5 The "Non-Obvious" Entrepreneurs In some ways, those that demonstrate entrepreneurial leadership in the contexts of bigger business, philanthropy, and government are even more impressive than our obvious entrepreneurs. Global Entrepreneurs.

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Amazon Redshift Too Slow or Crashing? BlazingDB Performs

Austin Startup

The founders are committed to the global distributed computing community and engage fully by offering and sustaining a free community versio n for life. Some of the largest global financial institutions are evaluating BlazingDB given that current market offerings simply cannot address the demands of large scale database processing.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ISRAEL CORP UNIT TO BUILD $680 MLN PERU POWER STATION. Israel Corporation unit Cerro del Aguila SA has agreed to build a 510-megawatt hydroelectric power station in Peru at an investment of $680 million. Fifty of its manufacturing activities and 70% of its consolidated revenues derive from global operations.

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