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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Hungary

The Next Web

By Gianluca Bellan and Andrea Hak Hungary is a startup hub on the rise. You’ve no doubt already heard of Prezi, the country’s first unicorn, which ended the reign of boring presentations globally by making them more engaging and interactive. The company now has over 100 million users, raised $72.8

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Remote First: Why Isn’t Every Company Boundaryless

ReadWriteStart

Global internet bandwidth has exponentially increased while costs have become radically lower. But when you’re hiring from the global talent pool, you can’t rely on those shortcuts. What are the company’s global OKRs? Real estate costs in tech hubs have skyrocketed. You also can’t rely on recruiters.

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How To Start A Medical Tourism Business

YoungUpstarts

Are you an entrepreneur who needs fresh ideas for a startup company? A recent report shows that about 100 million new businesses are launched globally every year, according to GEM Global Report. Hungary/Philippines: Advanced dentistry. You can hire a professional service to complete this task. Amount of investment.

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Crisis versus Opportunity: 6 Ways to Bootstrap a Startup in a Post-COVID-19 World While Navigating the New Normal

ReadWriteStart

Thus, let’s start this discussion by defining the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19 , so that we can look forward to finding the opportunity in the crisis. What this means is that the global economy has been paused while we wait for the virus to burn itself out. What is a startup? Ways to bootstrap a startup.

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5 Most Successful Products Ever and What Small Businesses Can Learn From Them

crowdSPRING Blog

The Rubik’s Cube is a run-away success straight from the unlikely homeland of Communist Hungary. Japan – technical juggernaut and one of the most powerful economies around the globe – chose a video game hero to represent their culture on the global stage. Mario first jumped into the global spotlight in 1985.

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Helping startups hit a home run, VC Style

David Teten

in Budapest, Hungary.) In response, Stefano Bernardi, (Customer Development at Betable and a former VC/500 Startups alum) wrote a thoughtful blog post on the future of Venture Capital. Some $246b of private equity was invested globally in 2011, vs. VC at around $20b a year.

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Remote Work in the Time of COVID-19

ReadWriteStart

The world has changed… Two months ago, if I told you that remote work would be the global norm by mid-April, you’d have thought I was hanging out with Elon Musk too much. What’s fascinating is that this global experiment in remote work has been a surprising success. Global talent like these platforms too.