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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Many international entrepreneurs are looking at what is working in the USA and cloning them in various countries, our venue partner in Rio De Janeiro, Peixe Urbano (which means “Urban Fish” in Portuguese) is based upon the Groupon model. Many startups are Silicon Valley clones. Startups are up to Silicon Valley standards.

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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. ISRAELI START-UP WAZE DRAWS INVESTMENT FROM CHINESE BILLIONAIRE. ISRAEL’S BIRD-FUNDED GOUT TREATMENT GETS FDA APPROVAL.

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. They didn't have experience buying bulk from the government things like masks or ventilators." Had we been able to apply this strategy simultaneously nationwide, the U.S.