ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 24, 2012

In the past few years just about every country with a high-speed network and a national budget has hatched a “startup ecosystem.” From [link] to the Silicon Taiga , these programs offer entrepreneurs funding, infrastructure and support in an effort to lure a critical mass of promising young companies and spawn the next Silicon Valley.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 9, 2011

Most of the informed people I know are telling me that the sharp sell-off has more to do with European national debt (PIGS as it is called: Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain) than the current US dilemma of a S&P downgrade of the US government debt. I know that investors must also be aware of the civil unrest in the UK. My prognosis?

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The Next Web

MARCH 2, 2014

With huge unemployment rates in countries like Spain, Greece and Portugal, coupled with risk-averseness and impractical education this leads to a circle of hopelessness. Sure, you can increase your luck by growing a network of great people and constantly learning skills. It’s a reminder that not everything can be controlled.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

And the “Uber of Greece” is in Greece – not exactly the next big market. Nobody wants to talk about this because you can get into hot water – I don’t care because there are smart people in Brooklyn who don’t realize that dialect is KILLING them in Silicon Valley. Think bigger! Have a BIG, likeable personality.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2012

Whitehill “saw a real resurgence of people in Greece who realize entrepreneurship is the way out of the [economic] challenges they were having.” According to Whitehill, entrepreneurs are “viewed as outcasts in Greece.” In Greece, “Entrepreneurs don’t have a place to go - so many have left the country.”. Check the P-List.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

Network Up. The world still has economic challenges that often aren’t perceived by many of us the tech world in our little cocoons of Silicon Valley, NYC or Los Angeles. Example: More than 50% of all youth in Greece & Spain (34% in Italy) are unemployed and if you take “under-employment” it is even worse.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 6, 2012

Whitehill “saw a real resurgence of people in Greece who realize entrepreneurship is the way out of the [economic] challenges they were having.” Entrepreneurs as Outcasts According to Whitehill, entrepreneurs are “viewed as outcasts in Greece.” In Greece, “Entrepreneurs don’t have a place to go - so many have left the country.”

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