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in Budapest, Hungary.) Lots of venture capitalists claim to add value to the companies in which they invest. But how do they do it? And does it really produce better returns for their investors? My coauthors and I just published in the Journal of Private Equity the first-ever research study on best practices of venture capitalists in creating portfolio company value through operational support, exploring exactly these questions. We published a piece in TechCrunch summarizing our findings. MORE
Tweet I received an email recently from one my newsletter subscribers named Zsolt , who is from Hungary. He had a really great question regarding what business models still work online. Specifically he was referring to the more social web 2.0 MORE
and later… Szaky grew up in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the fall of communism and has been intrigued by entrepreneurship ever since he arrived in North America. There are many student entrepreneurs — Gates, Zuckerberg, Dell — that the masses know about. MORE
Completely amazed by the indoor family amusement concepts like Dave & Busters and Chuck E Cheese, Akos decided that he wanted to establish a similar family entertainment concept in his homeland of Hungary. During my high school years, I spent an academic year in Burbank, CA as a foreign exchange student from Hungary. The family who I lived with, once took me to Chuck E Cheese’s outlet, where I decided, that I want to do a business like this back in Hungary. MORE
having grown up in Hungary I came to the States over 12 years ago. Having seen the success of escape rooms spread through Hungary and greater Eastern Europe I had a feeling they would catch on here in the States at some point. Each business has a story. MORE
AJL supply these yeasts to breweries in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, France, Spain, Brazil, Chile, USA, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Korea, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Greece, Belgium, Holland, Vi etnam, Germany and many other countries. MORE
During this period of time I found ways to get my firm to staff me in Italy, France, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and the UK. A couple of years ago I read the popular book, “The Four Hour Workweek &# by Tim Ferriss. MORE
He’s a citizen of the world who currently splits his time between Hungary, Serbia, and the US. Though it’s sometimes difficult to physically catch up with PR guru Drew Gerber, CEO of Wasabi Publicity, Inc. , he’s always available virtually. MORE
People that make me so happy when I see them around the world, like Marco when I visit Germany or Zoli when I'm in Hungary. An off-topic post this week, to celebrate this incredible outpost you've helped create on the web, Occam's Razor. MORE
NESsT was co-founded by an American and a Chilean in 1997 and is currently a registered charity in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Hungary, Peru, Romania, the U.K. There is a rich social enterprise culture present in the United Kingdom. MORE
The Rubik’s Cube is a run-away success straight from the unlikely homeland of Communist Hungary. When planning your next product, the less you leave to chance, the better. MORE
and Laslo Szerb of Hungary’s University of Pécs. In the past 5 years while working on my PhD part-time at GMU, I have been fortunate to work with some incredible professors from various fields — economics, sociology, political science, history, and higher education. Two of them, Richard Florida and Zoltan Acs , have made incredible contributions in the fields of economic development, entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, and technology policy. MORE
I had read somewhere that Apple’s cash pile was equivalent to Hungary’s GDP so I tweeted out the suggestion that perhaps an activist shareholder should push an acquisition of Hungary rather than thinking small (e.g. Maybe Hungary is starting to look more plausible… MORE
This is just a story, not advice, but maybe there’s something relevant. At year’s end I’ll be trading away my location independence for something better. It’s been a fun stretch. MORE
One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3. They represent more than 10,000 people total. If you're not attending the conference in person, consider meeting up with one of these groups to watch. MORE
Skype is probably the most famous of them, but there are a lot of other examples including Game Insights, Kaspersky and Parallels in Russia, LogMeIn and Prezi in Hungary and Avast and AVG in the Czech Republic. MORE
Third Place: Turtle Games (Hungary). They came, they saw, and they – well, some of them, at least – conquered. MORE
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, April 17, 2010 Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Hear the CEO of KISSmetrics give a sneak preview of what hell be presenting at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23 (were less than a week away!): MORE
Hungary Related Topics Agile VC
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
I had read somewhere that Apple’s cash pile was equivalent to Hungary’s GDP so I tweeted out the suggestion that perhaps an activist shareholder should push an acquisition of Hungary rather than thinking small (e.g. Maybe Hungary is starting to look more plausible…
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak
JULY 17, 2013
Tweet I received an email recently from one my newsletter subscribers named Zsolt , who is from Hungary. He had a really great question regarding what business models still work online. Specifically he was referring to the more social web 2.0
Hearpreneur
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Completely amazed by the indoor family amusement concepts like Dave & Busters and Chuck E Cheese, Akos decided that he wanted to establish a similar family entertainment concept in his homeland of Hungary. During my high school years, I spent an academic year in Burbank, CA as a foreign exchange student from Hungary. The family who I lived with, once took me to Chuck E Cheese’s outlet, where I decided, that I want to do a business like this back in Hungary.
Mike Michalowicz
NOVEMBER 29, 2013
He’s a citizen of the world who currently splits his time between Hungary, Serbia, and the US. Though it’s sometimes difficult to physically catch up with PR guru Drew Gerber, CEO of Wasabi Publicity, Inc. , he’s always available virtually.
YoungUpstarts
JULY 10, 2012
Third Place: Turtle Games (Hungary). They came, they saw, and they – well, some of them, at least – conquered.
Startup Lessons Learned
DECEMBER 1, 2012
One of the most important things we do with The Lean Startup Conference is make a livestream of the plenary talks available for free to groups around the world, supporting entrepreneurship communities everywhere. The number of hosts has grown annually, and this year, we have 200+ groups joining us on Monday, December 3. They represent more than 10,000 people total. If you're not attending the conference in person, consider meeting up with one of these groups to watch.
Hearpreneur
JULY 10, 2017
having grown up in Hungary I came to the States over 12 years ago. Having seen the success of escape rooms spread through Hungary and greater Eastern Europe I had a feeling they would catch on here in the States at some point. Each business has a story.
Campus Entrepreneurship
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
and later… Szaky grew up in Budapest, Hungary, prior to the fall of communism and has been intrigued by entrepreneurship ever since he arrived in North America. There are many student entrepreneurs — Gates, Zuckerberg, Dell — that the masses know about.
David Teten
APRIL 8, 2013
in Budapest, Hungary.) Lots of venture capitalists claim to add value to the companies in which they invest. But how do they do it? And does it really produce better returns for their investors? My coauthors and I just published in the Journal of Private Equity the first-ever research study on best practices of venture capitalists in creating portfolio company value through operational support, exploring exactly these questions. We published a piece in TechCrunch summarizing our findings.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 24, 2012
Skype is probably the most famous of them, but there are a lot of other examples including Game Insights, Kaspersky and Parallels in Russia, LogMeIn and Prezi in Hungary and Avast and AVG in the Czech Republic.
Startup Lessons Learned
APRIL 17, 2010
Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, April 17, 2010 Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Hear the CEO of KISSmetrics give a sneak preview of what hell be presenting at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23 (were less than a week away!):
crowdSPRING Blog
MARCH 22, 2018
The Rubik’s Cube is a run-away success straight from the unlikely homeland of Communist Hungary. When planning your next product, the less you leave to chance, the better.
Both Sides of the Table
JANUARY 10, 2010
During this period of time I found ways to get my firm to staff me in Italy, France, Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and the UK. A couple of years ago I read the popular book, “The Four Hour Workweek &# by Tim Ferriss.
Campus Entrepreneurship
SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
and Laslo Szerb of Hungary’s University of Pécs. In the past 5 years while working on my PhD part-time at GMU, I have been fortunate to work with some incredible professors from various fields — economics, sociology, political science, history, and higher education. Two of them, Richard Florida and Zoltan Acs , have made incredible contributions in the fields of economic development, entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, and technology policy.
The Startup Toolkit
DECEMBER 18, 2014
This is just a story, not advice, but maybe there’s something relevant. At year’s end I’ll be trading away my location independence for something better. It’s been a fun stretch.
crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 17, 2010
AJL supply these yeasts to breweries in the UK, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, France, Spain, Brazil, Chile, USA, Canada, Australia, the Philippines, Korea, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Greece, Belgium, Holland, Vi etnam, Germany and many other countries.
Occam's Razor
MAY 31, 2016
People that make me so happy when I see them around the world, like Marco when I visit Germany or Zoli when I'm in Hungary. An off-topic post this week, to celebrate this incredible outpost you've helped create on the web, Occam's Razor.
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