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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. If you’re recruiting out of Hungary, the signals you’d typically rely on to help you identify strong candidates probably don’t exist. Real estate costs in tech hubs have skyrocketed.

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What Can You Learn from the 4-Hour Workweek?

Both Sides of the Table

You’re on the DS (deferred startup) plan. 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. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice startup technology vc. I worked for a large multinational for nearly a decade.

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

crowdSPRING Blog

The iPhone integrated phone, camera, music player and internet access all into one device – and it did it well. The Rubik’s Cube is a run-away success straight from the unlikely homeland of Communist Hungary. But, the touchscreen wasn’t the iPhone’s only major innovation. Rubik’s Cube (1980).

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Remote Work in the Time of COVID-19

ReadWriteStart

The fact that the Internet and remote work apps are finally fast and robust enough that near-seamless remote collaboration is possible. The internet itself, and most particularly last-mile connectivity, would not have supported the sudden global shift. Many people are more productive working from home.

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

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!): Conference updates continue to pour in: Want to see more preview videos?

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Two years of remote working – hiring, scaling, culture, and the lifestyle trade-off

The Startup Toolkit

For example, we’ve set up our comms so we can be away from internet for a week or more without negative effects. There’s a strong startup scene in mostly every major city in Europe, so you can stay in the community even if you’re in Malmo or Reykjavik or Tallinn or Sofia or Budapest or wherever. Then why give it up?

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