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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

The FUND Conference brings together over 100 startups to present their early-stage products and pitches in front of hundreds of investors and industry leaders. Describe the Balodana product/service in 10 words or less. Balodana was the top vote getter! Here is their story….

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How to find the right cofounder

NZ Entrepreneur

I thought I could do everything myself and outsourced the development to a company in Romania through a freelancing website – big mistake! Building an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) is relatively cheap. Using a freelancer for this is fine, but if you let them build your final product, you’ll regret it.

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

During the test period, the candidates work out of the coworking offices of Transformify ‘s partners. All data privacy, time management, productivity and project management requirements of the clients are discussed, and custom solutions are provided on an individual basis. ‘’Test-and-Hire’’ Solution.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. Unlike political regimes, technological rulers are comprised of products rather than people. Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic.

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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. So Mark, I want to build a great product. Ridesharing.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. Unlike political regimes, technological rulers are comprised of products rather than people. Technological revolutions follow a similar psychological dynamic.

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How to get beta signups for your startup in 9 steps

thenextweb.com

Most of Google’s products are launched in beta in small, often buggy patches. They even use their own product as a launch page, because they’re still in private beta! Growing in iterations will help you scale your product and keeps exclusivity going while you build your service. Social Media. Latin America. Middle East.