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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

The colleges that tend to have work placement initiatives prepare students better for hands-on work, but are “less reputable” than the research-based universities. 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.

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The June cS Awards and May cS Award Winners!

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Congratulations, you’ve met our new Reputation System. In celebration of our newly-launched Reputation System, June’s cS Award will go to the three Creatives on the site who have the greatest improvement in their Reputation Scores! You may have even noticed the little number that’s appeared by your name.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

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He talks about the power of Graham’s reputation, and describes that time as “a moment” – one of those opportunities that come out of nowhere and you just have to take. Latin America. Middle East. Y Combinator’s first batch: where are they now? 5th August 2012 by Christopher Jackson. From small seeds grow mighty oaks.