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Strategy Roundtable for Entrepreneurs: Web 3.0 & Social Dancing, Romania Emerging

ReadWriteStart

Florin Cornianu from Timisoara, Romania, pitched 123ContactForm , a company that competes in the same space as YCombinator's WuFoo that exited earlier this year for a $35M price, and was acquired by SurveyMonkey. Of course, the significantly lower cost-structure in Romania helps a lot. 123ContactForm. We hope to see many more in 2012.

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6 Reasons IT Outsourcing Software Development To Eastern Europe is on the Rise in the US: Key Benefits and Trends

The Startup Magazine

Hourly development rates in countries like Poland and Romania range from $26-45, making it a financially viable option for many businesses. Countries like Ukraine, Poland, and Romania stand out due to their technical expertise and favorable cost-to-quality ratios. This offers substantial cost savings and value for money.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

The Europe goal was shaped by three random things: My father is from South America and his native language is Spanish (although his father was from Romania and escaped oppression there). I wanted to do more of the former, less of the latter.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). Eventually he got paperwork to do so, but it was ridiculously long and riddled with red tape. We then moved our CFO, David Lapter, to the US. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. More red tape.

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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Usually, these offshore suppliers are in Asia, (India, Afghanistan, Malaysia, China, Vietnam and the Philippines), Eastern Europe (Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia), or Africa (Morocco, Kenya and South Africa).

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Top Startup Winner: Balodana

The Startup Magazine

Then in 2016 I found a dressmaker in Romania who created fashion-forward designs that were made to measure, and the light bulb went off! I was struggling mightily with my retail options, which ranged from ill-fitting to frumpy. (I

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Leaders They Look Up To

Hearpreneur

I look up to young entrepreneurs and ambitious self-starters such as the Frenchman Grégoire Vigroux who has adopted Romania as his place to do business. Vigroux moved to Romania from Paris as he saw the remarkable high standard of Romanian IT engineers and the robust tech environment, Romania offers.

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