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The open road calls. Time to embark on another international odyssey to meet entrepreneurs and founders, visit incubators and startups, and compile the final resources for our book. Our goal: to immerse ourselves in some of the world’s most dynamic…
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Entrepreneurs, startup founders, and aspiring techies from all over the world are coming in droves to SF. They all want to know the answer to this burning question: how do you get the most from a San Francisco immersion? Last…
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Growing up behind the Iron Curtain in the former Soviet Union, Karoli Hindriks learned about entrepreneurship from her resourceful parents. Each day was a “creative exercise,” trading for meat or butter just to put a meal on the table for…
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These days, it seems everyone – venture capitalists and founders alike – considers platforms the ultimate stage in tech evolution. They’re all the rage in retail, finance, travel, fitness, you name it. But what makes one platform expand, while another…
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