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Founder Institute doubles down on Europe, now runs 10 startup accelerator programs continent-wide

The Next Web

The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). In addition, the Founder Institute is also testing new programs in Barcelona, Lisbon, London, Zurich, and Warsaw, and will be hosting several free events across Europe this autumn.

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5 New Year’s Rituals for Nonprofit Professionals to Build Personal Resilience

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

1) Review the Year: I use tool called the “ Year Compass, a free downloadable booklet that provides a set of structured reflection questions that help you look back and ahead. I made it to the 1000K level for United, in part, due to too many International trips, including trips to London and Croatia. Here they are: Rituals.

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YC grad Wasp land $1.5M seed to help developers build web apps faster

TechCrunch

Wasp CEO Matija Sosic said that he started the company in Croatia in 2019 with his twin brother Martin because they wanted to make it easier for developers to stitch together a group of services into a full stack web application.

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Minka raises $24M from Tiger, Kaszek to help move money more quickly across LatAm

TechCrunch

I realized I could send a photo of my daughter to her grandparents in Croatia for free, and using only a phone number,” he told TechCrunch. Minka has about 30 employees, with its product and tech team located in Croatia and support and sales staff in Colombia. Payments infrastructure as a service is unusual for LatAm.

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500 Startups unveils its Fall 2012 accelerator lineup: More international and more sh*t founders say

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Startups in this class come from far and away, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Croatia, Denmark, India, Japan, Italy, Latvia & Estonia, Spain, and Taiwan. Cubie: a free messenger for creative users to chat and draw. accelerator and brought on two venture partners to help oversee its India investments.

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iCommons: Artist Residency - Exploring Open Content

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The residency will take place during the Icommons Summit 2007 in Croatia. Icommons is an organisation with a broad vision to develop a united global commons front by collaborating with open education, access to knowledge, free software, open access publishing and free culture communities around the world.

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Our 7 favorite startups from the Wayra London 2013 demo day

The Next Web

Monetization of the platform is achieved in three ways: ad-funded access for free users, a premium subscription and in-app purchases. Launching first in the UK, Bulgaria, Germany and Croatia, iHelp is currently looking for £500,000 to expand its network and build into new markets. It also has a map of known defibrillator locations.

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