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500 Global spreads its wings across the Caucasus and Eastern Europe, via Tbilisi

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The latter has made investements such in Greece (Plum), Latvia (Printify), and Bulgaria (Cloudpipes). Pedro Santos Vieira Luckily, this is no ‘left field’ move for Vieira, who is no stranger to the region, having served as a mentor previously for 500 Global in that part of the world. And one of one of them was Georgia.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

million registered freelancers who have worked 35 million hours in total, as well as 900,000 clients who have posted 1.5 While smaller clients are usually looking to hire one or two freelancers, some of enterprise ones work on a really big scale. This jump has contributed to 60 percent of the hour works dedicated to non-technical work.

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Financial comparison “super app” Jeff raises $1.5M seed extension

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Part of the funding will be used to increase Jeff’s team from about 15 people now to more than 40 employees for its offices in Latvia and Southeast Asia. What we were surprised about is that in Europe, for instance, TikTok would never work for financial services, but in Vietnam we saw that it is a pretty amazing channel,” said Niparts.

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Visual workspace Whimsical closes first funding as it enters next phase of growth

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The company was founded by Kaspars Dancis in 2017 when he saw that the tools most people use for work — the documents, spreadsheets and slide decks — were not conducive to the way people were working, for example, increasingly remote. More companies should shift to a work-from-home model.

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With over 1.3 million users, Nigerian-based fintech FairMoney wants to replicate growth in India

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billion underbanked people globally , the majority of which are from emerging markets. And with over 100 staff spread across Nigeria, France, and Latvia, the company hopes to build an engineering and marketing team in India. The company is working towards getting a microfinance bank license to operate as the former in Nigeria.

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How To Survive And Then Reset To Ultimately Thrive

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The book brings together more than 15 years of Homkes working directly with high-growth companies of all sizes and across a wide variety of industries. Homkes’ book is a timely, comprehensive, and essential read for business leaders looking to take the next step toward ensuring high growth for their companies.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

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Yaccarino will be leaving her role as chairman of Global Advertising & Partnerships at NBCU. X opens up its ad revenue sharing program globally The company announced its “Ads Revenue Sharing” program is now available for eligible creators globally. X also changed its App Store tagline from “Let’s talk.”

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