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There’s trouble in Startup Nation

TechCrunch

Anna To SVB and back The Exchange recently noted how Sweden was punching above its weight in terms of startup dollars raised per capita. But Israel is even more outstanding when it comes to tech — so much so that it earned the nickname “Startup Nation.” We talked to one of them, MDI Health CEO Avishai Ben-Tovim.

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Google workers across the globe announce international union alliance to hold Alphabet accountable

The Verge

We know that organizing for justice at a global company like Alphabet does not stop at national boundaries,” said Parul Koul, executive chair of the Alphabet Workers Union and a Google software engineer, in a statement. If they’re acting in this way nearly entirely unchecked by governments then there is no hold on what they can do.

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Greenpeace Nordic Fights to Win the World a Better Future

Saleforce Nonprofit

In 1999, the Greenpeace national offices in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway united to form one regional entity: Greenpeace Nordic. Holding governments and businesses to account means that the organisation has to remain truly financially independent and therefore Greenpeace does not accept corporate or government funding.

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France’s strategy for EU startup policies: Talent and money

TechCrunch

And the French government is taking advantage of this opportunity to make some progress on the tech startup policy front. Last year, the European Commission and Member States launched the Startup Nations Standard. It’s a new entity that is in charge of the Startup Nations Standard. But first, let me rewind just a little bit.

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Anomaly announces $17M in funding to tackle a $300B healthcare problem

TechCrunch

and 11 other high-income countries, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia, Japan, Sweden, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Denmark. spent about 8% of its GDP on “administration and governance.” ” The other nations spent an average of 3% on that category. .

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Announcing the 4th Edition of the Nonprofit Trends Report

Saleforce Nonprofit

Respondents were from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the Netherlands and Nordic nations (Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland). Governing bodies studied by BoardSource in 2019 included a higher percentage of people of color than the previous study — 22% in 2019 versus 16% in 2017. First up is finances.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. The Next Web and the Next Women) and several government backed initiatives. To put it into management speak, our digital infrastructure is world-class. The Netherlands ranks top place in a large number of ICT indicators.