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A16Z leads investment in Firemaps, a marketplace for home hardening against wildfires

TechCrunch

Meanwhile, Greece and other Mediterranean nations have been fighting fires for weeks to bring a number of massive blazes under control. million seed round into the business (the Form D places the round sometime around April ). Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Addition’s Lee Fixel also participated.

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Why haven’t European investors fully accepted the ‘failure is good’ mentality yet?

The Next Web

The bottom of the graph is literally crowded with European nations! With huge unemployment rates in countries like Spain, Greece and Portugal, coupled with risk-averseness and impractical education this leads to a circle of hopelessness. But it stifles those with the potential to be great entrepreneurs. It scares them to try.

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Why the next big entrepreneur must come from climate tech

TechCrunch

We see historic fires in Greece, Portugal and North America’s entire West Coast ; epic floods in Germany ; devastating tornadoes in historically temperate geographies such as the Czech Republic ; record-breaking hurricanes in the Caribbean and Philippines; drought in Syria that ultimately led to civil war; destruction of the Great Barrier Reef.

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Diversify Your Year-End Campaigns: How To Be Mindful And Inclusive Of Cultural Traditions

Bloomerang

If we post on Facebook to remind our supporters it’s National Pancake Day, then it seems insensitive (for example) to not remember Hanukkah. By expanding out from the homogeneous group we also demonstrate acts of leadership within that more numerous portion of the local and national population. Nicholas Day.

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The Best Nonprofit Social Media Campaigns of 2017

NonProfit Hub

Volunteers interviewed nine Syrian refugees who crossed the Mediterranean to Greece about their lives before they left Syria. Each of their stories was then illustrated on used life jackets, taken from the beaches of Greece where refugees arrive.

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

TechCrunch

X expands its partnership with Integral Ad Science The partnership began in January to tell advertisers if their ad is placed around inappropriate content. The company has updated the help page for paid subscriptions , saying that even if you hide the checkmark it might be visible in some places.

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How to watch Scotland vs. Greece online for free

Mashable Tech

TL;DR: Live stream Scotland vs. Greece in the UEFA Nations League for free on BBC iPlayer. Scotland won the first leg of their UEFA Nations League matchup with Greece 1-0. If you want to watch Scotland vs. Greece in the UEFA Nations League for free from anywhere in the world, we have all the information you need.

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