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Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?

Fast Company Tech

After making his mark in Silicon Valley, Icelandic designer and tech mogul Haraldur Halli Thorleifsson is now solving a far more analog problem: the inaccessibility of local storefronts. I had some money, and I was able to quickly raise more. As a wheelchair user, Thorleifsson knows firsthand how exclusion can be built into a city.

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

As announced in Brazilian press in October of 2013, a new version of a law in Brazil just took effect, mandating that smartphones give visibility to Brazilian-made apps , by either pre-loading phones with these homegrown apps or providing a dedicated marketplace on smartphones to display them. What’s good about the “Good Law”.

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Spain moves closer to passing a startup law

TechCrunch

Spain’s government has agreed on the details of a draft startup law — passing the baton to the parliament to debate and potentially amend the plan ahead of a vote to turn it into actual law. ” Fleksy raises Series A to expand its keyboard SDK biz after 10x growth. back in 2015 — because of relative costs.

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Raise, a startup building Africa’s Carta, gets backing from 500 Startups

TechCrunch

As startups in Africa continue to grow and raise money at a ridiculous pace, so too will their cap tables expand. Raise, a startup building Africa’s Carta is tackling these challenges and has received backing from 500 Startups to scale its technology. Image Credits: Raise.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Some individual board members may want to start with “easier” tasks like thanking donors, but eventually, they should be directly helping raise thousands of dollars annually. Download this Board of Directors Fundraising Worksheet to help your board members execute their board pledges to raise or give donations. Canvas door-to-door.

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A court decision in favor of startup UpCodes may help shape open access to the law

TechCrunch

Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, the codes architects and builders need to follow), the lawsuit deals with an issue that has wider ramifications: is it possible to copyright the law, or text that carries the weight of the law? ” Can the law be copyrighted?

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Remote work platform Multiplier raises $60M Series B at $400M valuation

TechCrunch

Multiplier , a startup that enables companies to hire and pay remote workers while complying with local laws, announced today that it has raised a $60 million Series B at a valuation of $400 million. Multiplier raised a Series A of $13.2 Remote raises $35M to help orgs with global workforce payroll, benefits and more.

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