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Karin Tsai, director of engineering at Duolingo, will be speaking at TechCrunch City Spotlight: Pittsburgh on June 29

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Tsai joined Duolingo in 2012 as one of its first engineers, and firsthand witnessed the growth of the company from a scrappy startup into a 400-person global business. If you’re an early-stage startup founder based in Pittsburgh, you should apply to pitch your startup ( click here to apply ).

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. Here Cincinnati was really creative to its approach to attracting more venture capital to the region – including this author. And then the world changed.

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Locals share why Vilnius, Lithuania is becoming an international startup hub

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What industry sectors is your tech ecosystem strong in? The Vilnius startup ecosystem is mainly dominated by startups developing business management systems (B2B, SaaS) and financial technologies. The coronavirus crisis, in general, hasn’t affected the Vilnius startup ecosystem in the same way as the rest of Europe.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

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Our team has been involved and invested in crypto since 2012, so we’ve been excited about the industry for a long time. Do you expect to see a surge in more founders coming from geographies outside major cities in the years to come, with startup hubs losing people due to the pandemic and lingering concerns, plus the attraction of remote work?