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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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Indeed, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and the Italian Trade & Investment Agency in London have even been known to fund Italian entrepreneurs abroad to help them gain more experience. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two.

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8 Czech VCs on green shoots, pandemic impacts and 2021 opportunities

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Use discount code CZECHIA to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. The advice is to “be frugal to accommodate to the new situation and roll on.”. What is your advice to startups in your portfolio right now? This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two. Accommodate to the new situation and roll on.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

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Can Bitcoin find its practical use case as a currency in Latin America? After years of failed top-down economic development initiatives, both the provincial and the federal governments have found formulas to kickstart new companies through grants as well as repayable and non-repayable non-dilutive funding.