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A Meeting of Unreasonable Minds

Entrepreneurs' Organization

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. We hardly invent any new technologies and don’t invest enough in research and development,” Suhail says.

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

TechCrunch

Use discount code CZECHIA to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. As far as green shoots, COVID-19 has “played a role of an accelerator for innovation in many business areas and even e-government and other rigid/conservative industries,” said one. Innovative. I miss a more innovative approach. Vaccination.

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

TechCrunch

In Latin America, the business of trolling threatens Twitter’s disruptive power. Can Bitcoin find its practical use case as a currency in Latin America? million USD) through its Atlantic Innovation Fund (AIF). Past innovation hubs have relied on physical proximity in order to build networks of human and social capital.