Christiaan Jaarsma, Chief Growth Officer at Sales.Rocks (Photo credit: Sales.Rocks)

Netherlands Offers Valuable Lessons for European Startup Ecosystems

The coronavirus pandemic has put to the test the resolve of governments around the world to support businesses, especially startups that are the backbone of most economies. Some governments will probably fail to deliver on their promises, while others will emerge as role models for other nations in managing crises and remaining resilient despite headwinds….

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Pedro Oliveira, co-founder of Landing.Jobs says coworking spaces need to operate from more distributed locations. (Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash)

COVID-19 Raises Need for More Distributed Coworking Spaces: Landing.Jobs Co-Founder

Telework and working in distributed teams are becoming a standard for many companies due to COVID-19 and may become even more commonplace after the pandemic passes. The new reality of the world has upended the status quo for lots of players in the remote work industry, including coworking spaces, and they have to reinvent themselves…

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Pedro Oliveira, co-founder of Landing.jobs (Photo by Via News)

Distributed Teams Feasible, Need to Invest in Upskilling Low-Skilled Workers

The COVID-19 experience, which forced teams worldwide to work from home, proved that having distributed teams involving high-skilled workers is totally feasible, says an entrepreneur. In an interview with Via News, Pedro Oliveira, co-founder of Landing.jobs, also said the parties concerned, including governments, have to invest more in reskilling and upskilling low-skilled workers to help…

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Rob Kramer, co-founder and CEO at eParkio, says mentors can help startup founders survive the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash)

Mentors Can Steer Startups Through COVID-19 Pandemic: eParkio CEO

Startup founders have differing views about enlisting the help of mentors. While some entrepreneurs regard mentoring as a vital protective business tool, another group of them pride themselves on not needing external advice and encouragement. Rob Kramer, co-founder and CEO at eParkio, is one of those individuals that believe consulting experts who provide technical and…

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Rob Kramer, co-founder at eParkio, says the COVID-19 crisis will lead to the death of zombie companies. (Photo credit: eParkio)

Coronavirus Pandemic Will Weed Out Many Zombie Companies: eParkio Co-Founder

For years, experts have been warning that the increasing number of companies relying on debt to stay afloat poses a serious threat to the global economy.  Most economists agree that the proliferation of these “zombie” firms, which are basically on life support, makes it more difficult for profitable companies to grow as they drain capital…

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Current Low Valuations Offer Great Opportunity for Investors: NomadX Chairman

The lower valuations caused by the economic uncertainty gripping the world provide a great opportunity for investors, says a serial digital entrepreneur. “The economic fallout of what’s happened is just starting to be realized. At the moment, a lot of the investors are sitting on the sidelines, yet some are taking advantage of investment opportunities,”…

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Amir Bozorgzadeh, Virtuleap's co-founder and CEO (Photo source: Amir Bozorgzadeh's LinkedIn page)

Coronavirus Made Startups Get Real About Their Business Models: Virtuleap’s CEO

As the world is reeling from the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, many startups are taking a not-so-pleasant or even painful walk down memory lane to see what went wrong. The bitter truth is that the unprecedented health crisis has shattered the dreams of countless founders into a thousand pieces, especially those who had…

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