Failcon: Failing Has Allure
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Failcon: Failing Has Allure

  Although SV seems to be a forgiving and at times failure promoting space, not too many people talk about their failures until they’ve “made it”. The SV culture has seen an influx of international startups this past couple years, and many of the fresh transplants have a keen interest to know about the failures … Continue reading

GAFFTA: Be a Part of the Summer of Smart Hackathon in San Francisco
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GAFFTA: Be a Part of the Summer of Smart Hackathon in San Francisco

Originally posted at: Be a Part of the Summer of Smart Hackathon in San Francisco | Dutiee San Francisco, CA: GAFFTA provided opportunity for Hacking for Public Health and Food Spaces. This is my first hackathon as a participant, after attending over a dozen of them in my life. Day one of the Summer of … Continue reading

RV chats with Startup Genome Guys + Tom Currier to SXSW
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RV chats with Startup Genome Guys + Tom Currier to SXSW

I am finally recovered from my road trip to SXSW from San Francisco and ready to share what I learned from my startupRV experience! SXSW interactive attracts startup folks, techies, designers, and tech groupies from all over the world.  Last year the conference attracted attendees from 63 different countries, more diverse countries than any of … Continue reading

Fixing Economies with Bikes and Bamboo : A Tale of Two Startups
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Fixing Economies with Bikes and Bamboo : A Tale of Two Startups

Originally posted in Nov. 2011 at Dutiee.com’s site here Two companies on either side of the Atlantic are attempting to use bicycles to turn around economies and more, here is their story. Baisikeli, Denmark: Is located in the world’s most bicycle friendly country, so it’s not a surprise that they have focused their energies around … Continue reading

HUB Trotting: HUB Milan Where Design and Entrepreneurship Flourish
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HUB Trotting: HUB Milan Where Design and Entrepreneurship Flourish

Originally posted late October 2011 at Dutiee.com here Italy is known for food, design and fashion – Milan its second largest city is considered the center of business and fashion. The current economic crisis has placed Italy in a negative light, this brings us to the people at HUB Milan who are working harder than … Continue reading

StartuParty: Bringing Silicon Valley Optimism to Italy
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StartuParty: Bringing Silicon Valley Optimism to Italy

Originally posted October 2011 for Dutiee.com here StartuParty, a gathering in Milan of Italy’s entrepreneurs, developers, designers, investors and the others interested in entrepreneurship. StartuParty aims to bring Silicon Valley’s optimism to the tech community in Italy and to develop a robust ecosystem for it to flourish. I happened to be in Milan during the … Continue reading

Milan Fashion Week: So Critical So Fashion Provides Eco Options
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Milan Fashion Week: So Critical So Fashion Provides Eco Options

This Post was Originally posted at Dutiee.com in early September 2011 here. The Milan Fashion Week 2011 which concludes today was filled with top designers showcasing their 2012 collections. Terre di Mezzo, a publishing company that also does events, thought it would be the perfect time to hold their second annual, ‘So Critical So Fashion’, … Continue reading

Couch Surf your Way for Free Across the World, Learn from a Veteran Couchsurfer
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Couch Surf your Way for Free Across the World, Learn from a Veteran Couchsurfer

Originally posted August 2011 here at Dutiee.com Traveling is about meeting new people and gaining new experiences about what life is like outside of your own world. You don’t have to go far to gain a new experience, why not host someone or be hosted somewhere new by a stranger? The idea of having someone … Continue reading