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Startup

A startup is a young company that is characterized by two features: It has an innovative business idea and is founded with the aim to grow rapidly.

Often startups act in a young or not yet existing market. In most cases these are companies in the technology and internet sector. Usually a company is a startup the first three years after it has been founded. In individual cases, the phase will be extended to up to five years.

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DW Business – Europe & America 14.01.2020

United States and China to sign phase one trade deal - Trade dispute has disrupted companies' operations - Berlin startup presents 3D printed e-car
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DW Business Africa 14.01.2020

South Africa's fight against domestic work abuse - How climate change could affect olive yields - Berlin startup presents 3D printed e-car

Autonomous 3D-printed cars made in Germany 14.01.2020

Berlin startup BigRep has come up with its first fully 3D-printed autonomous electric vehicle. They’re planning to take the prototype for test drives later this year. Could this be the future of cars Made in Germany?
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DW Business – Europe 14.01.2020

US ditches China 'currency manipulator' label - Berlin startup presents 3D printed e-car - Burkina Faso motorcyclists urged to go local

Young entrepreneurs get a chance in Bamako's Tech Friday 10.01.2020

They're young, they have ideas .. and they want to make a difference in their country. Once a month, startup founders in Mali's capital Bamako face off at the "Tech Friday" event.

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DW Business Africa 10.01.2020

Germany promotes new deal between Africa and EU - Siemens considers leaving Australia coal project - Mali supporting startup culture in Bamako

Station F attracts international startups to Paris 01.01.2020

the world’s biggest startup campus. Station F has become a cornerstone of the French tech ecosystem and a signal for the international tech community
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Peak pot? Thick haze dulls hype around cannabis startups 16.12.2019

The hype around cannabis startups in recent years intoxicated many investors. But poor balance sheets and plummeting share prices has made the comedown hard to stomach. Sabrina Kessler reports from New York.
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Secondhand clothing retailer is Lithuania's first tech unicorn 10.12.2019

Vinted, a website where users can buy and sell used clothes, has raised €128 million in a funding round, valuing it at €1 billion. The Vilnius-based retailer rounds up a century of venture-backed unicorns in Europe.
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Cleaning up Karachi: One man's mission against the mafia 10.12.2019

Karachi, a sprawling port city of over 15 million, is one of the world's least livable cities, according to a study done by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2019. One of the biggest problems relates to waste management. A startup is trying to help clean up the city, but faces threats from the mafia.
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AfricaLink on Air – 03 December 2019 03.12.2019

Do LGBTs have a place in The Gambia?+++Enraged disabled Kenyans take on Mt Kilimanjaro+++Uganda effects ban on importation of used vehicles to protect environment

DW Business – international 03.12.2019

US slams tariffs on steel from Argentina and Brazil - US companies losing taste for Germany - Bangalore startup turns garbage into gas
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Bangalore startup turns garbage into gas 05.11.2019

A Bangalore startup working with residents to clean up their city has won the new Better Together Award. Now it plans to export its model.

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Are apps tackling food waste an antidote to our throwaway culture? 01.11.2019

Copenhagen-based startup Too Good To Go is on a mission to drastically reduce food waste globally. But is its marketplace for unsold meals enough to tackle the problem? Miriam Partington has this report.

Bangladeshi startup scene seeking talent and funding 28.10.2019

Securing talent is one of the biggest challenges for the startup scene in Bangladesh, says Fayaz Taher, COO of video platform Bongo. Raising seed capital is another, but progress has been made in the country lately.

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Quote of the week 25.10.2019

"This technology is extremely efficient and it could also tempt young people back to farming." — Aboubacar Karim, startup founder from the Ivory Coast, on the use of drones in agriculture.

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