Nova KBM

Nova KBM, the second largest Slovenian bank, is aware that young companies face many dillemas at the beginning of their entrepreneurial path. The bank is convinced that the companies don't need only modern, safe and economic support for funding their venture, but also quality information, advice and knowledge.
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Initiative Start:up Slovenia

The Initiative Start:up Slovenia is an active facilitator and promoter of public and private stakeholders of the Slovenian startup ecosystem. In collaboration with them, we also carry out and promote national programmes for supporting innovative entrepreneurship. With all listed activities and partners, we are trying to place Slovenia on the map of established European startup hubs. The leading partners of the Initiative are the strategically connected Venture Factory and Technology Park Ljubljana. Members of the Initiative are Primorska Technology Park, Pomurje Technology Park, Savinja Region Incubator, SAŠA Incubator, RC IKT and RCR Zasavje. You can find all Initiative’s partners at www.startup.si/en-us/stakeholders.
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Slovene Enterprise Fund

The Slovene Enterprise Fund is the central national financial institution founded with the aim of making the sources of funds more accessible to small and medium-sized companies. Slovene Enterprise Fund is also the holder of key start-up products: P2, SK75 and SK200. It functions as an acting agency of Ministry of Economic Development and Technology.
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Ministry of Economic Development and Technology

For the next period the vision of the Ministry is to support the further strengthening of international competitiveness of the Slovenian enterprises and an offensive restructuring of the Slovenian economy so that it becomes more adjusted to the demands of the global economy.
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European Commission

The European Commission represents the interests of the EU as a whole. It proposes new legislation and ensures that EU law is correctly applied by the member countries. The European Commission is also supporting entrepreneurship, SMEs and start-ups and their business environment with policy initiatives (e.g. Entrepreneurship Action Plan, Start-up Europe initiative, Accelerator Assembly, EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum etc.) as well as financial instruments (e.g. equity and debt financial instruments in COSME and Horizon 2020, Structural Funds and also new Investment Plan and its Fund EFSI).
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City of Maribor

Maribor is perfectly positioned in the heart of the Alpe Adria region. Because jobs and revival of the economy are two of the key priorities of the Municipality of Maribor, the latter decided to significantly support individuals who possess the bravery and the knowledge to launch innovative start-up companies. At the same time, it will also support the PODIM Conference and the Start:up Maribor programme, both of which help these individuals on their path to success.
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KOLEKTOR

Kolektor with it's research and development competences, innovative ideas and technological solutions is one of the leading companies in the field of automotive systems and industrial technic on a global scale. In the future they want to become recognisable in the field of digitalization, corporate and social environment, using also the help of the start-up ecosystem.
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Sava

Zavarovalnica Sava is the second biggest insurance company in the region, changing the insurance industry and adapting it to the times and needs of the modern individual and the digitalized society. For this purpose, Zavarovalnica Sava is strengthening its innovation activity and wishes to co-create the future of the insurance industry, also in collaboration with innovative startups.
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Iskratel

Iskratel is the leading European provider of infocommunications solutions, with 70 years of experience, EU-based R&D and manufacturing facilities, and presence in over 30 countries. We combine experience and know-how with creativity and innovation. We leverage ICT expertise in delivering integrated solutions across Telco, Transport, Public Safety and Energy industries.
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Telekom Slovenije

Telekom Slovenije is a comprehensive ICT service provider in Slovenia. It is recognised as the leader in the introduction and connection of new generations of mobile and fixed communication services, system integration and cloud computing services and multimedia content.
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Pošta Slovenije

Pošta Slovenije is a successful company owned by the government of Slovenia. It is the largest provider of post services and one of the largest providers of courier and IT services. The Group Pošta Slovenije with its 6.111 employees is responding successfully to the changes in the markets, by offering new technologically advanced services and at the same time establishing itself as the most important provider of post and connected financial and logistical services in Slovenia and the Alps-Danube-Adria region as well as an important provider of IT services for public administration, business and citizens.
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Cofound.it

Cofound.it is a platform that is revolutionizing the startup funding and incubation process. The blockchain technology will revolutionize business just as the internet did. And as always, the startups will be the ones to take full advantage of it. However, being an outstanding startup or picking one as an accelerator is far from easy. It requires a solid understanding of technology, the early adopter space, token economics and the blockchain startup landscape. Becoming a blockchain unicorn of the future is hard and that is where our experience and funds come into play.
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Outfit7

Outfit7 Limited is one of the fastest-growing multinational family entertainment companies on the planet, best known for its global phenomenon, Talking Tom. Founded in 2009 by entrepreneurs on a mission to bring fun and entertainment to all, Outfit7 has grown from an instant app success into a full-fledged media franchise in the years since its launch. Its flagship franchise, Talking Tom and Friends, is loved the world over, with more than 7 billion app downloads and almost 350 million monthly active app users. In addition to popular apps, the company's highly successful portfolio includes a global licensing program, a 3D CGI animated series and other video content that has collectively received over 17.3 billion views to date.
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Dewesoft

DEWESoft is a best in class provider of data measurement devices. Their mission is to provide the most insightful test and measurement experience by working in close collaboration with their customers. They deliver a best in class service by intently listening to their customer’s needs and then translating them into measurement solutions that inspire genius.
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Center For Creativity

Center for Creativity is an upgrade to the Museum of Architecture and Design's (MAO) longstanding activities. It is a foundation for a multidisciplinary platform that supports the Slovenian cultural and creative sector. The center's activities extend into the fields of architecture, design, art, heritage, and many other fields within the cultural and creative sector. Through the center's activities, intersectoral collaboration is encouraged, such as collaboration between private and public sector and NGOs, science, education, tourism, as well as various creative groups and individuals. The Center for Creativity at the same time allows MAO to establish an important part of supportive environment for innovations in Slovenia. As such, the project is also systemically placed within the framework of the said supportive environment.
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ESA BIC Austria and Science Park Graz

ESA BIC (Business Incubation Centre) Austria is the place for entrepreneurs from research centres, universities, space and non-space businesses seeking to realise their innovative ideas and transfer technologies from space to other areas of the economy. ESA BIC Austria is operated by Science park Graz which is a publicly funded institution with the purpose of supporting and promoting the creation of innovative tech-based startups business in Graz and Styria. In incubation, and backed up by a network of experts, SPG team supports university graduates, students, researchers and entrepreneurs from all fields by providing professional counselling & coaching, infrastructure and financing during the pre-start-up period.
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South Central Ventures

South Central Ventures are financing tech companies on their mission to change the world. With offices in Belgrade, Zagreb and Skopje, South Central Ventures (SCV), through Enterprise Innovation Fund (ENIF), is focused on tech companies in the Balkans. The € 40 million fund is dedicated primarily to early stage and growth investments. Within the fund’s ‘seed pocket’, € 1.5 million is allocated for investments of up to € 100 000 per company. The majority of the fund is allocated for early stage and growth investments of up to € 3 million per company. These investments are intended to fuel the international business expansion and growth of the most promising tech startups that can show traction and prove their potential to “make it big”.
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ABC Accelerator

ABC is a Slovenian start-up accelerator based on a system of mentoring, connecting and global expansion. ABC is meant for start-ups and small companies, offering them seed capital, mentorship, business space, connections and global expansion. In exchange for the services offered, ABC obtains an 8 % company share.
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BioApp

BioApp: Transregional technological platform for transfer of advanced bio-polymers from lab to market. The BioApp project will present a new strategic collaboration with a cooperative action of the complementary and interdisciplinary partners from neighboring regions, which will be reflected in a joint development of high added value products and services. The new transregional platform includes partners from academia (University of Trieste Trieste, Italy), public and private research institutes (COBIK, Centre of Excellence for Biosensors, Instrumentation and Process Control, Ajdovščina, Slovenia, and NIC, National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia), a start-up company (Biopolife S.r.l., Trieste, Italy) and a medium-sized enterprise (Acies Bio d.o.o., Ljubljana, Slovenia), aiming to provide an integrated solution that combines natural resources and human wellbeing.
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EIT Digital

EIT Digital is a leading European digital innovation and entrepreneurial education organisation driving Europe’s digital transformation. EIT Digital delivers breakthrough digital innovations to the market and breeds entrepreneurial talent for economic growth and improved quality of life in Europe. It does this by mobilising a pan-European ecosystem of over 130 top European corporations, SMEs, start-ups, universities and research institutes. EIT Digital invests in strategic areas to accelerate the market uptake of research-based digital technologies focusing on Europe’s strategic, societal challenges: Digital Industry, Digital Cities, Digital Wellbeing, Digital Infrastructure and Digital Finance.
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Press Clipping

Press Clippping is a company that provides monitoring and analysis of media publications, support of PR activities and business intelligence. To their customers they provide a digital archive, forensic checking of their suppliers and support the communication with the media. They also provide custom-made media lists, web applications and personalized systems for capturing information. By being up-to-date with all the latest trends in the field of communication and information and by proactively monitoring the market's and their customers' needs, the company has been able to develop a wide range of services that are at the top of the press clipping industry in Slovenia as well as within the region.
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Sinhro

Sinhro’s philosophy is “Mobile first”. We know that more than 50% of consumers in the developed world access information with their mobile devices. We help our customers, business and individuals alike, to create digital strategies, define communication channels, develop strong communication storylines, activate different digital advertising channels and optimize user experience. Sinhro enables you to be on a front line when building your digital image and presence in the mobile world.
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Soundbiro

Soundbiro provides technical solutions for public events. It consists of ambitious employees, who are always up-to-date with current global trends. The company was founded in 1994 and it has ever since been growing, and perfecting its services in order to provide modern technical solutions for public and special events. At the company they are well aware of the fact that expertise and top-notch technology are the key to organizing a great public event.
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CorpoHub

CorpoHub creates and manages internal innovation/startup programs for big organizations. From ideation workshops and hackathons through innovation sprints to agile transformation of teams. Obsessed by speed and effectiveness of your innovation.
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D·Labs

D-labs helps entrepreneurs, who are experienced in their own industry, fill competitive gaps in the field of developing digital products and a successful business model, designing an effective user experience, and agile development of web and mobile apps, consistent with the company’s business goals.
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WhataVenture

WhatAVenture is a full-service innovation agency launched in 2013 and expert in guiding new business ideas to success. WhatAVenture serves both as a sparring partner for innovation managers, and also as an external implementation team for new and innovative business ideas. They are a team of innovation experts who believe in the combination of corporate power with startup agility. Their tools and services enable corporate innovation teams and startups to accelerate their business ideas in a successful and sustainable way.
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Red Orbit

Red Orbit assists companies with positioning of their brands on the internet and thus enables them to achieve better results with lower costs. In this way their partners attract a higher number of active buyers, establish their brand and enlarge advantages in regards to their competitors. Company provides their customers an opportunity to place them on the first page of search engines and reduce the cost of internet marketing up to 50 %. Red Orbit changes the website into market tool which brings benefits. The partnership with Red Orbit provides more saleable contacts, a higher reputation and orientation towards the buyers.
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Accelerator

The ACCELERATOR project wishes to increase access to financing innovations with improved framework institutional conditions and connected policy instruments by developing the practical solution of accelerator services. The project primarily focuses on small- and medium-sized companies that need capital but don’t have the skills to obtain it. The chosen approach has a strong transnational dimension: besides the transnational network, regions with well-functioning innovation ecosystems and partners with successful accelerator schemes will help weaker regions or partners with above-mentioned experiences. Joint measures will also be adopted. The ACCELERATOR project will result in implemented and upgraded accelerator programmes and a built transnational Danube region network.
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U.S. Embassy in Slovenia

PODIM 2018 Conference program was funded, in part, through a U.S. Embassy grant. The opinion, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed herein are those of the Authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of State.
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Pioneers'18

Pioneers Festival is Europe’s major conference for tomorrow’s ideas, bringing together the smartest startups with corporates, media and investors eager to support the next big thing. More than 1,600 startups from 90+ countries applied to meet over 400 investors in the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna. The Festival is limited to 2,500 participants who will learn from the best and get inspired by keynotes that will show what to expect in the years ahead. As a proud partner of the Pioneers Festival, the Initiative Start:up Slovenia ensures that Slovenian start-up companies and the Slovenian start-up system present a united front to festival participants.
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AustrianStartups

AustrianStartups is a neutral, independent and non-profit platform for innovative entrepreneurship in Austria. It is an open place for startups, changemakers, and interested persons, who are all encouraged to launch joint initiatives with them.
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ESN European Startup Network

The main goal of the European Startup Network is to harmonise and empower the European startup ecosystems with respect to:
• Entrepreneurial culture: education, promotion, acceptance of failure
• Market access: capital, digitalisation, labor, services, goods
• The legal environment: bureaucracy, corporate law, data protection, tax
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Startup Europe Ambassador

Startup Europe is an initiative of the European Commission. The four main objectives of Startup Europe are to:
• Connect people such as startups, investors, accelerators, female entrepreneurs, corporate networks, universities and #EUTechWriters through array of networks
• Connect local startup ecosystems by supporting regional initiatives
• Help startups soft-land in other markets
• Celebrate entrepreneurs’ success

Startup Europe Ambassadors are representing a group of key influencers in the European startup ecosystems who are actively supporting our activities or who will be joining our adventure in the future.
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Večer

Večer is one of the most important media in Slovenia, a national newspaper and the central daily newspaper of north-eastern Slovenia. It reports current events in Slovenia and the world, shares opinions, news and commentaries from all important fields of cultural life, such as politics, sports, culture, economy, finance, work and employment… It’s the newspaper with the biggest amount of local and regional news in Slovenia.
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Finance Daily

Časnik Finance is part of the Swedish company Bonnier Business Press, which publishes business newspapers in 11 countries. The main brand of the Časnik Finance company is the Finance daily newspaper, which is the leading information source for the Slovenian business community. Business Daily Finance is also in charge of the Startaj.si project.
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Startaj.si

The Startaj.si portal is intended for everyone interested in entrepreneurship, education and career development. The portal is designed in a way that encourages as much collaboration as possible with all the players of the entrepreneurial and start-up ecosystem.
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Der Brutkasten

Der Brutkasten is a Austria’s multimedia platform for startups, the digital economy and innovation. Made by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. The focus is on the start-ups, as well as the context in which they move.
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CISION

Cision is a leading media communication software company that enables marketers and communicators to effectively manage their earned media programs in coordination with paid and owned channels to drive business impact. As the creator of the Cision Communication Cloud®, the first-of-its-kind earned media cloud-based platform, Cision has combined cutting-edge data, analytics, technology and services into a unified communication ecosystem that brands can use to build consistent, meaningful and enduring relationships with influencers and buyers to amplify their marketplace influence. Cision Distribution by PRNewswire also provides end-to-end solutions to produce, optimise and target content - and then distribute and measure results.
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Mladi podjetnik

Young Entrepreneur Institute is an entry point into the world of entrepreneurship. Their mission is to support potential, future and young entrepreneurs by providing them with information relevant to any stage of company's development – from the very idea to its realization and entry to the market. Young Entrepreneur's activities are based on the leading website for entrepreneurs, mladipodjetnik.si, which serves as a solid support for all other Institute's activities. Their target group are young entrepreneurs, but not only young by age. They believe a young entrepreneur is anyone who decides to start or continue their career as an entrepreneur. The institute's activities support the new companies and help them towards an easier and faster way to success.
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CEP & Slovenia's Development Cooperation

CEP - Centre for European Perspective is a provider of development aid and cooperation of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. The international development cooperation programme of the Republic of Slovenia has been included among Slovenia’s foreign policy priorities. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the national coordinator for international development cooperation. CEP is focusing its activities on the Western Balkan countries by building capacity of the EU candidate countries (Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia) and potential candidate countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo) on their way to EU. For this purpose, CEP organizes trainings, seminars, workshops, conferences at international and regional levels, roundtables and other forms of knowledge transfer in the field of security and economic development.
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British Embassy Ljubljana

The British Embassy in Ljubljana maintains and develops relations between the UK and Slovenia. They are working in Slovenia to implement UK policies on Europe and the single market, building trade for mutual growth. They are improving the strong relationship between the two countries and work together to promote stability and prosperity in the European Union and Western Balkans. Their work covers a range of issues including the economy, energy policy and international security. They also provide a range of consular and passport services to British citizens living in Slovenia and serve as a source of information about the UK for the Slovene media and members of the public.
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KWF and Build!

The KWF is the only economic promotion institution of Austria's Province of Carinthia. The principal goals of KWF are the improvement in the innovation capability of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), internal and external corporate development and promotion of high-tech projects and clusters. They support Carinthian enterprises, especially SMEs in regard to their international competitiveness.
build! As part of the Austria-wide AplusB initiative, the academic business incubator build! serves as the initial point of contact for future entrepreneurs in the Alps-Adriatic region, who would like to realise their innovative and scalable business ideas in Carinthia.
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Friuli Innovazione

Friuli Innovazione is a research and technology transfer centre based in Udine (Italy). It was set up in 1999 by the University of Udine, the Industrial Association of Udine, the Province of Udine, the Fiat Research Centre, the Agemont, the Industrial Association of Pordenone and CRUP Foundation. The Center aims to facilitate and foster the collaboration between local enterprises and universities and research centers. It rules the enterprises incubator Techno Seed and the Science and Technology Park entitled to Luigi Danieli in Udine. The ideal space for turning ideas into projects and research into products.
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Technology park Ljubljana

Technology Park Ljubljana is the largest innovation ecosystem for commercialization of knowledge and technology in SE Europe. With the carriers of regional development they co-create and implement internationally-recognized, tailored and highly efficient strategies, programs and services to increase regional innovation capacity. Technology park Ljubljana offers workshops and individual mentoring based on the LEAN methodology for promoters of ideas and startups in their early phases, carried out by certified trainers with the help of experienced mentors. They connect technology and knowledge providers in common market and product development projects and support their global expansion.
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Venture Factory, Incubator of the University of Maribor

The University of Maribor's incubator Venture Factory is an important part of the university's innovation ecosystem in Maribor. Its aim is to promote and support entrepreneurial engagement of students, researchers and professors at the university, as well as other innovative individuals. The Venture Factory is part of the "Entrepreneurship and innovation" pillar of the RAZ:UM consortium, founded by the University of Maribor. The consortium partners within the pillar offer programs and services to encourage protection of intellectual property and its successful commercialization. This is done in cooperation with existing companies, as well as through establishing and developing new startup companies. The Venture Factory also implements programs for promotion of entrepreneurship, provides consulting services to (potential) entrepreneurs and incubates startups.
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The Government Office for Slovenes Abroad

The Government Office for Slovenes Abroad is enabling a special offer for startups with Slovene roots, who live in neighbouring countries. Through this special program 20 Slovene-speaking founders / co-founders, members of startup teams or scaleup companies that live and work in Austria, Italy, Croatia or Hungary, will be able to attend the conference for free, take part in a special Startup School and form new business ties by networking with Slovene entrepreneurs, investors, consultants and other stakeholders of the startup ecosystem.
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The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS) provides essential services for enterprises operating in Slovenia, and it is the ideal local partner for foreign investors. The CCIS was founded more than 160 years ago and now has around 9,000 member companies of all sizes and from all regions. It is a non-profit, non-governmental, independent business organization representing the interest of its members and is Slovenia's most influential business association. CCIS unites under its roof 25 branch associations representing all sectors of Slovenian Economy. CCIS operates a network of 13 regional chambers.
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University of Maribor

The transfer of knowledge and different forms of cooperation are the foundation for economic growth. At the University of Maribor, we are well aware of this fact, so the integration with the economy, flows of knowledge and information sharing are our key focus and mission. We work on developing human resources on the one hand and implementing quality development projects on the other.
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Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

The Netherlands is hard to beat when it comes to business climate, infrastructure and innovation. Its internationally-oriented, tech-savvy people and its top-of-the-range living conditions attract companies from all over the world. The Netherlands: second to none if you want to start up. Your Dutch journey starts here: https://www.startupdelta.org/why-the-netherlands/
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