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Re:Groupon, which has lost 99.4% of its value since its IPO,... by ignite on Friday March 31, 2023 @04:22PM (#35393063)
JetBrains was founded in Prague. I suspect most people on hacker news are familiar with them.
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Re:Groupon, which has lost 99.4% of its value since its IPO,... by umanwizard on Friday March 31, 2023 @05:20PM (#35393829)
I’m not claiming that it’s impossible for a top tech company to be run from Czechia. I’m only claiming that it’s uncommon.
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Re:Groupon, which has lost 99.4% of its value since its IPO,... by throwaway50601 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @04:21AM (#35398376)
Not entirely true. They used to sit in Saint Petersburg AFAIK, and it used to be all-Russian team at the beginning. The Czech address had been (not sure about now) just a virtual HQ.
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