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Hilde and Carijn: “Everything is going the Nepal way”

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Namaste
Everything is going the Nepal way. If you are thinking we have to do it this way you will see that everything goes the other way around. You will get used to this. It will not surprise you…

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Ode to a Hub Coffee Machine

Lorelai: I already had the longest day of my life and it’s only ten o’clock.
Luke: There’s no coffee.
Lorelai: That’s not funny.
Luke: I can give you herbal tea.
Lorelai: This is not an herbal tea morning. This is…

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Creative Amsterdam 2011 review – part 3/3

On Social Entrepreneurship
Creative Amsterdam is seeing social entrepreneurship as part of creativity – creativity is not just the creative industry (and  that’s why The Hub is in the Westerhuis, we see ethical entrepreneurship as part of a city’s creative…

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Creative Amsterdam 2011 review – part 2/3

What is at stake for Creative Amsterdam?
According to Amsterdam’s economic commissioner Caroline Gehrels our city depends to a large extent on the success and growth of the international creative industry. Gehrels made clear: the City and the creative industry…