How it started, how it's going

Update: 2022-11-17

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Jacques Detiger (now 87) jumped on a coal ship in the early 1950's to the US and became one of the most successful entrepreneurs The Netherlands has ever known. Floridian Jonathan Cordoba (24) just arrived in The Netherlands for an internship. Both were sponsored by the Netherland American Foundation (NAF). Two stories about kickstarts and why they matter.

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How it started, how it's going

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How it started, how it's going