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title: Mi3M Ep 8 - Transylvania, Bulgaria, Tesla
date: 2016-07-08T12:05:30Z
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Hey – I am back with Monkchips in 3 minutes. This week’s episode looks east – with a hot take on [Transylvania](http://www.transylvaniabeyond.com/) as a potentially great location for software developers and startups, Bulgaria’s excellent new law mandating open source in the public sector, and finally some thoughts on Tesla.

As is often the case, with a couple of these items I was inspired by my boy SOG. His new newsletter is a goldmine – [you should sign up here](http://tinyletter.com/sogrady/).