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[Event] [Singapore] Techventure 2011: A Sign of Increasing Asian Technology Innovation

YoungUpstarts

With these encouraging statistics, perhaps it’s little surprise the local authorities realize that high-tech startups are horses worth putting money on. The hope is to get even more experienced investors and entrepreneurs to invest in local startups and provide them with systematic management guidance and mentorship.

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An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis

David Cohen

One in 2004 and one in 2006. Founded in 2006, Techstars ran our first startup accelerator in 2007. Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap. The post An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis appeared first on Hi, I'm David G.

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Zayo Group – One of Boulder’s Amazing Startup Stories

Feld Thoughts

I’m intensely proud of both the amazing startup community in Boulder as well as the many significant companies that have been – and are being – created in the little town of 100,000 people I call home. In late 2006, Zayo was a pure start-up headquartered behind Nick and Willy’s on 8th and Pearl.

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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

Maybe you’re thinking about startups to invest in, or making decisions about where to place resources in your company. We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. Take a look – and take your time.

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How to get a job in Venture Capital

Jason Ball

I wrote a post about it back in 2006 on the topic that I could point people to, but it looks a little light, so I thought I’d post an update. 2) Work at a startup, then migrate. 3) Work in the industry - Accelerators, PR, HR, Design, IP – whatever. I get asked this question a *lot*. Product, Marketing, Sales.

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

legal , nda , startups , trust. However, there is the concept of "mutual" NDA, which should give your IP equal protection if you share any of yours. If you can, design for circumstances where, once youre ready to start talking about your idea, youre encouraging people to "disclose" your efforts. Embed: 13 Comments. Lynne Johnson.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4