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RISE 2010 Registration Open

Austin Startup

The fourth annual Relationship and Information Series for Entrepreneurs (RISE) returns to Austin, Texas, March 1-5, 2010 with five full days of free sessions covering a wide range of topics of interest to aspiring, new and established entrepreneurs in all industries.

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

Ive personally been involved in the start-up world in Los Angeles for about 15 years, and have had the opportunity to work on many early-stage companies (e.g., Early Stage Marketing and Branding – Farida Fotouh. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO. He is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events.

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Year-End VC Report Shows Strength of Internet & Early Stage Investment

ReadWriteStart

Investment research firm CB Insights has released its end-of-year report for 2010, which finds both the fourth quarter and the year overall ending strong. Over 50% of the deals in Washington were in early-stage companies, and almost 60% of the deals were to Internet firms. Early Stage VC Grows.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Nairobi, the capital of Nigeria, is often pointed out as the birth place of the so-called Silicon Savanah which gave the rise to the Africa’s tech scene between 2007 and 2010. Commenced in July 2017, The Youth Enterprise Development Fund provides start-up loans to help young entrepreneurs fund their businesses at a very early stage.

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Forerunner Ventures Touts Diversity as the Best Way to Make Investment Decisions

SiliconHills

By Laura Lorek Publisher with Silicon Hills News In 2010, Kirsten Green founded Forerunner Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm, based in San Francisco. She had spent her early career as a retail analyst with Banc of America Securities and others and she spent a lot of time studying retailers.

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Female Founders! Pitch for a Fast Track into Capital Factory with a $100,000 Investment

Austin Startup

Houston based Syzygy Plasmonics is developing a green power source from hydrogen fuel cell technology and raised a $5.8 According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active, early-stage investor in Texas since 2010. million Series A round. Female Founders!

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New book: “Sell More Faster”!

David Cohen

When Brad and I first wrote Do More Faster in 2010, our goal was to provide founders everywhere with some principles for building a venture backed business, a map to avoid common pitfalls and some tools to build their businesses faster. Don’t you love that awesome green look and #givefirst feel? Sell More Faster!