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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

The class is organized, led and delivered by Startup Weekend , the global non-profit that teaches entrepreneurs how to launch a startup in 54 hours. The program expands to all of Startup Weekend’s 350 member communities in 2013 where it will be offered up to five times a year in each city. 28 in more than 25 cities worldwide.

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10 Higher Education Trends To Watch For In 2019

YoungUpstarts

An oft-quoted 2013 Oxford University whitepaper forecasts that 47 percent of jobs could be lost to technology over the next 20 years. This incubation time is needed for the development of insight. Business leaders must change how they hire and train employees. And educators of all stripes must revamp their teaching.

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Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

We’ve been investing in cryptoassets since 2013. Our investment thesis is simple: Blockchains will impact trillions of dollars of economic activity across many industries globally. We look for projects and protocols that can rethink major classes of global commerce. But we never lost the finance bug.

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A Guide to Conducting Business In France

The Startup Magazine

France is one of the world’s leading global powers, but what is it like to conduct business there? Also, as of 2013, for the workforce between the ages of 30 to 34, 44% are higher-education graduates. For those reasons, the largest incubator in the world – Halle Freyssinet – was set up in the country of France.

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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

Microsoft BizSpark is a global program that helps software startups by giving them access to a range of Microsoft software at free or discounted prices. However, I agree with Erin Griffith that there’s a surplus of accelerators, and expect some significant shrinkage in 2013-14. 4) Accelerators.

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Damon Becnel Discusses How The Startup Scene Has Changed Over The Past Decade

The Startup Magazine

Traditional business models have changed as globalization takes hold on a global scale, and technology changes our lives day by day. As a result of globalization, many firms have not just moved overseas but relocated entire offices there too (sometimes called “nearshoring”). What’s behind this boom?

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Amsterdam’s Rockstart Accelerator Sees Good First Year, Announces 2nd Edition

YoungUpstarts

It recently announced the results of its incubator program – and the results look promising. ” Applications for the second year of the Rockstart Accelerator program are open now through January 20, 2013. . ” Applications for the second year of the Rockstart Accelerator program are open now through January 20, 2013.