ReadWriteStart

MARCH 17, 2011

For this week's One Million by One Million roundtable, we turned the spotlight on Latin and Central America. As I said to an entrepreneur from Hong Kong at a previous roundtable: whether you are building a startup in Silicon Valley or Timbuktu, the methodology of bringing a product or service to market is not that much different.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

This is why it is especially important for startup founders to seek help to guide them through the tedious and often perilous process of starting and growing a company. In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 8, 2019

When he was 21, he came to America to further his education and quickly earned two Masters of Science degrees – the first in Computer Science and the second in Software Engineering. With ITU as its incubator, EMS is homegrown and developed within a university by university staff, as opposed to software from the large profit-driven companies.

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Technical Review CTO Hire Silicon Valley Software Review 115

crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. Best startup city rankings have reflected this truth for a long time. Austin, TX. Boulder, CO.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

Today we present Olga Camargo as part of The Startup Magazine’s Female Founder Interview series. Chicago’s 1871 Chicago’s Technology and IHCC’s LatinX Incubator Selection. Olga: As a startup, we’ve been self-funding because our mission is important to move forward. Aspen Ideas Festival Ricardo Salinas Scholar.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Across the world, work spaces, maker spaces, incubators, and accelerators are opening, expanding, and making an impact on their communities, and beyond. Entrepreneurs who’ve overcome the proof-of-concept phase of their startups want to take their businesses to the next level. But not every startup has exponential scalability.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 28, 2016

So you’ve decided to enlist a technology incubator to help your new business get off the ground. You have a great idea and a strong business plan, and an incubator is just the partner you need at this stage. Luckily, there are a good number of incubators now available to burgeoning entrepreneurs. Not all incubators are the same.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I’m a very big proponent of the “lean startup movement&# as espoused by Steve Blank & Eric Ries. In the late 90′s I saw a dangerous trend creeping into the startup world, which was that companies were suddenly raising huge amounts of money too early in their existence. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Lean Bulgaria 374

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 27, 2012

There are more than 1,000 business incubators in the U.S. But there’s only one pro bono incubator. No, not a professional startup camp run by the U2 frontman. Which is probably a good thing, since Bono was named the 2010 worst investor in America. (OK, OK, that was before he hit home runs with Facebook and Dropbox.).

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Incubator San Diego Startup America 116

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

startup ecosystem for many decades. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC.

United States 48

United States Las Vegas San Francisco Silicon Valley 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2020

From September 2017 to September 2018, Milis Bio participated in the University College Cork IGNITE Incubator program, and they won Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Business of the Year for 2018. I would love to work with a startup accelerator, if not on my own startup. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

The Birthplace of America. One thing this historic city doesn’t often get noticed for is its emerging Philadelphia startup scene. In the US, places like San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, and Washington, DC get the lion’s share of attention as startup sweet spots. Startups are taking notice of the city’s smart, hungry workforce.

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Philadelphia San Francisco Los Angeles New York City 80

Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

home Breaux Capital Breaux and Company is a creative agency and social justice startup incubator. Impact America Fund We invest in entrepreneurs developing software and technology-enabled solutions to create opportunities that enhance the quality of life for all Americans. New Age VC About This is just a start.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Technical Review Seed Stage 48

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

– Incubating companies. The companies receiving venture capital do not look like the rest of America. Their recently launched Capital-as-a-Service (CaaS) arm allows them to make small investments in startup applicants anywhere in the world, sight unseen. . They get in early and cheap with very attractive economics.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

– Incubating companies. The companies receiving venture capital do not look like the rest of America. Their recently launched Capital-as-a-Service (CaaS) arm allows them to make small investments in startup applicants anywhere in the world, sight unseen. . They get in early and cheap with very attractive economics.

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Venture Capital Private Equity Silicon Valley Differentiation 60

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Looking to launch your startup, raise money, and learn about starting a company? This three day conference has become the “must-attend” event for anyone who is active or new to the startup-community. AppsWorld North America. Others Alon Alroy Bizzabo conference event startup technology United States' Launch Festival.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

With the current strong economy I’m seeing a continued resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. There is additional encouraging news for aspiring entrepreneurs on many fronts, just in case you are thinking about joining the existing ranks: Valuations of successful startups have hit an all-time high.

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North America Incubator Initial Public Offering Exit Strategy 320

VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

With over 1,300 registrants, about 30 speakers and 20 startups from Latin America competing on a €100K Euros prize, it’s one of the biggest entrepreneurship events of the year. More and more incubators are popping up, students are participating in business plan competitions, and actively look to get involved with startups.

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Spain Silicon Valley Brazil Europe 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Founder Curation Angel Investor Incubator 129

socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. For starters, you have to get inside the head of a programmer who might want to work for your startup. Knowing this is half the battle.

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Part-Time VPE Sweat Equity DC Washington 41

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 13, 2011

In fact, at a time when we're facing severe youth unemployment in America and Europe, and the emerging markets are just starting to build their entrepreneurship eco-systems, we really need to think deeply on how more and more young people can be efficiently, rapidly and cost-effectively be trained in entrepreneurship.

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Advertising SMS Entrepreneur Silicon Valley 116

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

I recently found an interesting book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 29, 2017

I wanted us to expand globally, partner with great brands like JetBlue and build one of the best travel startups in America, and I thought I needed a VC firm to do that. was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Silicon Valley Angel Investor Venture Capital Incubator 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

I just finished a new book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools and navigators that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Entrepreneur Curation Angel Investor Incubator 120

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 26, 2012

I reminded my Startup Owners Manual co-author Bob Dorf this is how entrepreneurs played the game, blah, blah, blah. I was headed to my second Lean LaunchPad launch, excited that the first one in June had led to four funded startups raising some $2-million from Russian VC’s. Go ahead and take a moment to read the post , it’s short.

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Ukraine Russia Silicon Valley Stealth 291

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Not only that, there’s an endless list of organizations devoted to helping young entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground, from college business incubators to those that start at a young age like Lemonade Day. Young startup founders get more funding : It’s not fair, but it’s true: investors just like whiz kids better than anyone else.

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Entrepreneur Incubator Bootstrapping Venture Capital 209

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

I remind my students that I’m teaching them a methodology they can use the rest of their careers, not running an incubator. Jon and the team came in with all the assurance of a startup that thought they knew what they were doing. Hershey plans to operate Krave as a standalone business within its Hershey North America division.

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North America Lean Customer Development Distribution 120

Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

They’ll learn how to apply “lean startup” principles, (“mission model canvas,” “customer development,” and “agile engineering”) to discover and validate agency and user needs and to continually build iterative prototypes to test whether they understood the problem and solution. Real Problems. National Service.

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Lean Government Agile United States 160

The Startup Magazine

MAY 16, 2018

This ten-week program, based at the Americas Regional Services Center in Columbus, Ohio, enables startups to trial their products at scale, network with industry experts, receive mentoring from the leadership team of the BMW Group Financial Services NA and access funding from L Marks.

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Columbus Ohio North America America 91

entrepreMusings

MAY 15, 2011

I just got back from a conference put on by one of the Austin Technology Incubators funders, the Economic Development Agency, held in Albuquerque. I recently wrote on the Austin Technology Incubator blog about an upcoming panel I’m speaking on at IBM’s SmartCamp here in Austin, Texas.

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Albuquerque Incubator DC America 59

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 18, 2014

Most people never get to launch a successful startup, much less six. Instead of launching another startup, however, he’s launching entrepreneurs. Today Baum heads up a non-profit called Founder.org , where he’s applying the lessons he learned from his own startups to help student entrepreneurs launch their companies.

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Founder Entrepreneur North America Startup 60

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

It’s remade entrepreneurship education, startup practice and innovation in companies and the government. Customer Discovery and Lean Innovation in Academic Settings vs Non-Academic Settings such as incubators and accelerators. It’s been almost a decade since we first started teaching the Lean Methodology. Australia?].

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SiliconHills

APRIL 29, 2013

It struck up a partnership with startups in South America to foster that region’s entrepreneurial base. Now, TechRanch, a coworking space and incubator in Austin, has expanded even further this time into Asia with a partnership in the city-state island of Singapore. A year ago, TechRanch expanded its reach into Chile.

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Singapore South America Chile Asia 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

Since the recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index.

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IPO Angel Investor Startup Incubator 120