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Why Investors are Loving Austin as an Innovation Hub!

Austin Startup

There’s a reason why Austin has been named the top tech city in the US in 2019 and 2020 by CompTIA. Ruben relocated to Austin from Chile in early 2020, prior to the start of COVID, after receiving the opportunity to join the International Accelerator with Beereaders.

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The United Nations: a Network of Networks

Reid Hoffman

My name is Reid Hoffman. The short answer is networks and entrepreneurship. Networks enable communication, collaboration, and coordination that in turn enable innovation. Entrepreneurs find the right innovations from networks and build them into products and services with business models.

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How To Get The Most Out Of A Startup Accelerator

ReadWriteStart

Last year, Her Campus was a winner and named Best All-Around Team in MassChallenge, the world’s largest start-up competition. I have been a part of both Startup Chile and now TechStars in Boston. To get the most out of an accelerator you really need to take advantage of the network of mentors. Be Proactive.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTú

Both Sides of the Table

Yesterday MiTú Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. In food you have the amazing food network Tastemade – the Food Network of online video. Indeed we are already seeing that online.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Many entrepreneurs cannot get to Silicon Valley because of Visa or immigration issues and many startups who don’t get onto prestigious programs like Ycombinator or Techstars are choosing Startup Chile as an alternative. ’ And Startup Chile also brings hope to entrepreneurs who can’t get to Silicon Valley.

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How To Write A Business Book That Matters

Duct Tape Marketing

What are the, without naming names, what, what do they get wrong typically? This episode is brought to you by Business Made Simple, hosted by Donald Miller, and brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals hosted by Donald Miller. They've just outsourced the writing.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , August 14, 2010 Governments round the world are trying to stimulate entrepreneurship. As most, if not all, of the games on social networks use the freemium business model (i.e. Have convertible notes really won? equity debate. 10 cents per DAU.

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