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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? The first and primary role of a government is to provide basic public goods competently. To the extent that the government fails to do that, it will retard job creation.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Tim Schumann, Founder & CEO, Buddy Ventures , highlights that typically less investment capital is required to get into foreign startups at the same stage of development as a comparable US startup. . Founders’ determination. For non-US citizens, often their right to stay and work in the United States is dependent on the job.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

Take a look at The Fortune Unicorn List : of the top 100 most valuable unicorns in 2016, 39 are currently based outside of the United States. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Why are more US VCs investing in international startups?

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

Take a look at The Fortune Unicorn List : of the top 100 most valuable unicorns in 2016, 39 are currently based outside of the United States. Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Why are more US VCs investing in international startups?