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Amsterdam-based Rockstart Accelerator’s first graduates head to Silicon Valley

The Next Web

The accelerator, which counts Amazon CTO Werner Vogels among its startup mentors , will be showcasing its first batch of startups (see list below) in Silicon Valley on the 20th of September, followed by a panel discussion about “The Future of the European Startup Community” Sounds riveting!

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Scaling from maker to manager

Version One Ventures

A few weeks ago I shared some important leadership lessons from Stewart Butterfield , including investing in your own growth to make sure that the founder scales as fast as the company. Growing with your start-up can be a very tough undertaking for a founder. It requires reinventing yourself dramatically in very little time.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

“Why do founders want to take the VCs’ money? As a person who spends much time thinking about the venture capital & startup community and who has seen good times & bad times across many economic cycles the article is well written. And the wrong message is frankly strewn all over Silicon Valley.

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Innovation and Geography

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Tuesday, February 20, 2007 Innovation and Geography I ran across a post in Read/Write Web - Does Location Matter in Web Innovation? that talked about a recent NY Times article When It Comes to Innovation, Geography Is Destiny. eHarmongy) as an acting CTO.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

Both Sides of the Table

The beauty of Silicon Valley and the ethos it has driven in all of us is acceptance of failure and a profound respect for those who at least try. We hired outside experts. Could you withstand the public scrutiny every day of being a young tech founder and show up every morning filled with enthusiasm? I was not fried.

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9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

ReadWriteStart

Based on the buzz it’s created in the developer community this year, we’d say it has followed through on this promise. And the Docker open-source community may be in the midst of a potentially ugly split. High-quality new startups with no connections to Silicon Valley have a shot at getting discovered on Product Hunt.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. There’s you and your killer CTO co-founder.

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