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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

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Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. Most of what I think about startup communities came from mentorship by Brad Feld through hours of private discussion and debate. A Strong Pool of Tech Founders – Stating the obvious.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

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William Hurley, the co-founder of Honest Dollar, an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Los Angeles, CA.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

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"The Startup Way" is Headed to London

Startup Lessons Learned

From New York, Philadelphia, and Boston to Los Angeles and San Francisco, entrepreneurs came out to share their enthusiasm -- you really are everywhere. Don’t forget to tweet a photo of your book to see it on thestartupway.com Thank you, as always, for your support.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

William Hurley, co-founder of Honest Dollar , an Austin-based provider of retirement plans to small businesses, says creative talent is abundant : It’s got the music, the university scene, the hippies and the rule-breakers… It’s very easy to hire people who want to push the limits. Los Angeles.

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. And that is what we’ll do.” Now they are partners. I’d love even 0.5%

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Does a VCs Culture Really Matter? The Upfront Story

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Funds like First Round Capital, True Ventures, Foundry Group, HomeBrew, USV and many others are still run by the founders and are still on the mission they started. We also believe it’s important to be strong pillars of our community. Also, many of our deals were in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco or London.