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Where Does Foundry Group Invest?

Feld Thoughts

In it, he talked about his own experience expanding his investment horizons beyond the bay area, but also mentioned some other folks, including us and USV, where he did a quick analysis of the location of our partner funds. Hopefully, we will continue to help develop and expand existing and new startup communities.

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Bigger in Bend – Building a Regional Startup Cluster–part 1 of 3

Steve Blank

When Customer Development and the Lean Startup were just a sketch on the napkin, Dino Vendetti, a VC at Bay Partners, was one of the first venture capitalists I shared my ideas with. It’s home to a small but growing tech community that has been developing over the past decade, and that’s what piqued my interest. What’s Different.

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Taking Service To The Stratosphere: 12 Keys To Creating Uplifting Service In Today’s Marketplace

YoungUpstarts

Many Partners, Many Missions, One Changi.” But that’s not everything the company’s customers and partners value. In Portland, Oregon, Apple buses senior citizens from the local community center to its stores and teaches them to use a computer, some for the very first time. Engaging Service Vision. He is the founder of UP!

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Vancouver

ReadWriteStart

And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Portland too. Vancouver has a number of local events and programs that connect and support members of the community, including Vancouver GreenTech Exchange, Vancouver Startup Weekend, Mobile Mondays, and BCIC-New Ventures Competition. Then there's Seattle, of course.

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Succeeding in Venture Capital as an Introvert

Hunter Walker

I would experience some social anxiety mixed with generally feeling overwhelmed by my own internal scorecarding and thoughts of, “Am I networking enough?” There’s just so much community and learning-by-osmosis (or serendipity) that comes from being together. I do miss being near my business partner Satya. Or maybe not.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

socialmatchbox.com

We’re contact@socialmatchbox.com and we will be happy to get you in touch with the right recruiter or user group to talk to for networking purposes. client / Washington, DC ($500 Referral Reward) Developer/Partner / Rocket Whale, Inc. If you follow these steps and still can’t find what you are looking for then let us know.

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How I Started a Gluten-Free Cookie Company: With Josh Fegles of Jude’s Foods

Up and Running

” That’s what got me connected with Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center and Portland Community College’s Small Business Development Center. The way the SBDC works is they’ll partner you up with people who have done what you’re trying to do. It was the community college course I took.

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