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The Government Starts an Incubator: The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Steve Blank

government has been running one of the most audacious experiments in entrepreneurship since World War II. 19 of the 21 teams are moving forward in commercializing their technology. government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Over the last two months the U.S. billion U.S.

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Things To Expect As A Woman Founder When Starting A Tech-Based Company

YoungUpstarts

by Saumya Bhatnagar, CTO and Co-founder of InvolveSoft. of venture capital investment in 2018. Another reason that makes it difficult for women to gather adequate funds is more than 89% of investors are male in the Venture Capital World, who often overlook women entrepreneurs.

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9 Austin Startup Week Sessions at Capital Factory That Blew Us Away

Austin Startup

Opening Night Happy Hour and Keynote with Scott Kupor: Secrets of Sandhill Road | Fundraising Track Joshua Baer , Founder and CEO at Capital Factory, delved into the transforming realm of venture capital with Scott Kupor , Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. If someone gets mad, that’s usually a good sign.

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eve is coming to Austin

Austin Startup

From the very beginning, I knew we needed to set up shop in Munich and London; London because it’s the insurance capital of the world and Munich not only because it is second in insurance, but because it’s quickly becoming a tech hub in Europe. And we don’t have to tell you why but our next stop is Austin. Why free you ask?

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250 Developers

This is going to be BIG.

I may not be technical myself—but after working with Jean Barmash on CTO School, I’ve learned a lot about finding the right technical people and enabling successful education by and for the more technically inclined innovation community. Find a small group of technical advisors to oversee syllabus creation, program structure, etc.

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The Other Amazon Deal this week. Drupal founder attracts over $100 Million in 3 months.

Scalable Startup

After that it quickly gained credibility and spread throughout government, and corporate America. I have no doubt he will, for he is a true “Startup CEO”, even though his title is CTO at Acquia. more info on the funding round from @thewhir [link].

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boldstart 2018 recap and what’s hot in enterprise 2019

BeyondVC

Tony Saldanha (P&G Next Gen Svces, Transformant), Farhan Shah (Allstate, CTO, Head of Platform Eng), Munu Gandhi (VP Infrastructure, AON), Virginia Lyons (CISO, Williams Sonoma) and GTM advisors?—?Natalie Dev-first API for interactive emails?—?will will be a great fit with the Salesforce marketing cloud. New CXO advisors join?—?

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