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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

2019 Capital Factory VIP Lounge during SXSW Interactive The 16th floor kitchen and coworking area will be buzzing with even more energy and excitement than normal. Official SXSW Panels and Speakers SXSW Badge Required Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene MAR 8, 2019 | 12:30PM?—?1:30PM

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The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

Hacking for Defense is a battle-tested problem-solving methodology that runs at Silicon Valley speed. The CIA set up In-Q-Tel to be the venture capital arm of the intelligence community to speed the insertion of technologies. We just held our first Hacking for Defense Educators Class with 75 attendees.

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The Austinpreneur’s Guide to SXSW 2018 Panels & Parties

Austin Startup

It’s stocked with free food, drinks and wifi but the real reason you want to be there is because we’ve curated all of the top entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at SXSW and invited them to stop by. Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising.

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The Innovation Insurgency Scales – Hacking For Defense (H4D)

Steve Blank

Hacking for Defense is a battle-tested problem-solving methodology that runs at Silicon Valley speed. The CIA set up In-Q-Tel to be the venture capital arm of the intelligence community to speed the insertion of technologies. We just held our first Hacking for Defense Educators Class with 75 attendees.

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Attention Entrepreneurs: Walk Before You Run

Up and Running

Entrepreneurship continues to be a sexy topic for governments, with every country worth its salt trying to create its own tech hub, mimicking Silicon Valley. Sean Seton-Rogers of PROfounders Capital recently claimed that of the more than 3,500 business plans they had received, his London, U.K.

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Everything you need to know about Silicon Roundabout in 10 Links

VC Cafe

The East London area of Shoreditch, near old street is now known as “ Silicon Roundabout ” the UK’s rival to California’s Silicon Valley, which started as a government effort to rejuvenate East London, the traditionally poorer part of the city, before the Olympics. Share/Bookmark.

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The Rise of Silicon Roundabout – Tech City UK in 10 Links

VC Cafe

The East London area of Shoreditch, near old street is now known as “ Silicon Roundabout ” the UK’s rival to California’s Silicon Valley, which started as a government effort to rejuvenate East London, the traditionally poorer part of the city, before the Olympics. Share/Bookmark.