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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

This is not a comprehensive list, but merely an attempt to highlight some of the most notable examples relevant for technology-enabled startups. For example, Qualcomm Ventures hosts an international business plan competition called QPrize , which targets mobile technology startups. 1) Corporate Venture Capital. 4) Accelerators.

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How VCs Can Accelerate Portfolio Company Returns

David Teten

They fund highly uncertain projects that usually operate within a very fast moving environment and within consistently shifting technological paradigms. Venture capitalists are financiers of a special nature.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs, Angels, Incubators, Accelerators - What Are You Doing With Your Rejects?

ReadWriteStart

I recently wrote a blog post that I believe is worth pointing out in the context of the strategy roundtables: VCs, Angels, Incubators, Accelerators - What Are You Doing With Your Rejects? I'd like to hear from venture capitalists, angel investors, incubators, and accelerators on this topic. His firm invests in four. Discuss.

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10 random online resources for Entrepreneurs (2010 version)

crowdSPRING Blog

Graham is the founder of Y Combinator, the leading startup incubator, and the essays on his blog providethought-leadership on topics as varied as startup funding, marketing, and life lived well. Not that it is fictional in any wayIt should be at once intriguing, provocative, and entertaining. This is what I get when I read Paul Graham.

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New San Diego VC Firm Emerges as ‘The Moneyball of Venture Capital’ | Xconomy

www.xconomy.com

San Diego’s Free EvoNexus Tech Incubator Gains Qualcomm Expertise. XSITE 2012: The Xconomy Summit on Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship. The firm, Correlation Ventures, is using predictive analytics technology to tilt the odds in its favor. Tech Channels ▾ Cleantech ›. View More in Cleantech ›. Health IT ›.

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3 Advantages to an Experiential Web Presence

Duct Tape Marketing

Now with greater accessibility to the Internet through various devices, coupled with the advancements of modern technology, browsing the Internet has truly become an experience for the user, with tremendous advantages for businesses. The evolved user experience is no longer the traditional model of providing information.

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Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptors

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

But I wonder if one answer could be that there are these other technology companies like this one I’m talking about. I wonder if another technology company in which you don’t compete, so that then doing one thing means they wouldn’t do the other and yet you’re both going after the same people. Jason: Why?

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