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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

The last few months have been an unprecedented time for entrepreneurs and startup founders on the market. Even some of the most prominent startup household names in Silicon Valley saw their demise last year — and everyone entrepreneur and startup face this fear. Do Not Fear! This is an Opportunity!

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Challenges and Opportunities for Europe’s Metaverse Market

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According to Rolf Illenberger, co-founder of VRdirect, a virtual reality platform in Munich, none of the big European tech companies are currently relevant to the future of the Metaverse. However, he also admits that they face major challenges. Historically, European startups have lagged behind the US and Asia regarding nurturing unicorns.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone). At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. Look out China, we’ll advise you into submission! Insufficient social capital.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

According to a report by the National Venture Capital Association, 1/3 of all venture-backed publicly traded companies between 2006 and 2012 had at least one foreign-born entrepreneur. More than 40% of the Fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

According to a report by the National Venture Capital Association, 1/3 of all venture-backed publicly traded companies between 2006 and 2012 had at least one foreign-born entrepreneur. More than 40% of the Fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Tim Schumann, Founder & CEO, Buddy Ventures , highlights that typically less investment capital is required to get into foreign startups at the same stage of development as a comparable US startup. . Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage.

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Thoughts from the Digital Agenda Assembly 2012 in Brussels

VC Cafe

In other words, European entrepreneurs ought to be more ambitious, visionary and frankly, a bit more agressive. there is a general agreement that European Entrepreneurs have everything they need to succeed, including talent, ideas and access to capital (albeit with higher public sector support than in the US). the UK startup ecosystem.

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