The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

This chart is from the UK government’s recently published Patient Capital Review. As you can see from the graph on the far right it turns out that fear of failure is roughly the same in the UK, the US, France and Germany. It’s so good to finally have data on this topic!

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The Equity Kicker

DECEMBER 22, 2017

These fears were compounded by programmes from France, Germany and other governments to get UK companies to relocate. More funds attract better and more ambitious entrepreneurs who generate bigger returns and whose employees found new companies, in turn attracting more funds. It appears these campaigns have had little impact.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 2, 2020

In fact, many governments offer great incentives for those with a great idea, and you could be given a significant boost right from the start. For example, if you go to a shoe store in Germany, you might stick with buying Nike’s because you have seen them in the US. You might receive great incentives. Tax cuts and grants?

Germany 90

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn. Incubators, on the other hand, are focused on building the entrepreneurship foundation of first-time entrepreneurs. It lasts longer than an accelerator, usually 6 months to a year.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 7, 2017

given nearly 85% of Americans receive medical insurance through their employer or the government (Medicare, Medicaid, VA). Under Chancellor Bismarck, Germany created the world’s first retirement pension system at the end of the 19th century. Health insurance is a somewhat distinct opportunity in the U.S.

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The Equity Kicker

MARCH 22, 2013

It's Friday and I'm going to indulge myself in one of my favourite passtimes - talking up the success of London and the UK as centres for technology and entrepreneurs. We spend more online than other nations too - projected to be 25% of retail sales by 2016, 2x the level of Germany, our nearest competitor. Happy days.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 30, 2012

Failure is a multi-headed beast, and bankruptcy is one of many things that would-be entrepreneurs have to worry about, but it sets the tone for how a nation thinks about business failure is easy for governments to change. I doubt the same is true in Germany and France.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2017

It’s pretty close to the one I had as an entrepreneur, which was – Pray it Will Work. Written language enabled the creation of large societies and with them, governments. The first weekly newspapers appeared in Italy and Germany, and quickly spread through Europe. — First, my congratulations.

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North Korea Social Media .Net Europe 280

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

We’re seeing more governments, organizations, and corporate enterprises start to realize the impact this technology could have on how they operate. It’s estimated that 20 to 25 percent of funds are lost to corruption globally at the government level, so this is a really important issue. ETHDenver , which took place Feb.

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The Equity Kicker

MAY 13, 2015

It’s easier for smaller countries to substantially re-orient themselves, as Singapore in particular has done, so the real point of comparison here are the other large developed countries: the USA, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan. If any one is missing life gets much tougher for entrepreneurs.

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Government restrictions and fears of infection pushed companies that had previously held out to accept remote working, and many discovered that it’s more manageable than they had expected. For example, the best R&D teams for your needs might be based in the Ukraine, whereas the best designers may be in Germany.

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Babbling VC

JANUARY 7, 2012

At the same time, I really don't have much to fear in Germany. This then benefits the entrepreneur. Sure, many are left by the wayside on this journey but without such an ecosystem in place, Germany and Europe will forever trail the US. . Specifically in Germany you have the problem that very few funds have grown to scale.

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Networking Germany Europe Syndicate 93

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box. I had organized European operations into regions and the country manager for Italy reported to the central European manager based in Germany. Managing foreign exchange reserves is every bit as challenging as managing a family budget. HR rules are local.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn. Incubators, on the other hand, are focused on building the entrepreneurship foundation of first-time entrepreneurs. It lasts longer than an accelerator, usually 6 months to a year.

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Incubator Programming San Francisco Chile 40

Up and Running

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Going global with a startup or business is easier than it has ever been (although it still has its challenges), and for many winning entrepreneurs, their success has been attributed to their consideration toward international expansion right from the very start. For example, it is customary in Germany to use Mr., Mrs., or Ms.,

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

Thus, when the government creates restrictions, think out of the box. I had organized European operations into regions and the country manager for Italy reported to the central European manager based in Germany. Tags: entrepreneur international cultures challenges business. Respect local customs and practices.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To achieve that vision, we need new technologies; new collaborative strategies between governments, NGOs, and the private sector; new methods of sharing and scaling what works. Entrepreneurs find the right innovations from networks and build them into products and services with business models. We need entrepreneurs of all sorts.

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Networking Chile Government Global 28

Steve Blank

AUGUST 3, 2009

The Cold War After World War II ended, our wartime ally the Soviet Union kept its army in Eastern Europe and forcibly installed Communist governments in its occupied territories. That same year China fell to the communists under Mao Zedong, and the Nationalist government retreated to Taiwan. Unlike Germany in World War II, the U.S.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. twenty in your wallet?

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Nothhaft has put together a challenging but small list of things we have to do to revitalize our innovation leadership, and I’m supportive: Liberate entrepreneurs from regulatory shackles. Germany, Ireland, Israel, and most other non-Asian nations also provide major tax incentives, and huge R&D tax credits. Startups in the U.S.

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Technical Review Taiwan Silicon Valley Ireland 230

VC Cafe

JANUARY 14, 2022

The only countries that saw higher growth in tech investments were Germany (170%) and India (164%). The government set a goal to increase the percentage of people employed in tech t0 15% but it cannot be achieved overnight. This is even before serial entrepreneur Liad Agmon joins as partner. Part of a global trend.

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Technical Review Lock-up Period South Korea 158

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

The first thing any American notices when coming to Amsterdam is that unlike Germany and France, everyone speaks English. At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one. The point is clear, we need more entrepreneurs with the ambition to build large lasting companies. In short: a small country that is hyper connected.

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Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

www.businessweek.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Bloomberg Government. If your app was too popular, the costs would explode,” says entrepreneur Alexander Marktl, whose startup, Sonico Mobile, makes a foreign-language translation app. “As For Greek Politicians, Election Doesn’t Make Governing Any Easier. Germany Says No to European Car Aid. Go To Businessweek.com.

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Greece Ukraine New Hampshire China 45

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

#businessname #business #entrepreneur #startup #name #compilation #instagram #ceoblognation #blog #newblog #blogpost #livetoday. When I returned to Nigeria from Germany looking to create a dedicated (online) hotel booking agency for Nigerians, I wanted my company to communicate in the simplest terms possible what our value proposition was.

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Naming Entrepreneur Haiti Nigeria 48

Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

To succeed in this ambitious initiative, the academic, business, and entrepreneur communities will need to collaborate closely. … First, we need to differentiate between whether Salzburg should prioritize the funding of entrepreneurs who are pursuing breakthrough innovation as opposed to incremental innovation.

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Austria Global Silicon Valley Advisory Board 28

The Next Web

DECEMBER 24, 2012

It is partially fueled by government, who want to say, oh we started 20,000 companies or whatever, even if they were 20,000 one-man companies that aren’t really going anywhere. And they’re not here. SA: Is founding a startup becoming too much of a fashionable thing to do? MJ: I see that a lot.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

One-fifth of New York’s entrepreneurs are women and it’s home to twice as many female-run startups as Silicon Valley. “I guess there are a lot of reasons for this,” Hermann says, “but what is really interesting is that the number of female entrepreneurs has not influenced at all the performance of the ecosystem.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

Hannu is one of those entrepreneurs who has put everything on hold to try to make a difference in a worldwide pandemic and we're grateful to him for that. Hannu has called for mass coordination between the government and the private sector to get to a vaccine faster, not a few months faster but dramatically faster.

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Founder Technical Review Leadership Software Review 60

David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

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. Determined Founders.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

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. Determined Founders.

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United States Silicon Valley Canada Offshore 60

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

Esther was talking about problems and entrepreneurs as far away as Russia. Even from a young age, my experiences as president of my college fraternity were more formative in my experiences as an entrepreneur than my economics classes were. It was an “enterprise 2.0” panel at the dawn of what people began calling “web 2.0.”.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

In addition to the investor-entrepreneur socializing, the government of Israel was able to score two key contracts with two foreign nations. Investors from all over the world were present from Germany, France, Brazil, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands; even a news reporter from New Zealand appeared for the event.

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Brazil Kenya Taiwan 97

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Strikingly, there are now several state and city government programs specifically designed to make it easier for non-Americans to found companies in NYC. This is the first citywide program in the US that allows a city (New York) to retain and attract foreign entrepreneurs by offering access to uncapped H1B visas.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Many entrepreneurs battle with their business name, mostly I believe, because they have too many ideas and are not sure what to narrow their niche down to. GRACEFULLY GLOBAL GROUP *was born out of a desire to continue to move about the globe gracefully as an entrepreneur, inspirational, bilingual keynote speaker and author.

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Naming Software Review Entrepreneur Atlanta 88

Up and Running

JULY 21, 2016

If you’re interested in starting your company in Silicon Valley, check out these resources: Silicon Vikings Entrepreneur Resources. Often called the “startup nation,” Israel is experiencing a boom in startup activity, making it an appealing place for budding entrepreneurs who wish to be a part of a rapidly growing hub of startup activity.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Dan and I talked about a book we both loved but also feared, “ In the Garden of Beasts ” that profiled the rise of Nazi’s in Germany in their earliest rise to power. It is a riveting and prescient book that is based on actual letters from the US Ambassador to Germany and his daughter in the run up to Hitler seizing power.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 10, 2017

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1 – Personal Quest. As an entrepreneur I launched air events global to fill a gap in the marketplace, connecting clients and event staff. Each story is different though the reasons may be the same. Image Credit: Serena Pau. Why not me?

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