Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. web site, they create another 100,000 VPN users.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The pandemic has caused a severe downturn in global economies. Venture capital firms have become more discerning where they put their limited funds to use, and banks have always been anti-startup in their business dealings. Yet despite the overarching negative outlook, startups seem to be weathering the storm.

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Pascal's View

JULY 1, 2014

Can you name five successful, long serving CEO’s (excluding Warren Buffett ) whose governance histories are free of the “high-beta” associated with outliers such as Larry Ellison and Steve Jobs ? It is in this context that I found “Corporate Governance According to Charles T. It’s not easy. Can these be separated?

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Note that the inner ring shows their global equivalents.). The downside is that with so much venture and angel capital available, investors have been willing to fund the 10 th Groupon clone. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. web site, they create another 100,000 VPN users.

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 29, 2021

The Global Innovation Index places Switzerland as the most innovative country in the world. As the largest city in Switzerland, Zurich is a global business hub and home to fifteen companies ranked within the prestigious Fortune 500 list, including the Zurich Insurance Group,” explain SAP recruitment experts at Eursap.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2013

Partners for a New Beginning (PNB), a public-private partnership housed at the Aspen Institute, is organizing a Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investor Delegation from the Maghreb. David Teten, HBS 98, Partner, ff Venture Capital, will discuss his research study on VC portfolio operations, recently featured in Forbes ).

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 23, 2019

From tips on international expansion strategies to using XR as a musical instrument, these sessions at Capital Factory showcased some amazing innovation in Austin’s startup community. currently helps connect relevant innovation to customers by working with entrepreneurs like Natasha Frank , Founder and CEO of EON.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Rapid technological innovation has altered global business patterns and relationships, and left individual workers, companies, and even entire industries wondering what the future holds for them. Now throw in a global pandemic. But inequitable access to seed-stage capital is a pervasive structural issue.

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. According to Jungle Ventures, Southeast Asia’s technology startups had a combined valuation of $340 billion in 2020. This amount can triple by 2025. billion in 2018.

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Asia Indonesia Silicon Valley Malaysia 171

Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2018

Friday, March 9 Attracting VC Funding Outside Silicon Valley Panel with HomeAway founder Brian Sharples & Capital Factory Director Gordon Daugherty We do a lot of things differently in Texas, including fundraising. Salon FG Bankrupt to Billionaire with SBA Administrator Linda McMahon & Headspring CEO Dustin Wells In business?—?as

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Ben's Blog

JANUARY 31, 2012

The two most obvious are: Why did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? How did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money? After raising our first round of funding for Loudcloud in 1999, we went to visit our new venture capital firm and meet their full team.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Intro to the Austin EdTech Startup Scene Come meet Sean Duffy , founder of EdTech Austin and let him tell about everything going on in EdTech in Austin! On the first official day of SXSW I’m going to be at the convention center all day until I head over to Capital Factory to kick off the SXSW Startup Crawl ! as in pro wrestling?—?you’re

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Technical Review Austin Texas Cofounder 89

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The past year was a wild ride for startups and founders, giving a whole new meaning to the ”rollercoaster” aspect of being an entrepreneur. Patrick Collison , self-made billionaire founder of Stripe. Bill Gates , founder of Microsoft. Choosing a co-founder, and hiring the early employees is key to building a successful company.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 24, 2013

oi and Cristian Strat, founders of Summify (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Two years ago , Danny Robinson, Maura Rodgers and myself started to lobby for a Startup Visa Canada that would make it easier for foreign (tech) entrepreneurs to start their company in Canada. In addition, Startup Visa will create good Canadian jobs.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 29, 2020

Thus, let’s start this discussion by defining the global crisis caused by the new coronavirus, COVID-19 , so that we can look forward to finding the opportunity in the crisis. One of the many challenges facing the world’s governments is the fact that no one really knows how this virus behaves. .” – Albert Einstein.

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David Teten

MARCH 4, 2021

We have added a large new section to the Versatile VC website with some of the best sources of free money for tech-enabled founders. Free money and support from the Fortune Global 500 and Fortune Global 500. Free government money and support. That’s free as in “free beer”, not free as in “free speech”. Free consulting.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2013

The Canadian government announced on Thursday it will launch a new program on April 1 to encourage startup founders who will (hopefully) create new jobs and spur economic growth in the country. “Recruiting dynamic entrepreneurs from around the world will help Canada remain competitive in the global economy.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

According to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report , in 2017, global venture capital investments reached the record of $140 billion, while the total value creation of the world’s startup economy hit astonishing $2.3 Even though venture capital funding is still less accessible in Canada compared to the U.S.,

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they Joe Lonsdale.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 9, 2013

But as we now know 33% of the world’s population is now connected to the Internet, the majority of traffic to the major Internet properties is now global and at Benedict Evans pointed out in his recent report, more than 70% of the world’s literate population will have a smartphone within 4 years. Prices down. Network Up. .”

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Healthcare companies typically face tougher challenges in their start-up years than those faced by their counterparts in other sectors, due to heavy up-front capital and, at times, lengthy high risk research. There are also a growing number of government led initiatives and assistant programs that can help kick-start your company.

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thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. As of year-end, Foursquare had over 15 million users, with an exponential growth rate globally. The era of the patriarch is nearing an end.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. The Global Small Business Blog. Even the best venture capital firms have a lot of failures and few successes. Globalization.

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Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Up and Running

MAY 3, 2012

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. What is there not to like?

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Silicon Valley Lean 82

Cracking the Code

JUNE 24, 2021

It’s been quite a journey getting here and there’s still a way to go as cryptocurrencies integrate with our global financial system. I sat down (virtually) with Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Michael Gronager to discuss his learnings from almost seven years at the helm of a high-growth company. How did Kraken come about? ?

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

Joshua Baer, Founder, General Partner & CEO In partnership with JP Morgan, we invited dozens of investors from around the world on a three day Texas Startups Roadshow highlighting the best of Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Not many other investors can claim a half dozen Houston investments?—?and The Network Effect?—?applies

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

In addition, Amazon launched two dedicated funds: Alexa Startups – The Alexa Startups team engages founders and investors through startup programs, business development, and technical support. The Alexa Fund also provides up to $200 million in venture capital funding to fuel voice technology innovation. Physical space.

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Technical Review Startup Venture Capital Incubator 174

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

the Connectors, Angels, Venture Capitalists, Founders, Professors, Hackers, Press… and the Legends. Normally, you can literally just show up at Capital Factory and hang out in the kitchen. What do you do until we’re hanging out in person again? Here is your COVID-friendly cheat sheet. How do you meet them?

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Austin Texas Cofounder Los Angeles 110

crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. There is an ample selection of government aid that small businesses are encouraged to take advantage of – some of which include grants that require no repayment. World-famous startups like Hootsuite and Slack are based there.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

Austin Startup

DECEMBER 18, 2020

This year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, which included Capital Factory’s Texas Startup Roadshow, included breakout sessions relevant to each city and showcased local promising startups. from the scrappy ranchers of the early days, to the oil wildcatters, culminating in today’s high-tech entrepreneurs.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. And ultimately, we fear that this demand would undermine the very freedoms and liberty our government is meant to protect.” That started the intellectual dissonance in my brain.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 28, 2005

I recently caught up with my friend Derek Sulger, founder of Linktone (Nasdaq: LTON) and current founder and CFO of Smartpay , a Paypal-like play in China (I really like what Derek is doing with this one-no credit in China, use the mobile phones for debiting from bank accounts). His thoughts make a ton of sense.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 6, 2019

Eneyo, Edward Madongorere and Marcus Carey discuss the difficulties founders of color face while fundraising at Capital Factory’s Black in Tech Summit. Monday, March 11 Location: Capital Factory, 701 Brazos St Register: RSVP at opportunityhub.co/sxsw Here are some of our favorite D&I events you should check out during SXSW!

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South Africa Venture Capital Austin Africa 49

Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Communism being a bad science experiment) ESL’s founder Bill Perry was moving the chess pieces. One key difference: unlike HP, which had restricted stock ownership to the founders and top management, Perry made sure everyone at ESL had stock. There were no venture investors. And no one who really knew could tell you.

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The Equity Kicker

JULY 17, 2016

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” is an old French saying that translates literally as “The more it changes, the more it’s the same thing” Before the Brexit vote there was a lot of debate about the trajectory of the venture capital markets and that has intensified considerably in the last couple of weeks.

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Europe Venture Capital Ukraine Russia 60

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Check out the sites for these five for more information: Founder Institute , Junto Institute , Y Combinator , The Technology Innovation Center , TechStars. But mostly these small business, venture capital, and marketing blogs provide great tools, resources, learning opportunity, and practical information targeted directly at you.

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