Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

And the loosening of federal monetary policies, particularly in the US, has pushed more dollars into the venture ecosystems at every stage of financing. We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. how on Earth could the venture capital market stand still? Of course we can’t.

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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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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. But what made the overwhelming impression for me was finding an entrepreneurial software cluster on par with the Internet software portion of Silicon Valley. China Venture Capital. Entrepreneurship in Beijing.

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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. But there are other regions in the world that might not be as fancy as Silicon Valley but have a remarkable potential for growth. This amount can triple by 2025.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

In fact, I just did a case study on Coastal Contacts , a $150 million e-commerce company that sells contact lenses online and has built itself up largely by using inventory financing as opposed to venture capital and equity financing. The likelihood of you being able to attract Silicon Valley or U.S. That sounds great.

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Pascal's View

SEPTEMBER 5, 2010

My contributions to this undergraduate textbook, Venture Capital: Theory & Practice , are the result of two important collaborations. Venture Capital started in China in 1985, when the first government-sponsored venture capital firm was established. Venture Capital is a popular buzzword in China.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 6, 2009

Two years out of the Air Force, serendipity (which would be my lifelong form of career planning) found me in Silicon Valley working for my first company: ESL. But part of his life that that doesn’t even merit a Wikipedia entry is that Bill Perry used Silicon Valley to help end the cold war.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

At our firm, ff Venture Capital , we didn’t aim to go to Canada, but ended up there anyway. We’re a New York based early-stage venture capital firm. For instance, for every dollar spent on an engineering team, companies can get approximately one third of the cost back via government-incentive programs.

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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. Contrasting China via their Zhi-Xing (? ?, March 9, 2018 3:30PM?—?4:30PM 4:30PM Hilton?—?Salon 10:30AM Hilton?

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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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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 North America is not just about Silicon Valley. Let’s find out. Europe Makes Itself Heard.

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VC Adventure

MARCH 19, 2023

Like many of you, I’ve been reflecting on the implosion of Silicon Valley Bank quite a bit this past week, now that the initial panic has faded into a dulled sense of disbelief. Simply put, smaller banks do a better job lending money to a wider set of small businesses than the more programmatically run larger banks.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

COVID-19 has caused global acceleration of many trends that were already happening before the pandemic and the immigration to Texas and especially Austin are no exception. Some are running away from skyrocketing tax rates, dysfunctional government, and devastating wildfires. Austin is positioned to be the biggest winner of them all.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

I got smarter about the world outside of Silicon Valley, met some wonderful people who made me feel part of their family and shared some thoughts about entrepreneurship. This post is a personal view of what I saw in what I call “Chilecon Valley” — in no way does it represent the views of the fine institutions I teach at.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Come enjoy the live band and intimate seating that also opens up into networking lounges designed to showcase Austin’s executive clout, global appeal, and the Austin tech scene and companies that live and thrive here 365 days a year. A Venture Capital Outlook on Industry 4.0 Time: 5pm to 6pm Location: Hilton?—?Salon

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? Or are they running to a fresh perspective, a massive talent pool, and an innovation culture that balances social impact with global domination? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they

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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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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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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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A Crowded Space

MARCH 12, 2019

On one hand, I respect that Washington now realizes what Silicon Valley has known for decades: marketplaces and platforms have powerful and influential network effects. As they get bigger, they can start to have true positive impact on global GDP as they allocate resources more effectively than the status quo.

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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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The Equity Kicker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

As we all know, the last ten years has seen a near-total collapse of the innovation cost curve, thanks to the perfect storm of open-source, cloud infrastructure, and “free” global distribution via search, social and app stores. Those VCs were nearly all situated in Silicon Valley and most companies couldn’t get very far without going to them.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 12, 2009

I liked the Friday, August 7 Wall Street Journal editorial, Washington vs. Silicon Valley , but it does not go far enough. economy: “… Sarbanes-Oxley compliance costs, Eliot-Spitzer’s stock analyst settlement and the economic downturn have created an historic drought in venture-backed companies going public. .

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online.wsj.com

JULY 11, 2012

Theres a power struggle underway in Silicon Valley. Over the past two years, one of the most influential venture-capital firms has turned the usual rules of start-up investing on its head. For now, venture investors are relatively content with the arrangement, as theyve made immense sums along the way. "We

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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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VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

1) There’s a growing buzz around entrepreneurship - several people mentioned that in the past, students that graduated from college hurried to find a job in big company and in the case of Brazil also the government. 2) There’s a hunger for venture capital funding. But that is now changing.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 26, 2009

Global Competition and the Critical Role of Venture Capital in America’s Growth Economy. Since 2007, ITSEF has focused on advancing innovation in security technologies through public-private partnerships by developing a community of interest between Washington and Silicon Valley. Share and Enjoy:

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Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

My inaugural keynote lecture focused on the challenges and opportunities for Salzburg to become a global center of innovation excellence. How can the Salzburg community come together to nurture ideas into startups and see these startups grow into globally relevant companies? In my view this commitment to collaborate is in place.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alex has helped bring more than $160 million in funding to Texas startups through SBIR, STTR and other government funding programs for companies like Essentium, ICON 3D, and LIFT Aircraft. He was also born here and went to UT Austin before heading out to Silicon Valley for a stint. STOIKY is his callsign.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. Of all the Chinese government programs, the Torch Program is the one program that kick-started Chinese high-tech innovation and startups. This enabled Torch to evolve with China’s rapidly global economy. It has become China’s Silicon Valley.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. Network strength is one of the reasons that people who want to build great software businesses have, and will continue to move to Silicon Valley.

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Reid Hoffman

JULY 27, 2021

You’re going to school with somewhere between 200 to 800 people who are going to be future global business leaders; these relationships can be enormously valuable. Network strength is one of the reasons that people who want to build great software businesses have, and will continue to move to Silicon Valley.

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Eric Friedman

AUGUST 18, 2021

I lovingly call him the curmudgeon of fintech – in this episode we go deep into how he is building a venture capital firm and practice, not just running a fund and how he views the world of fintech investing. One of the ones that really bothers me is how Venture Capitalists try and conflate what they do as being complicated.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

Government funding of research started in World War II driven by the needs of the military for weapon systems to defeat Germany and Japan. government has had a robust national science and technology policy, it lacks a national industrial policy; leaving that to private capital. governments approach to science and warfare.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Box has announced the launch of Box Accelerator , a global data transfer network that pushes the speed, security and scale of the Box service for business and enterprise users for a faster and more streamlined service. times faster than the closest competitor, globally, and 3.1 times faster than its closest competitor in the U.S.).

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Today, I am thrilled to see that OrangeScape is emerging as a promising player in the Indian startup firmament, and reaching for global market penetration. Next, Paul Croskrey with OBM Global pitched the Multi Angular Force Generator (MAFG), an alternative energy startup aiming to provide off-grid power. Multi Angular Force Generator.

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thebarefootvc

AUGUST 31, 2018

Interestingly, Satis, a blockchain advisory firm, published a report this past week (link below) that predicts offshore markets for cryptocurrency will be main drivers of crypto market growth, citing a loss of confidence in government monetary policy around the world.

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