ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 27, 2023

The government’s unwavering commitment, proactive support, robust investment in research and development, and favorable policies have paved the way for a remarkable transformation. The Korean government has played a pivotal role in fostering this thriving start-up ecosystem through various initiatives.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

He does this all round for the Capital Factory portfolio but this week he’ll be in high gear making hundreds of introductions and arranging hundreds of in-person meetings at Capital Factory. There will also be a constant stream of programming including official SXSW panels. You can see a much larger list at the end.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. But now, the defining movie of today’s twentysomethings is “The Social Network”. Teaching and research on entrepreneurship : SOM’s Program on Entrepreneurship , Kyle Jensen’s courses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2020

Solicit venture capital investors. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China? Research universities also became an integral part of the military ecosystem as the federal government pumped billions into supporting science. billion budget.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 2, 2011

A good place to start is the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which is a lifeline for high-tech startups. Extend your networking. It’s time for you to meet state and local government officials, make them aware of what you are doing, and get them excited and working for you. Marty Zwilling.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 8, 2022

Defense Innovation Scholars Program – 25 students now, 50 by the end of the year. Our current approaches – both in the past and current administration – to innovation across the government are piecemeal, incremental, increasingly less relevant and insufficient. CONOPS Development. Conference. Do this by picking winners.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

I’ve been a traditional equity VC for 8 years, and I’m now researching new business models in venture capital. RBI normally requires founders to pay back their investors with a fixed percentage of revenue until they have finished providing the investor with a fixed return on capital, which they agree upon in advance.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 19, 2019

We’ll gather at the Palace of Fine Arts for workshops, talks, case studies, networking, and will host an amazing lineup of participants from diverse backgrounds and industries. Our goal—again, based on feedback—is to continue broadening the reach of Lean Startup and embracing the numerous ways people are using it.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China? Research universities also became an integral part of the military ecosystem as the federal government pumped billions into supporting science. billion budget.

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If you have ample savings, a strong professional network, or other forms of capital that make downside risk more survivable, you can take more risks than someone who doesn’t possess these assets. But inequitable access to seed-stage capital is a pervasive structural issue. And that varies greatly from person to person.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2017

CDFIs may be credit unions, economic development entities, nonprofit lenders, small banks, microfinance lenders, venture capital firms, or community development corporations focused on low- to moderate-income housing. CDFI program awardees financed 13,300 businesses. To find a CDFI, visit the Opportunity Finance Network.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

Sramana Mitra said not to long ago in Forbes : “I have come to observe that most business school programs have an extensive emphasis on fundraising, especially from venture capitalists, and very little pragmatic understanding of what it really takes to get a venture off the ground. It’s a recipe for failure.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 9, 2010

It is a very good format for entrepreneur groups around the world to get together and network around the roundtable programming which happens every week, religiously. In terms of monetization, Vin expects the ad networks to supply ads to his site by selling ads to local restaurants. That sounds great.

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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. If you live in Texas, find out how you can tap into the network. 6:00 PM Capital Factory?—?16th Time: 2:00PM?—?3:00PM

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Technical Review Silicon Valley Texas Austin 58

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The results: 13 Universities will offer the course in the next year, government sponsors committed to keep sending hard problems to the course, the Department of Defense is expanding their use of H4D to include a classified version, and corporate partners are expanding their efforts to support the course and to create their own internal H4D courses.

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Software By Rob

DECEMBER 10, 2008

So in this age of uncertainty how should someone react who simply wants to collect a few greenbacks in exchange for their brilliant programming acumen? Surprisingly enough, articles for programming magazines can bring in several hundred to a thousand dollars each, depending on length. Boring programming jobs? You betcha.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. If there ever was any question about the value of China’s Torch Program walk around Zhongguancun. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 267

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Solicit venture capital investors. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

On top of that, they tend to be the locus of innovation networks. It's no accident that the people who give out money have the largest networks of people floating around them. Government and academic professionals also seek them out to get connected to the startup ecosystem. What about your academic programs?

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

Come network with your friends and share your secret parties, plan your conference sessions, and discuss whose undiscovered indy band is cooler. 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 !

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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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Steve Blank

AUGUST 17, 2009

All branches of the military (the Air Force and Army would fund the program as well) wanted Stanford to build prototypes of electronic intelligence and electronic warfare systems that could be put into production by partners in industry. This means they could fund other non-military academic programs from this overhead.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

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 In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

I’m the founder of LinkedIn and a partner at the venture capital firm, Greylock Partners. 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. The short answer is networks and entrepreneurship.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. – The Torch Program. In size, scale and commercial results China’s Torch Program from MOST (the Ministry of Science and Technology) is the most successful entrepreneurial program in the world. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

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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). In fact, cities represent some of the earliest network effects.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2014

Solicit venture capital investors. Use online platforms like Gust to find them, and local networking to find ones that relate to your industry and passion. These are government funds allocated to support new technologies and important causes, like education, medicine, and social needs. Request a small business grant.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 13, 2013

The previous post described the evolution of the Chinese Venture Capital system. If there ever was any question about the value of China’s Torch Program walk around Zhongguancun. China Venture Capital. If it’s driven by profit then the ecosystem needs both entrepreneurs as well as Venture Finance.

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Silicon Valley China Venture Capital Merger 159

YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2019

State and national governments offer grants to new establishments. But there are some private enterprises with similar financing programs you can access. The main goal of these programs is to stimulate the economy and the job market. Venture Capital. Plus, you will get to learn a lot under their protection.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2018 and 2019, we connected together all four cities with staff, programming and a Texas-wide mentor network. Since launching in Dallas we’ve seen more women and people of color in our Accelerator and Mentor Network and we are excited to have Houston compliment that even further. The Network Effect?—?applies

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 16, 2013

We, as a society, put in place structures like government and big corporations largely as an organizational efficiency. What about programs like Defy Ventures that turn convicts into entrepreneurs? Take the network out of the network and enable truly peer to peer communications. Venture Capital & Technology'

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Dallas Venture Capital Government Community 124

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The results: 13 Universities will offer the course in the next year, government sponsors committed to keep sending hard problems to the course, the Department of Defense is expanding their use of H4D to include a classified version, and corporate partners are expanding their efforts to support the course and to create their own internal H4D courses.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Start attending networking events and leverage people in your network to connect with a mentor. Many cities have innovation labs or mentoring programs that can help you get your idea off the ground. After all, you don’t want to waste your time on a bad idea—there’s always another opportunity around the corner.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 11, 2013

This post is about the how the Chinese government engineered technology clusters. – The Torch Program. In size, scale and commercial results China’s Torch Program from MOST (the Ministry of Science and Technology) is the most successful entrepreneurial program in the world. government’s SBIR and STTR programs.

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Programming Technical Review SBIR China 170

Seeing Both Sides

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

While Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to drop out of Harvard and move to Silicon Valley was a plot point in in the movie “The Social Network,” it looked like a watershed event to many in the local technology community. And many of them view the local government as an irrelevant factor in their business.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

To name a few: FFF (Friends, Family and Fools), Angels and “super angels&# , venture capital funds, government grants, incubators, corporate venture capital funds and more. there are many sources of money and the fit once again depends on the context. Mike Butcher has a pretty good list here.

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