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What Makes an Entrepreneur? Cojones (7/11)

Both Sides of the Table

He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). He wanted to raise angel money. VCs don’t have the same net worth litmus test and great entrepreneurs have a ton of sources for seed money to get financed very early.

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Mile-High disruption: Why Denver should be on your tech radar next year

The Next Web

7) permits convenient communication with the East and West coasts, South America, Europe, and Asia all in the same business day. The result is a rapidly-growing local tech economy: tech hiring is among the highest in the nation at 1.7 Its elevation also affords it the recognition as the largest U.S. Denver Mayor Michael B.

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