YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Everyone knows that Silicon Valley has been, historically speaking, the source of much innovation. Today, institutions like the Launch Pad University and Americas Venture Capital Conference mean that a city is a hot place for startups to get financed. San Francisco is already well publicized.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. cities (outside of Silicon Valley and the East Coast), to build your startup.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 20, 2014

Before moving to Bend last year, my career took me from engineering development roles at defense contractors in the 80’s to product management and executive marketing roles in companies like Qualcomm in the 90’s, to the world of venture capital at several firms including Bay Partners, Formative Ventures and Vulcan Ventures.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Finally, for those of you who need some additional infusion of courage, please study the story of Ryan Allis in North Carolina who bootstrapped his company iContact to $1 million in revenue and THEN raised venture capital to get to $40 million. Misty Denson from Portland, Oregon, presented NameYourRentNow.com.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

That's exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., We imagine it will be exactly like The Hunger Games , but with more venture capital at stake. Try selling your vision with a beer in each hand, balancing in the aisle of a train barreling north at 80 mph.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

That's exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., We imagine it will be exactly like The Hunger Games , but with more venture capital at stake. Try selling your vision with a beer in each hand, balancing in the aisle of a train barreling north at 80 mph.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 23, 2012

That’s exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., We imagine it will be exactly like The Hunger Games , but with more venture capital at stake. Try selling your vision with a beer in each hand, balancing in the aisle of a train barreling north at 80 mph.

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