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Is Switzerland the next big tech hub?

The Startup Magazine

When you think about Switzerland, there are usually three things that come to mind: fantastic watches, beautiful mountains, and gigantic corporate banks. The Global Innovation Index places Switzerland as the most innovative country in the world. Switzerland has a fantastic infrastructure that drives this new tech.

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The Government Starts an Incubator: The National Science Foundation Innovation Corps

Steve Blank

We recruited two veteran Venture Capital partners to be part of the 10-week teaching team: Jon Feiber , at Mohr Davidow and John Burke of True Ventures. Since the first part of the lecture was about Alexander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas, Osterwalder flew in from Switzerland to teach slides 20-76.

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Austinites represent at SXSW 2018

Austin Startup

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.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

The second panel will focus on collaborative investing in non-public alternative investments (private equity, venture capital, receivables, etc.). . Mr. Vukajlovic has two kids and lives with his family in Zurich, Switzerland. Nic Perkin is the President and Co-Founder of The Receivables Exchange.

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Consolidation

thebarefootvc

Last week, several jurisdictions moved to classify cryptoassets, with a bill passing the Wyoming House of Representatives defining utility tokens (which would not be subject to securities regulations) and Switzerland also delineating three categories of tokens: securities (tokens that function as investments); utilities (access to services on a platform (..)

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Invest in Israel Newsletter May 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

The International Institute of Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne, Switzerland, in its 2011 World Competitiveness Yearbook ranked Israel in the 17th place among the world’s 59 leading economies in terms of competitiveness. In terms of access to venture capital, Israel was rated 2nd in the world.

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MassChallenge Joins the Texas Ecosystem

Austin Startup

The Texas program will be this group’s first outpost in the US beyond their roots in Boston (this organization also operates in Mexico, Israel, Switzerland and the U.K.). Deeply embedded in the region’s innovation community, Milliard has held senior positions at Ascension, Austin Ventures, and AT&T Knowledge Ventures.

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