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Visit to Case Foundation and Startup America

David Teten

Michael Smith, leader of the Social Innovation team at the Case Foundation , introduced the Foundation as a non-profit started in 1997 by Steve Case (AOL co-founder) and his wife, Jean Case. We also do a lot of cross-sector collaborations: bringing in for-profit, government, nonprofits, etc. Startup America is an example.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

government dataset compiled by the U.S. The BDS series tracks the annual number of new businesses (startups and new locations) from 1977 to 2005, and defines startups as firms younger than one year old. government policy ‘thenext big thing will not be invented here. Census Bureau. ” (ix) The U.S.

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Why “The Culture of Failure” is Imperative to Startup Communities

Both Sides of the Table

I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. I had this discussion with Steve with the camera rolling and we talked about “ The Secret History of Silicon Valley ” as place that largely grew out of defense and government spending plus research labs around the Stanford campus.

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Entrepreneur-Friendly Policies (Finally) Showing Promise - But Leadership Required

Seeing Both Sides

The Kauffman Foundation’s research on this matter is clear: from 1997 to 2005, job growth in the US was driven entirely by start-ups. But to really jumpstart company formation, the government should consider meaningfully increasing NIH funding – perhaps 2-3x its current level. It’s new businesses.

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Top 10 Podcasts To Become a More Well-Rounded Human

Austin Startup

Founded in 1997, the organization presents a wide range of theme-based storytelling events across the United States and abroad. I’ll openly admit that when it comes to the US government and politics, I can get a little lost. I’m just waiting for a local government political podcast for here in Austin.

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

Back in 2005, I started Cellit, a company focused on helping companies communicate with their customers via text messages. Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. Thanks to Dr. Victor Allis, CEO and founding partner, Quintiq ! #4)

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More Signs of Trouble in the Innovation Ecosystem

Pascal's View

major industry sector, marks the lowest venture investment level since 1997. for the Clean Tech sector since 2005. National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Reuters: mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> " Quarterly investment activity was down 47 percent. billion was invested in 866 deals. billion into 338 deals.