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Welcoming Bobby Schnabel Back to CU Boulder

Feld Thoughts

Bobby Schnabel has returned to CU Boulder as the College of Engineering and Applied Science faculty director for entrepreneurial leadership , external chair of computer science, and campus thought-leader on computing.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

And from a financial perspective, any investor would be better off buying stock in Amazon than buying and share of a corner bookshop; if you invested $100 in Amazon’s 1997 initial public offering (IPO), those shares would have been worth about $120,000 in 2018. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

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Paying Lip Service to Developing Entrepreneurs

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

in 1997 to 24.7 The percentage of new entrepreneurs who are women has also dropped significantly since 1997. Younger people are not starting businesses like they used to. In the age bracket of 20 to 34 the percentage of people starting new ventures has dropped from 34.3% That is not good.

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Austin’s Entrepreneurial Landscape

Austin Startup

In November of 2015, the Austin Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Austin Technology Council released the Inaugural Capital Landscape Analysis to answer these questions. City leadership is actively championing the development of later stage funding sources, and the city’s culture lends itself to supporting that. versus $10M+).

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37 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

A photo posted by CEO Blog Nation : I am CEO (@ceoblognation) on Aug 18, 2015 at 2:23pm PDT. #1) Extremely-Sharp.com originally started with a few retail locations in 1997, and we quickly started the e-commerce site the next year. Tell us your story below! 1) Solve a Problem.