The Startup Magazine

MAY 2, 2022

Bitcoin is often thought of as an American invention, but it’s actually a global phenomenon. The German government has taken a hands-off approach to regulation, and this has helped to foster a vibrant ecosystem of bitcoin businesses and users. The post Bitcoin Developments in Denmark appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 22, 2023

The New Zealand chapter of the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) wants to see local and central government politicians initiate policies to make entrepreneurship easier and more effective. Its mission is to connect entrepreneurs with the people and resources they need to thrive nationally and globally.

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

A global leader in innovative cleaning solutions and hygiene management, Washing Systems is a leading provider of specialty chemicals and technical services to the North American and European textile rental market. Organic and Inorganic Growth. Hauser Private Equity was founded by co-managing partner Mark Hauser.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The United States is reliant on a global supply chain for our goods, systems and services. The report came out in 2018, highlighted reliance on foreign suppliers , including China for critical materials such as rare earth elements and microelectronics. I was 33 years in industry, before coming into government.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

The biggest week of the year for tech and startups in Austin, Texas as South by Southwest (SXSW) descends upon the city from March 19–15. Capital Factory will be making a $100,000 investment on stage in a blockchain startup. SXSW Edu Intro to the Austin Startup Scene at Capital Factory. Did I miss something?

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2020

This worked hand-in-hand with the smart city infrastructure that was in place, enabling the relevant government agencies to communicate with the public through different channels swiftly, and decisively. The government has made huge financial commitments in turning South Korea into one of the world’s leading startup hubs.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Startup Chica Spotlight: Meet our 2019 Committee Members Meet the Austin professionals and community leaders who have embraced the Latinitas mission and helped make Startup Chica 2019 a reality. What do you hope happens when girls experience Startup Chica Conference? When she is not in the office you can find her at the airport!

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2020

Milis Bio CEO and Founder Mike Sheehan winning the 2018 Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Business of Year prize. But don’t lose sight of the fact that we’re already in the midst of a deadly global epidemic. I would love to work with a startup accelerator, if not on my own startup. At least 2.8 What’s your actual super power?

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ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 29, 2023

When it comes to launching a startup, most founders think they should reside in the United States, Silicon Valley, in particular, to have a successful business. While being in Silicon Valley provides excellent access to key people and companies, its fierce competition and fast-paced environment can soon kill the dreams of having a startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

We have global opportunities from these trends but of course also big challenges. Today you have funders focused exclusively on “Day 0” startups or ones that aren’t even created yet. By 2018 I sensed that he was right and we began focusing more on our barbell approach. even before the pandemic itself has been fully tamed.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 11, 2018

Bitcoin has value only from the drug dealers, money launderers, illegitimate governments, and black market moguls who see Bitcoin as a valuable exchange to conceal their dirty doings. Second, governments can block people from using Bitcoin as a measure of exchange. You can’t fight city hall, let alone every major world government.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2021

ESG investing includes environmental, social and governance investments and falls under the umbrella of “socially responsible investors” that care both about impact and profits. In 2018 alone, approximately $12 trillion worth of investments were made with a socially responsible strategy. ESG is Growing.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The pre-class reading included: Christian Brose, The Kill Chain, Michele Flournoy and Gabriele Chefitz: Sharpening the US Military’s Edge and the 2018 summary of the National Defense Strategy. The 2018 National Defense Strategy changed that, becoming a wakeup call for our nation (Slide 25.). If you can’t see the slides click here.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Government-led programs like the Startup Visa Program and the Global Talent Stream are proving successful in attracting quality talent. With the Global Talent Stream, for instance, the country has reduced visa-processing times from 10 months to two weeks for those with a background in IT or STEM-related fields.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

If you read these quotes, you’d think they were from a CEO who just took over a company facing disruption from agile startups and a changing environment. In January, Secretary of Defense Mattis released the 2018 National Defense Strategy. The DoD must become less averse to risk” is something you’ve rarely heard in the government.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

The world’s startup landscape keeps evolving. According to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report , in 2017, global venture capital investments reached the record of $140 billion, while the total value creation of the world’s startup economy hit astonishing $2.3 The Rise of the Canadian Startup Scene.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2021

The largest ones are Alibaba, Global Sources, DHgate, EC21, Tradekey, Asia Trade Hub, and go4WorldBusiness. Global Sources, once listed in Bermuda and now owned by the private equity giant Blackstone, has been active in Hong Kong since the 1970s and focuses on trade in and out of the former British colony. B2B Marketplaces in Asia.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires?

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The pre-class reading included: Christian Brose, The Kill Chain, Michele Flournoy and Gabriele Chefitz: Sharpening the US Military’s Edge and the 2018 summary of the National Defense Strategy. The 2018 National Defense Strategy changed that, becoming a wakeup call for our nation (Slide 25.). If you can’t see the slides click here.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 28, 2020

In 2017, we released the Texas Startup Manifesto , outlining a vision of a united Texas startup ecosytsem where startup entrepreneurs treat the four major metropolitan areas as one big city when they are recruiting talent, fundraising, and acquiring customers. It’s working?—?40 The money is flowing in Dallas too?—?our

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 20, 2022

A number of startups and entrepreneurial initiatives working to address challenges in the transport sector have been approved for funding in round one of the Waka Kotahi Hoe ki angitū- Innovation Fund , with a second round of challenges now announced. million in government funding. Twenty-four were successful and are set to receive $4.2

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 22, 2021

A few months ago, VC Cafe launched a series on startup engagement and outreach programs of large tech companies. After covering Google startup outreach and support (from first hand experience), today I’m happy to add Amazon and AWS, by looking into the variety of ways startups can engage with the commerce and cloud giant.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

COVID-19 has caused global acceleration of many trends that were already happening before the pandemic and the immigration to Texas and especially Austin are no exception. Some are running away from skyrocketing tax rates, dysfunctional government, and devastating wildfires. Austin is positioned to be the biggest winner of them all.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 30, 2018

Creating a Social Impact Center of Gravity at Springdale General in partnership with Notley Ventures Coming in Summer 2018 , the Center for Social Innovation ?—?a In addition to desks and offices to rent, being part of this community will bring access to the Capital Factory network of mentors in Texas and the global Union network.

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Feld Thoughts

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

I’d categorize it as the collision between optimist and pessimist, startup and already started up, and offense vs. defense. While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. That started the intellectual dissonance in my brain.

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

2018 set yet another all-time record for the number of paper books sold in the United States, as has been repeatedly true during the era of Amazon. Thanks to the internet and other globalizing technologies, the entire world has entered the Networked Age. Publishers and authors (like O’Reilly and us) also benefit from Amazon’s success.

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Austin Startup

MAY 14, 2019

Private Offices If you’re a startup, small business, or a growing company looking for a space, consider renting a private office from a coworking space. In Austin, popular local conferences like Austin Startup Week hold many of their sessions at coworking spaces around the city. These findings are not just anecdotal?—?there

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www.businessweek.com

JUNE 18, 2012

Bloomberg Government. Global Economics. Startups had to charge customers a per-use fee—a very unpopular model—or cover the tab on their own. “If If your app was too popular, the costs would explode,” says entrepreneur Alexander Marktl, whose startup, Sonico Mobile, makes a foreign-language translation app. “As Technology.

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VC Cafe

JULY 29, 2020

A new report on global venture capital investment volume shows that H1 2020 investments in startups reached $129 billion (this includes all stages as well as CVC activity). Israel attracts over 25% of global investment in cyber for example and health investments in Israel rose to 70 in the past six months. It’s a 6.5%

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View from Seed

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Like many things in life, the VC/startup ecosystem is one of cycles. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle. The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2019

Even though ‘big data’ has now been around for several years, the opportunities for startups seem to keep growing, just as the amount of data keeps growing. Global personal location tracking. This domain is a hotbed of innovation for startup opportunities. This domain is a hotbed of innovation for startup opportunities.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2020

Another five years bouncing between startups and I still felt like I was just coasting. 9- Desire to go global. I wanted to be the first Indian beauty/wellness brand to go truly global. The 5 years that I spent working in the US were majorly governed by 2 things: Work and Cooking. I knew I wanted something more.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 8, 2020

Back in 2018, Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter and Square, emphasized that Bitcoin would become the world’s single currency. The internet is going to be one of the major forces for reducing the role of government,” he said at the time. What the visionary, Milton Friedman, predicted about Bitcoin in 1999.

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Agile VC

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Like many things in life, the VC/startup ecosystem is one of cycles. But let’s look back at the last decade in VC-backed startups… it’s easy to forget how predominant mindsets change throughout the cycle. The world is experiencing a global economic crisis of a proportion most living people have never witnessed.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 10, 2019

Global technology analyst and advisory firm Moor Insights & Strategy estimates the infrastructure spending on 5G will exceed $326 billion by 2025. And it’s on its way… In December 2017, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the organization that governs cellular standards, released its first formal standards for 5G.

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Transformify

MARCH 28, 2020

In addition, Transformify has launched a global communication campaign to: (i) encourage businesses to participate in the initiative; (ii) provide information about the transferrable skills of candidates in the areas badly hit by coronavirus outbreak; and. (iii) Communication & Engagement.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 10, 2024

billion in annualised revenue , an a myriad of new companies were born, from open source LLMs to application layer startups that were able to move fast and do much more with less. Much like mobile technology became a de facto part of every startup, AI is no longer a category but the core or a component of every product.

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