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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Paris

ReadWriteStart

Incubators, Accelerators, Competitions. Réseau Entreprendre Paris , a network of business owners, and France Initiative , a network of local organizations, are examples of the many semi-private organizations that support startups. Plyce : Feature-rich location-based social network. We have those too.

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A New Way to Teach Entrepreneurship – The Lean LaunchPad at Stanford: Class 1

Steve Blank

We made clear that this class wasn’t an incubator. By aggregating user-generated speed and location data, Blink will provide instantaneously generated traffic-enabled maps, optimal routing, estimated time-to-arrival and predictive itinerary services to personal and corporate users.

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10 Keys To Making Money By Investing In Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Start in a business domain you know well.

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10 Steps To Investing Successfully In New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. These may be aggregated by an angel group up to about $1M for an angel round. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Start in a business domain you know well.

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Proceed With Caution Selecting Startup Investments

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. These may be aggregated by an Angel group up to about $1M for an Angel round. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Start in a business domain you know well.

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Add Startups to Balance Your Portfolio, If You Dare

Startup Professionals Musings

Don’t be fooled by thinking that social networks are hot, so you should invest in the next startup you see in that realm. These may be aggregated by an Angel group up to about $1M for an Angel round. Participate as a mentor in local startup incubators. Start in a business domain you know well.

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I was shocked – shocked! – to find out there are tech startups in Portugal

The Next Web

There’s Muchbeta , a nicely named Web applications company that is building a nifty news aggregation app for the iPad called Niiiws. I learned about initiatives like government-funded business incubator Startup Lisboa , Beta-i and the Lisbon Startup Pirates.

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