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Is North America Still a Startup Heaven?

The Startup Magazine

The form of companies dominating the startup scene changes , new types of startup founders appear, different partnerships are created, and new, powerful innovation hubs emerge. North America is not just about Silicon Valley. Even though venture capital funding is still less accessible in Canada compared to the U.S.,

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The Future of Remote Work: Navigating the Talent Crisis, Harnessing Diversity & AI Upskilling

Duct Tape Marketing

04:33] Why the decision to focus on talent from Latin America? [06:50] He's a co-founder and chairman of Work Better Now, which provides talent from Latin America for US based businesses. So number one, there's great talent in Latin America. Questions I ask Rob Levin: [01:03] How was WorkBetterNow founded? [02:48]

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Startup Lessons Learned

The latest batch, sponsored by First Round, is available here. Thanks again to all of our amazing sponsors, volunteers and staff who are working very hard to make this event a reality. The latest batch, sponsored by First Round, is available here.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

A fortnight ago, Boris interviewed Reed Hastings on his business lessons and experience, but now I’m shaking it up with a look at a 26-year-old founder who is disrupting the mobile and social networking spaces: Kik CEO and founder Ted Livingston. It began at RIM. Yet, Kik saw the potential far sooner.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Loading… Asia. Consider Daniel Dreymann, a founder of Goodmail Systems Inc., Mr. Dreymann moved his family from Israel in 2004 after co-founding Goodmail in Mountain View, Calif., Asia/Pacific. Mexico/Central America. South America. Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

One of the drivers for that growth is that for European, Israeli, Latin American, and Eastern Canada-linked companies, the East Coast is much closer than California. Founders’ determination. If you want to start selling abroad, an international founder is an advantage. They burnt their ships behind them.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

Latin America. After giving the applicants just 10 days to submit, Graham received an amazing 227 applications, which just goes to show the unbelievable drive that the young would-be founders had. But what of those eight members of the first Summer Founders Program; Y Combinator’s “First Batch”? Follow us on Google+. Daily Dose.