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How Start-Up Chile Helps Entrepreneurs and Chile Alike

ReadWriteStart

The Start-Up Chile accelerator was arguably the spark that ignited Chile’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Chilean government, through the development agency CORFO, founded Start-Up Chile in 2010 as a way to bring in foreign entrepreneurs who would galvanize Chile’s transition into an economy built on technology and innovation.

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

Pascal's View

Everybody agrees that, without meaningful job growth, America will not emerge from its current deep economic funk. government dataset compiled by the U.S. Conclusion: If we don’t fix the IPO problem in America, we will not fix the job problem in America. The fact that Singapore, Brazil, India, China, Chile, the U.K.,

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4 Best Websites To Apply For Accelerators And Incubators

YoungUpstarts

Based out of San Francisco with offices in Santiago (Chile) and Munich (Germany), YouNoodle showcases startup competitions and programs from around the world since 2010. Europe, Asia and South America. Melvin Wong is the founder of Kodorra who educates entrepreneurs to run their businesses with the least cost possible.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Many Latin America startups are aiming for the entire Spanish and Portuguese markets by launching in two versions beyond their countries of origin. Much like the encouragement of European immigrants to voyage to America in the 1900s to build population and skill base. Governments supportive of technology. Africa ahead in mobile.

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The Flame is Fading

The Entrepreneurial Mind

The impact of the changes in public policy over the past decades -- increased direct government control over the direction of the economy, higher tax rates, more regulation -- are not just simple on/off switches. Over the past years the tendency has been to extend government unemployment benefits during tough economic times.

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Reason for Reform: Join the Movement for Immigration Reform

Feld Thoughts

However, national borders do still matter and our current immigration system unfortunately isn’t designed to allow anyone looking to create the next Fitbit the ability to easily do so in America. Check out Reason for Reform here and submit your own video. The day will also include the release of new state-specific research.

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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

I spent two weeks of December in Chile as a guest of Professor Cristóbal García, Director of EmprendeUC at the Catholic University of Chile , which just signed up a 3-year collaboration partnership with Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program. Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America.