crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Miami’s close ties with Latin America has bolstered its appeal. Let’s take a look at some of the best U.S. Austin, TX. Boulder, CO.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

According to the latest Kaufman Startup Activity Index , entrepreneurs are making an unprecedented comeback in America, with data showing the largest year-over-year increase in two decades. Startup incubators and accelerators are popping up everywhere. Smartphone apps can be built for less than $10K, so who needs an investor?

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David Teten

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Fortunately, there are a wide range of organizations that specifically want to support you, not just the VC community. I’m now researching non-dilutive funding for Action Tank , a startup I’m gestating to “Make America Functional Again”. I suggest start by looking at the many programs offered by the Fortune 500’s startup networks.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

Seattle should be the envy of any non Silicon Valley tech community in the country. And that is precisely my thoughts for Seattle and what I plan to deliver on Thursday night: Which few key community leaders are going to step up and get those neurons properly firing and connected? My recipe for Seattle or your community: 1.

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

Our fundamental thesis is that people of color, women, communities of concentrated poverty, have immense talent to contribute to the technology industry," Jake explained to me. "In In addition, those humans, collectively, are the majority of America and they reside disproportionately in non-primary markets.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Miami’s close ties with Latin America has bolstered its appeal. with their startups growing by 81.2 Los Angeles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2020

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Fast forward 20+ years and Netflix has become one of the biggest TV and movie studios in the world, with more subscribers than all the cable TV channels in America combined! That’s quite a turnaround from gaining $30,000 in funding and joining a startup incubator. Don’t forget to join our #IamCEO Community. Airbnb now makes $2.5

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. But in 2012 a visit to any major college in America will show you the massive increase in aspirations of our young talent to become the next Mark Zuckerberg and build a future Facebook. From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. Why will people from South America stream to Chile, besides its magnificent geography? If you fail, you’ve failed your family, your community and your country. Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment. See below.).

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2017

home Breaux Capital Breaux and Company is a creative agency and social justice startup incubator. Utilizing cultural, financial, and intellectual capital, Breaux & Company helps influential brands rethink Diversity and Inclusion challenges and assists while launching new companies that solve problems for communities of color.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2020

From September 2017 to September 2018, Milis Bio participated in the University College Cork IGNITE Incubator program, and they won Bank of Ireland/IGNITE Business of the Year for 2018. Cork has a small town community feel with big city ambitions, companies, and amenities. Mike Sheehan , CEO and Founder at Milis Bio, earned a B.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 30, 2017

The Texas capital recently was named the #1 place in America to start a business by CNBC. The overall culture in Austin is renowned for its supportiveness of the small business community. Miami’s close ties with Latin America has bolstered its appeal. with their startups growing by 81.2 Los Angeles.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

– Incubating companies. They offer “Community as a Service,” by tapping the community (which is scalable), not just their own staff to support their companies. The companies receiving venture capital do not look like the rest of America. They get in early and cheap with very attractive economics.

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David Teten

JANUARY 9, 2018

– Incubating companies. They offer “Community as a Service,” by tapping the community (which is scalable), not just their own staff to support their companies. The companies receiving venture capital do not look like the rest of America. They get in early and cheap with very attractive economics.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

The Birthplace of America. Philly welcomes startups with a growing network of coworking facilities, incubators, and accelerators. An Abundance of Entertainment, Community, and Recreation. There’s something for everyone here from world-class entertainment to community building to stellar urban recreation.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

SXSW Panel: Attracting VC Investment Outside of Silicon Valley Carolyn Rodz (@carolynrodz) | Twitter Holly Gibson Founder Austin Women Who Code Holly loves the Austin tech community and serves it as the Founder of the Women Who Code Austin, a network of 2800+ women in tech.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. – SignUp.com is an organizing platform to quickly mobilize and coordinate people in their community, school, religious organization, or other social networks. But in the longer run, the result is a dysfunctional society. trillion. .

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 8, 2018

Jobs in Corporate America also generally don’t allow for a lot of workplace flexibility—something that is especially attractive to women. The future of women entrepreneurs is bright indeed, thanks to technology that knows no boundaries between men and women and makes incubation of ideas possible. Photo Credit: Ketan Kapoor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 21, 2018

A while back I found a great book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2012

Women Small Business Owners – America’s New job Creators [infographic] – [link]. ExcelerateLabs ranked in the top Startup Incubators by Forbes – [link]. Crowdsourcing: a 7+7 Primer (tips for businesses on leveraging crowdsourcing) - [link]. Starting a new biz with a friend? Starting a new biz with a friend?

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

This three day conference has become the “must-attend” event for anyone who is active or new to the startup-community. Immerse yourself in the tech community at Techweek. AppsWorld North America. GigaOM Structure. Computing is everywhere! Are you up for the challenge? VentureBeat Mobile Summit. South By Southwest™ Interactive.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

First, I wrote a post on Christmas Day 2015 sharing what happened to my startup after we were rejected by YCombinator, the renowned startup incubator in Silicon Valley. Those were teachers, accountants, consultants, entrepreneurs, and community leaders. Those were friends and families. They were, and remain, my team.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2017

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. Sign up here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2016

I recently found an interesting book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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David Teten

APRIL 18, 2014

In early 2012, my HBS Alumni Angels colleagues and I launched the Venture Capital Access Program (VCAP), an initiative to help women and minority-led businesses to raise capital from the Harvard alumni angel community. the America that is not just white men.). Sheila Marmon, CEO, Mirror Digital. Sheila Marmon, CEO, Mirror Digital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2015

I just finished a new book, “ America's Moment: Creating Opportunity in the Connected Age ,” put together by a group of fifty current leaders from across American life, that points out well some of the tools and navigators that can help all of us learn how to learn in this rapidly changing world of new opportunities.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Each team will be guided by a sponsor from the State Department bureau that proposed the problem and a second mentor from the local community. Hacking for Diplomacy is not a product incubator for a specific technology solution. Real Problems. Produce a repeatable model that can be used to launch other potential technology solutions.

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entrepreMusings

MAY 15, 2011

I just got back from a conference put on by one of the Austin Technology Incubators funders, the Economic Development Agency, held in Albuquerque. I recently wrote on the Austin Technology Incubator blog about an upcoming panel I’m speaking on at IBM’s SmartCamp here in Austin, Texas.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 4, 2016

Each team will be guided by a sponsor from the State Department bureau that proposed the problem and a second mentor from the local community. Hacking for Diplomacy is not a product incubator for a specific technology solution. Real Problems. Produce a repeatable model that can be used to launch other potential technology solutions.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 20, 2011

With over 1,300 registrants, about 30 speakers and 20 startups from Latin America competing on a €100K Euros prize, it’s one of the biggest entrepreneurship events of the year. More and more incubators are popping up, students are participating in business plan competitions, and actively look to get involved with startups.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. In San Antonio we take great pride in our diverse, artistic, affordable and culturally rich community filled with a young and burgeoning creative class workforce.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

MARCH 18, 2014

That’s bad news not just for Silicon Valley, and those folks squeaking by, but for innovation in America in general. It’s one huge incubator for innovation and it’s a beautiful thing. Can we agree that Silicon Valley has been the cradle of American Innovation for at least 30 years? Where would we be without it?

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Reid Hoffman

JANUARY 13, 2021

And then also another investment that I’ve made through Greylock is Entrepreneur First, which is an incubator. And they’re like, well, all of these incubators all failed, why would we pick up the 70th one? What can the tech community do to help? It happens a little bit more on the enterprise side. Let’s make that easy to do.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 3, 2016

Today if college students want to give back to their country they think of Teach for America , the Peace Corps , or Americorps or perhaps the US Digital Service or the GSA’s 18F. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies.

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Startup Lessons Learned

MAY 15, 2020

They're going to look to see what impact you had in your community. 11:59) Giving people trust and autonomy and opening lines of communication as a leader, and how Mark's leadership has evolved. (14:16) 22:13) The way companies treat employees and customers and impact their communities now will them for decades to come.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2019

Growing today, there is a thriving community of entrepreneurs and incubators for young talent. I had the ambition to work at a traditional advertising agency, but a couple of things worked out when I secured an Agency role as an SEO Manager at the largest SEO Agency in North America managing XXXK in annual billings.

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