YoungUpstarts

JUNE 17, 2020

The Atlantic Council found that the early-stage entrepreneurial activity, which measures the rate of individuals actively involved in business start-ups, is highest in most countries for young entrepreneurs than for older ones. Millennial entrepreneurs are brimming with activity and energy.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with. It’s a robust ecosystem so I’m only listing the ones we’ve done the most deals with here but Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas so this is a good sampling.

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Silicon Valley Technical Review Texas Venture Capital 50

David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Please note that we expect our members to invest at least $25,000/year in early-stage investments, although there is no contractual commitment to do so. of the Americas, 46th Floor, enter from 42nd St. although not a healthcare company, they are closing their round soon and we wanted to give our members a chance to meet them.).

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Technical Review New York Accredited Investor IP 128

Austin Startup

JANUARY 26, 2017

Namely, that governments, civil society organizations, and the private sector have a role to play in ensuring that accessibility and inclusion are not an afterthought but a central component of their work. This blog contributes a clear overview of the main issues at stake.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Both startup incubators and accelerates can provide valuable assistance in the growth and development of an early-stage business. The platform also provides a judging and voting system to governments, nonprofit organizations, colleges and enterprise customers who are planning innovation challenges and contests.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams?

Silicon Valley 292

Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 292

Steve Blank

JUNE 1, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the Startup, it’s time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven’t changed since the early 1900’s. Why don’t we have standards for what metrics VC’s want to see from their early stage startup teams?

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Silicon Valley Business Model Venture Capital Balance Sheet 263

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Building and choosing your team is for me the most critical part of an early stage growth business, and even now that we are a little bigger (over 50 employees) I try to be in as many interviews as possible. In Corporate-America its the exact opposite. I have been an entrepreneur for many years after working in City Government.

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Entrepreneur Costa Rica Artificial Inteligence Early Stage 102

Austin Startup

MARCH 1, 2018

framework for both presenting and analyzing early stage venture investment opportunities. We will select 6 startups to pitch for 3 minutes each in front of a panel of VCs and early stage investors. Are you being asked to invest in, or raise money for one? In this session, we will share and discuss a simplified?—?and

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Technical Review Austin Texas Cofounder 89

The Next Web

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Politically, Denver’s local government has championed social causes, including increased gun control, LGBT rights and programs for the homeless. 7) permits convenient communication with the East and West coasts, South America, Europe, and Asia all in the same business day. A quality of life that beats Silicon Valley’s.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

State of Independence in America. Emergent Research works with corporate, government and non-profit clients. Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless. government policy. Reports and Resources.

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Equity Technical Review San Jose Stock 40

Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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Silicon Valley Non-Compete San Francisco Government 36

Reid Hoffman

MAY 21, 2020

In the case of our national response to coronavirus, America was hampered by a President who proclaimed that the coronavirus would go away on its own, with little intervention. Its streamlined nature makes it more responsive than most governments. So when Bill saw certain patterns emerging in China, he knew there was no time to waste.

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Non-Compete China Global Government 62

The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press. Many Latin America startups are aiming for the entire Spanish and Portuguese markets by launching in two versions beyond their countries of origin.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 11, 2017

Two years ago, Tianyi co-founded SmartHealth Activator, an early stage biotech accelerator and venture firm in North Chicago. As well, his dedication and commitment to both the AAPI community and the legacy of a stronger more prosperous America through public service are unparalleled.

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Illinois Chicago Entrepreneur Cofounder 78

David Teten

DECEMBER 24, 2015

We’re a New York based early-stage venture capital firm. Additionally, the Canadian government has significantly more rational immigration policies for foreign entrepreneurs than America, encouraging talented people globally to come to Canada. We are aware of only one other U.S.

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New York Venture Capital Canada Silicon Valley 60

Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2011

Good piece by CEO Naveen Jain in the Huffington Post wondering where America’s Spirit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship has gone. Aside from an attitude shift toward the valuable contributions of entrepreneurs and inventors, we need to cultivate more support on a government level.

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Chile America Government Early Stage 57

Campus Entrepreneurship

MAY 1, 2012

There is now a new accelerator, the Civic Startup Accelerator , from Code for America. btw, the url AcceleratorDirectory.com is for sale): From the Growthology blog: Code for America, a national nonprofit backed by the Kauffman Foundation and Google, is now recruiting teams to do just that with its first-of-its-kind Civic Startup Accelerator.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Unfortunately, as founders, we''re so enthusiastic, so governed by our reality distortion field, that we often run the experiment and then find the results we want. We spoke with the head of innovation at one Fortune 500 company who told us his only metric for early-stage innovation is “how many assumptions have you tested this week?”

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Analytics Lean Widget Metrics 167

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 13, 2011

As customer and agile development reinvent the startup, it's time to ask why startup board governance has not kept up with the pace of innovation. Board meetings that guide startups haven't changed since the early 1900's. Why don't we have standards for what metrics VCs want to see from their early stage startup teams?

Silicon Valley 117

Silicon Valley Balance Sheet Metrics Early Stage 117

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Texas San Antonio Houston Dallas 90

Campus Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 29, 2011

In the WSJ , CEOs Edward Muller and Larry Zimpleman with a nod to the Kauffman Foundation: In our view, there is no hope of giving consumers renewed confidence in America unless governments at all levels mount a vigorous effort to get rid of rules that discourage entrepreneurs from launching and growing new businesses. via Edward R.

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Capital Gains Government IPO Early Stage 39

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 2, 2012

The fact that a great deal of the content produced by tech news sites concerns startup companies might make an observer from another planet think America is a veritable nursery for brilliant business ideas. Jay Ritter, for testimony before the Senate Banking Committee].

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IPO Startup Florida Seed Capital 121

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Late 2020 revealed the depth of the Solarwinds hack, which had massive implications for government agencies and (ironically) cybersecurity provider FireEye. — Sajan Pillai is the CEO and Managing Partner of Season Two Ventures, an early-stage venture fund based in Southern California. Hardened Cybersecurity Defense.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Global Technology 141

Steve Blank

MARCH 26, 2012

He asked tough questions about why the government not private capital should be doing this. government, American researchers in academia and risk capital can do together. If we’re correct, we can compress the time for commercializing scientific breakthroughs and reduce the early stage risks of these new ventures.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. I just returned from 3 days in Cincinnati including attending the annual meeting of one of Upfront’s LPs – Cintrifuse.

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Silicon Valley Kansas City Startup Venture Capital 390

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

For example, if you’re an early-stage SaaS provider that is shifting from a horizontal solution to a vertical focus, your mission, culture, and competencies can stay the same and the pivot transition will probably go smoothly. It’s easier (but still hard) when you’re running a small, early-stage organization.

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Startup Silicon Valley Business Model Mobile 36

Professor VC

JULY 2, 2010

A similar trend is happening in alternative energy, the industry that has greatly benefited from both venture capital and US government assistance over the past decade. I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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San Jose Silicon Valley Venture Capital Angel Investor 28

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

There are millions of small businesses in America, butonly a few thousand are startups. 4 ] Seed Funding Firms Seed firms are like angels in that they invest relatively smallamounts at early stages, but like VCs in that theyre companiesthat do it as a business, rather than individuals making occasionalinvestments on the side.

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

Pascal's View

MARCH 8, 2009

I have received a few comments asserting that there is no crisis because there is still plenty of capital committed to funding innovation in America.    Stand up America.  "The reality is that we are deflating the risk associated with early stage innovation and therefor deflating the exit values it spawns. . "This

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Silicon Valley Harvest America Government 28

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 22, 2017

We work with non-profits, for-profits, US Government, and international organizations, to identify the underlying goals, the users needs and abilities, and put together an appropriate technology solution to meet the requirements. My goal is to have every home in America with a toddler own at least one title by the end of 2020.

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Naming Entrepreneur LLC Software Review 48

Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2018

Advisor, Austin Mayor Steve Adler Eugene has long operated at the intersection of business, government & nonprofits, locally and nationally. An early Human Rights Campaign board member and longtime Austin LGBTQ leader, Eugene co-chaired President Obama’s & the DNC’s LGBTQ Leadership Council.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data. Stay local - Prove your business in North America first. Simply put, North America is a massive market with a rising tide around SaaS.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

Eureka was set up in 1985 as a legal framework allowing European companies to collaborate and receive government funding. The Albaugh acquisition gives Makhteshim a significant presence in North America and South America, low cost production sites, efficient supply chain, and access to large growers in the US Midwest.

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North America Brazil Argentina 68

Steve Blank

JULY 27, 2015

government commercializes science. Venk Shukla has worked in numerous early-stage companies as an executive, investor, board member, or advisor. Coming to America. “I Venk Shukla , president TiE Silicon Valley and general partner, Monta Vista Capital. If you can’t hear the clip, click here. So what did I do?

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Channel India Technical Cofounder Silicon Valley 120

VC Cafe

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Prior to this round of financing we had a product that was fully functioning and had an established paying customer-base including big names from North America and Europe, all self-service paying via the Internet. Some of our paying customers include banks, government agencies, TV channels, online newspapers, gaming and more.

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Cloud North America EC2 106

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 3, 2020

I think Biden said that the top threat to America was Russia. It would be the biggest investment from the federal government in research and development since the end of the Cold War, and a lot of that would be in clean energy technology. The Goldwater/Nichols Act governs the requirements processes for the services.

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