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Chile, Entrepreneurs, Endeavor, and Global Lessons

Reid Hoffman

And while, of course, one of the rules for enduring technology companies is to achieve significant scale, one of the key strategies to achieve this goal for companies outside Silicon Valley is to address problems where a fragmented network is actually part of the value proposition.

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Why I Doubled Down on YouTube Investments with MiTĂș

Both Sides of the Table

Yesterday MiTĂș Networks announced that Upfront Ventures led a $10 million financing in what is now the largest producer of Latino online videos – primarily driven through YouTube. In food you have the amazing food network Tastemade – the Food Network of online video. Indeed we are already seeing that online.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Many entrepreneurs cannot get to Silicon Valley because of Visa or immigration issues and many startups who don’t get onto prestigious programs like Ycombinator or Techstars are choosing Startup Chile as an alternative. ’ And Startup Chile also brings hope to entrepreneurs who can’t get to Silicon Valley.

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9 Ways to Convince Your Parents to Support Your Startup - Not Just Financially

ReadWriteStart

Scott Thompson left a comfortable career with a good salary and excellent health benefits to start a business 5,000 miles from home as part of the entrepreneurship program Start-Up Chile. I wouldn’t have been able to launch this business without the help of my parents,” says Dresdale, Managing Member of Next Step Network.

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Facebook S-1: The Most Anticipated IPO in a Decade ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

How They Do It : Operate a social network at Facebook.com, through Facebook’s mobile apps, and the Facebook Platform which lets other websites extend Facebook’s tools for authentication and social sharing. who derive a meaningful chunk of their revenue from operating ad networks. Headquarters : Palo Alto, CA.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

I think you’d find yourself, you’re going to drop a lot of people when you instantly mention, ‘This costs money.’ The new ones are obviously offering more social network awareness and more ways to communicate, so that’s kind of where everyone is moving. Who knows, they may buy your service in bulk.

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