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How To Get Ready To Participate In An Acceleration Program

YoungUpstarts

To give you a practical example, I’d like to analyze the reasons why my startup was rejected from participating in Start-Up Chile ’s Generation 17. From our research we knew Start-Up Chile was keen to B2B startups, so we didn’t want to dismiss this business model and just focus on our B2C business model. Networking & Connections.

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Move Your Startup to Chile-con Valley, Get $40,000!

ReadWriteStart

Steve Davis packed his laptop and his Spanish phrasebook and moved to Chile. On arrival, a government program called Start-Up Chile handed him $40,000, no equity required. He also got a visa, office space, mentoring, help with networking and fundraising, and connections to potential clients. What to do? Discuss.

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Chile, Entrepreneurs, Endeavor, and Global Lessons

Reid Hoffman

In my previous podcast with my friend and entrepreneur Wences Casares, we talked about the ability of entrepreneurs down here to see global markets that Silicon Valley entrepreneurs might miss. In our second conversation, we now turn to the topic of how blitzscaling works when you’re not in Silicon Valley or China.

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The United Nations: a Network of Networks

Reid Hoffman

The short answer is networks and entrepreneurship. Networks enable communication, collaboration, and coordination that in turn enable innovation. Entrepreneurs find the right innovations from networks and build them into products and services with business models. So, let’s start with networks.

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How To Get The Most Out Of A Startup Accelerator

ReadWriteStart

To find out how real startup founders dealt with the accelerator issue, we asked eight successful entrepreneurs from the Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) to share their experiences – and their advice for other founders considering a startup accelerator. I have been a part of both Startup Chile and now TechStars in Boston.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. Although entrepreneurs need to practice their pitches (and English). Many startups are Silicon Valley clones. Startups are aiming for a global, not local market.

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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

YoungUpstarts

Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday. “Google is excited to team up with Women 2.0