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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.

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

Pascal's View

.; (6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. government dataset compiled by the U.S. .” “… it is highly unlikely that a company that does not take venture capital ends up going public. … Four of the twenty companies with the largest market capitalization in the U.S.—Microsft,

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

Summary: I’ve lived in Silicon Valley for 35 years, I’ve taught in entrepreneurial clusters in New York, Boston, Helsinki, Santiago Chile, St. China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China? Lessons Learned.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

Summary: I’ve lived in Silicon Valley for 35 years, I’ve taught in entrepreneurial clusters in New York, Boston, Helsinki, Santiago Chile, St. China has embraced state capitalism in a way Wall Street can only dream about. Startups, Venture Capital and the Communist Party: how did this happen in China? Lessons Learned.

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The United Nations: a Network of Networks

Reid Hoffman

I’m the founder of LinkedIn and a partner at the venture capital firm, Greylock Partners. To achieve that vision, we need new technologies; new collaborative strategies between governments, NGOs, and the private sector; new methods of sharing and scaling what works. It’s a great privilege to be here with you today.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

How To Pitch A Product - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , August 4, 2010 I've said a bunch of times on this blog that the perfect pitch is a very short intro to provide context followed immediately by a demo. More tiers = more complication = more confusion. Have convertible notes really won? equity debate. Final Thought.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

In the business-efficiency category, Israel scored very high in availability of skilled labor, finance skills, entrepreneurship of managers and venture capital. Eureka was set up in 1985 as a legal framework allowing European companies to collaborate and receive government funding. INTEL CORP BUYS ISRAEL’S COMSYS.