The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 10, 2020

In the US, places like San Francisco, Austin, Seattle, and Washington, DC get the lion’s share of attention as startup sweet spots. Meanwhile, Philly quietly chugs away drawing entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) dollars. An Abundance of Entertainment, Community, and Recreation. Image by David Mark from Pixabay.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

For starters they has asked him to hire a CEO (Hamet was a first timer) and that person lived in Seattle even though NextMedium was based in LA. He reached out to younger founders and offered to help via his network at AT&T, Google, media agencies … you name it. I believe investors had forced him to do this. Los Angeles'

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. Our community colleges are excellent as well, including the Alamo Colleges, Austin Community College, the Dallas College and the Lone Star Community College. Joe Lonsdale. Jim Breyer.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 26, 2022

From Box to Glossier, and Comms to Venture Capital, Ashley Mayer Is Carving a Pretty Unique Path. I had gone to high school with the founders in the Seattle area, and we had recently reconnected. When I learned they were hiring a community manager, I threw everything I had at the interview process. Enter Box.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The report details some of the high profile success stories in Vancouver: In the early days Slack’s founder estimated the market for the software to be $100 million, which they exceeded in just three years—and have now become the fastest growing business software of all time. Broadband.tv com for $575 million.

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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. Changes in the Software World & in Venture Capital. And then the world changed. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

A similar pattern exists for venture capital funding: In 2020, just three regions — the Bay Area, New York, and Massachusetts — accounted for 70%+ of total venture funding in the U.S. Venture capital. Silicon Valley didn’t create venture capital, and venture capital didn’t create Silicon Valley.

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crowdSPRING Blog

JUNE 20, 2018

The report details some of the high profile success stories in Vancouver: In the early days Slack’s founder estimated the market for the software to be $100 million, which they exceeded in just three years—and have now become the fastest growing business software of all time. Broadband.tv com for $575 million.

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www.usatoday.com

JULY 16, 2012

Veteran investor Timothy Draper says venture-capital firms are taking notice of Silicon Beach. Our vision for the school is to support the local ecosystem and our community, so this is fabulous," he says. Now hes the co-founder of TextPlus, which makes a popular app for making free texts and phone calls on smartphones.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. I grant you, it’s not like Coupa Cafe in Palo Alto – but there is a burgeoning tech community much as you’d find in NYC these days. million in SF Bay Area ). You just don’t.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice. Joel moved to Seattle, and worked at Microsoft for three years as a program manager on Excel 4.0 Joel met his co-founder for Fog Creek software and learned a valuable management lesson.

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www.readwriteweb.com

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Venture capital mean board meetings, which is a huge sap on time and resources. 8: Connect With the Community : Hold a live town hall where you can collect feedback and get advice from your users. Rose also co-founded Revision3, and Pownce (acquired by Six Apart). Rent servers, dont buy them. Stick with angel investment.

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