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Startup America Partnership

Feld Thoughts

Over the past eighteen months I’ve gotten to know a number of people in the executive brand of our government, especially at the Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Economic Council. It’s important to realize that each of the TechStars Network member programs will be locally owned and operated.

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Out of the Crisis #15: Lenore Estrada on her SF New Deal, serving the hungry, and civic engagement

Startup Lessons Learned

When it became clear that waiting for government funding and support would take weeks, if not months, Lenore instead looked to her community for both, using her experience with the layoffs and her expertise as a small business owner to solve two of the massive problems crashing over our society. Here's my conversation with Lenore Estrada.

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Out of the Crisis #12: Curative founder Fred Turner and Celine Halioua on diagnostic supply chains, scaling up testing, and partnering with government

Startup Lessons Learned

The story of how Curative pivoted and scaled is about moving with entrepreneurial speed to find a solution, then collaborating with investors and government for the public good. Celine Halioua , founder of a company called Celevity that is developing drugs to extend the lifespan of dogs, also played a key role. Fred had had.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

Austin Startup

It seems like every day there is a new headline about an exceptional startup founder, investor, or corporate headquarters moving to Texas. 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 Joe Lonsdale.

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5 Best Canadian Cities For Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. There is an ample selection of government aid that small businesses are encouraged to take advantage of – some of which include grants that require no repayment. Broadband.tv com for $575 million.

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5 Best Canadian Cities For Startups and Entrepreneurs

crowdSPRING Blog

cities, but the Canadian government remains at the ready to attract and assist new startups. There is an ample selection of government aid that small businesses are encouraged to take advantage of – some of which include grants that require no repayment. Broadband.tv com for $575 million.

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Money Out of Nowhere: How Internet Marketplaces Unlock Economic Wealth

abovethecrowd.com

Rover.com (*) in Seattle, which was founded by Greg Gottesman and Aaron Easterly in 2011, is the leading player in this market. Instawork was cofounded by Sumir Meghani in San Franciso and was a member of the 2015 Y-Combinator class. Once again, this is an asset against which the marginal cost to host a dog is near zero.