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Weekend Reading on Startup Communities

Feld Thoughts

It also ends just as the rise of the Internet begins, so it’s the long arc of Silicon Valley is not overshadowed by the last twenty years. The next book I read was Screw the Valley: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of America’s New Tech Startup Culture. She also gives a nice history of the various bills in Congress, going back to S.3029

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Why you should pay attention to these 8 emerging tech hubs

The Next Web

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. Raleigh, North Carolina. city for young families are all triggers for the flock of technology companies and university graduates to Raleigh.

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Duke’s Shoeboxed Gets $1.4M in Funding

Campus Entrepreneurship

Duke University born Shoeboxed (an online service for managing receipts) was profiled in the WSJ as a must have for entrepreneurs recently. Shoeboxed was a demo company at TechMedia’s Internet Summit in 2009. The next Internet Summit is in November in Raleigh, NC. million in financing. has raised $1.43

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Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more)

Startup Lessons Learned

Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs. Our sponsors continue to support the conference as well as deserving entrepreneurs. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Two Ways to Hold Entrepreneurs Accountable (for Ha.

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Students and Professors Try Open Innovation | Nature Publishing Group

Campus Entrepreneurship

InnoCentive, an organization based in Waltham, Massachusetts, that uses the Internet to link ‘seekers’ — client companies struggling with pressing scientific or business problems — with ‘solvers’ — more than 250,000 problem-cracking minds around the globe, InnoCentive claims. Check out StartUp Mason.

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15 Entrepreneurs Share their Favorite Quotes

Hearpreneur

It doesn’t matter if it has been said before and repeated numerous times, quotes can give you the fire you need to be a better entrepreneur or learn how to handle a difficult situation. Below are some of those quotes sent in by entrepreneurs throughout the country. #1 Thanks to Ryan Fitzgerald, Raleigh Realty. #7