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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

Even some of the most prominent startup household names in Silicon Valley saw their demise last year — and everyone entrepreneur and startup face this fear. In recent months, Silicon Valley has featured quite a bit in the news, as some high-profile household tech companies have been laying off droves of employees.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

Gust

My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. In Moscow, we attended the twelfth annual Congress of the European Business Angel Network , held April 23-24, at the Digital October technology entrepreneurship center. We also discovered that Estonians love to sing.

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What living in different countries has taught me about life (and work)

Austin Startup

Over the next 18 years I was lucky enough to live in various corners of the world due to my father’s work (he worked in audit and risk with a big bank). Whether it’s naming a famous soccer legend, a popular dish from their country, or a famous event, you can see an immediate change in their face and body language.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Slowly but surely, however, we have a quietly emerging ‘ecosystem’ (as it is often called in tech lingo). Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. Not in my view.

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Looking Back On Our First Couple Years at NextView

Rob Go

At the time, I think we didn’t even had a name for the fund. Late last week, I wanted to take a step back and review what has transpired the last two years. One of the earliest things we did at NextView when my partners and I started working together was go away as a team to the New Hampshire mountains.

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From Nothing To Something. How To Get There.

techcrunch.com

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Out of the Crisis #21: Tomas Pueyo on the hammer and the dance, political polarization, and how the pandemic will affect the way we live and work

Startup Lessons Learned

It turned him instantly from an education technology expert--his day job is as VP of Growth at Course Hero--into a leading voice for how to move forward. His name is Tomas Pueyo. You have a day job here in Silicon Valley at an education technology company. I'm Eric Ries. You remember The Hammer and the Dance?