Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2011

I was once asked by a top executive of a major software company why we were not selling more products in Finland. He did not seem to understand that Finland was not part of Scandinavia and that English is not too well understood by most people there (with the exception of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland).

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine). The Founder Institute launched its first European chapter in Paris in 2010, and has since graduated 116 technology startups in the region (or approximately 18 percent of the 661 startups that graduated worldwide).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2010

I was once asked by a division manager of a major software company why we were not selling more products in Finland. He did not seem to understand that Finland was not part of Scandinavia and that English is not too well understood by most people there (with the exception of the Swedish speaking minority in Finland).

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Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

My keynote remarks at the UN General Assembly’s High-Level Event on Innovation and Technology – SDG Innovation. 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. My name is Reid Hoffman.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 21, 2010

It also causes them to miss the numerous other kinds of startups that appear in less-glamorous settings: inside enterprises, non-profits, and even governments. And yet, we so often loose sight of the fact that startups are not their products, their technological breakthroughs, or even their data. Wrong again. Wrong again.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

whorunsgov : Eric Ries: Startups fail not because the technology works, but because no one wants the tech. Every bit as true for government as for enterprise - and even the two guys in a garage. Its natural at a gathering like this to focus on new technology and applications. Federal government should do nothing.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 4, 2011

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. Yet the copper companies import nearly 100% of the advanced technology they use.

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Startup Lessons Learned

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Its an academic treatise that tries to answer a seemingly straightforward question: after World War II, why did Silicon Valley become the undisputed leader of the technology world, while Bostons Route 128 corridor did not. And although both regions had outstanding research universities, MIT was way ahead of Stanford by every relevant measure.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 24, 2020

His main scientific goal, whether it's addressing cancer, SARS-CoV-2, or something else, is "to bridge this gap between all the new really exciting technologies that I could see emerging and the actual practical applications of treating patients." I grew up in Finland. In addition, the transcript of our conversation is below.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. Ive been in a few government-themed meetings recently, so I know some of the standard answers.

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Pascal's View

APRIL 5, 2016

But it is not enough to simply have technology tools and risk capital in hand to build a sustainable innovation ecosystem. Why is this the case? For Salzburg to succeed as an innovation hub, it is essential for local private sector business leaders to make a long-term, active, and visible commitment to be active partners in this process.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. This initiative accelerates international opportunities for high growth, export-ready Canadian companies in Information and Communications Technology, Sustainable Technologies, and Life Sciences.

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David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. This initiative accelerates international opportunities for high growth, export-ready Canadian companies in Information and Communications Technology, Sustainable Technologies, and Life Sciences.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

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. And then, once that curve is low enough, governments can dance, testing and tracking cases until the virus is eradicated or we develop a working vaccine. What did China do?

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