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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

Tightening of monetary policies has led to skyrocketing interest rates as central banks try to manage rampant running inflation, supply chain issues persist despite the fact that the pandemic is now in the rearview — and venture capital funding has looked to dry up almost overnight. Do Not Fear! This is an Opportunity!

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. He built & sold iMall in Internet 1.0 In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Eastern European Champions & the 4 V’s of Big Data

Cracking the Code

The first category includes companies that have a dominant position in their national market and are often internet or ecommerce companies. I would categorize these champions in two camps: the “Local Champions” and the “Global Champions”. mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8

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Dear German VC's: Being Plan B Sucks

Babbling VC

I've always defended Germany and venture capital here. While the US goes in one direction, Germany seems to be going in another. Well, look no further than Rocket Internet , Team Europe or HackFWD for example. Former entrepreneurs in Germany all started incubators instead of funds. Germany though???

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

Smarter Intelligence One of the major differences between the war with Germany and the cold war confrontation with the Soviet Union had to do with access. Unlike Germany in World War II, the U.S. The Soviet Union was a closed country. could not fly across the Soviet Union to learn how their defenses were set up. Reply Nelson A.

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The Internet Might Kill Us All

Steve Blank

Ben and his partner Marc Andreessen (the founder of Netscape and author of the first commercial web browser on the Internet ) are the definition of Smart Money. I’ve followed them with a few observations about the Internet that may help frame the scope of the debate. The Internet May Liberate Us. The Internet May Kill Us.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

He is an active angel with many successful angel investments including: Rent.com, (purchased by Ebay in 2005 for $415 million), Golfnow.com (purchased by Comcast in June 2008), and Lifelock (lead investors include Bessemer Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers). and Tweetdeck (purchased by Twitter in June 2011).