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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

If the tourist tours of start-ups are any indication, the area’s nickname as the “ Hollywood of Technology ” is wholly appropriate. KPMG Chicago’s Mike Gervasio further cited the capital market and “an innovative culture” as partially responsible in Chicago’s impressive climb up the global ladder. Minneapolis, MN. San Jose, CA.

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10 Changes To Expect From The Library Of The Future

YoungUpstarts

Rather, it’s the almost uncanny ability to consistently adapt to the changing demands of the local populace and emerging technology alike. More technology. Probably the most obvious direction libraries will trend involves more seamless integration of technologies at a faster, more sophisticated pace than even now.

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When choosing Austin’s next City Manager, find a tech-forward candidate

Austin Startup

Austin Tech Alliance understands that leveraging the power of technology can play an essential role in helping to tackle issues like affordability, mobility, and environmental preservation — and we believe the next City Manager should also embrace using tech as a tool to solve these civic challenges. Who are the six finalists?

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Oppose HB 1192 – The “Software Tax”

VC Adventure

My longtime friend Marion Jenkins, CEO of IT consultant QSE Technologies wrote what I think is one of the most eloquent and well thought out rebuttals to the proposed Colorado “Software Tax” (HB 1192). I run an 8-year old information technology company in Englewood, QSE Technologies, Inc.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

—– UP Fund is a rolling venture fund launched in Q4 2020, and part of global SaaS accelerator Upekkha, based in India. Versatile is an aggressive user of technology internally to manage the firm and make better investments. . Region: Global with focus on Europe and US . He writes periodically at teten.com. .

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How Silicon Valley Influences The UK’s University Spin-out Company Culture

YoungUpstarts

Silicon Valley is undoubtedly the world’s technology epicentre. The success of this technology hub has continued to influence global innovators around the world. Minneapolis created an incubation centre that drew investment from Google’s Eric Schmidt. Europe has not been left behind.

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Scaling Techstars Horizontally

Feld Thoughts

But while many contemporary technology approaches embrace scale horizontally, many business approaches are limited to primarily scaling vertically. Techstars Retail, in partnership with Target (Minneapolis). These two concepts are not mutually exclusive. You can scale vertically and horizontally at the same time. Techstars IoT (NYC).