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[Event] Over 540 Young Entrepreneurs To Converge On Global Startup Youth

YoungUpstarts

Malaysia will see over 500 youth descend on its capital Kuala Lumpur this October for Global Startup Youth (GSY) , a three-day idea accelerator program aimed at helping young entrepreneurs shape and launch new projects that will hopefully evolve into sustainable global businesses.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

ReadWriteStart

Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will focus on entrepreneurs in East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant, she writes the blog Sramana Mitra On Strategy , and is author of the Entrepreneur Journeys book series and Vision India 2020.

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AI – Risk of Extinction

Start Up Blog

Altman’s doomsday vision of AI gone wrong is not uncommon in Silicon Valley. Both Peter Thiel and Google co-founder Larry Page have snapped up land in New Zealand and built bunkers. No tech billionaire worth his salt doesn’t have a post-apocalyptic contingency plan and remote bunker.

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UGC Strategies to Boost Your Brand

Women Entrepreneurs Can

John Doerr of Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist’s calls it the “next wave of the web.” UGC also soared in the first quarter of 2020, amid the global pandemic that disrupted our lives. Users can share UGC / UCC via social media platforms, forums, comments, reviews, and open-source sites like Wikipedia.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs? Much of what makes the USA, and Silicon Valley in particular, such a great place to start a company is the result of good government policy. Ease the process for startups to get access to global talent.

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