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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

The Capital Factory Center for Defense Innovation is an unprecedented collaboration between the public and private sector that brings together entrepreneurs and government innovators shoulder-to-shoulder in a coworking environment where they can learn from each other. Bring a bag for collecting swag!

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

The main observation of differences between Silicon Valley and emerging tech hubs in the rest of the world is access to early stage seed funding and international press. Many startups are Silicon Valley clones. Startups are up to Silicon Valley standards.

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[Competition] Seven Startups To Represent Asia At Seedstars World Final

YoungUpstarts

“When we think about successful and innovative projects, we automatically think ‘Silicon Valley’. But what about the rest of the world? ” Seven of these 20 startups hail from Asia, including Singapore’s regional winner NovaTap (dockphp), which developed a browser-based tool to code websites visually.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Like other RBI firms, Decathlon does not require warrants, governance involvement, or the types of financial covenants that are often associated with other venture debt type solutions. His description: “We announced a new $500 million fund in Q1 of 2019, in our 10th year.

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Boulder Shouldn’t Municipalize Its Energy Utility System

Feld Thoughts

While Boulder is currently building a strong reputation as an entrepreneurial ecosystem to rival Silicon Valley and is consistently voted among the top cities to live in the country , there is almost nothing more fundamental to quality of life and competitive business than affordable energy.

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Five Questions for Alec Ross: Secretary Clinton’s Senior Advisor for Innovation

Hunter Walker

HW: I don’t mean to reveal book spoilers, but how does Silicon Valley fare? Without getting into too many specifics here, we helped take down narcotics cartels in Mexico. HW: If there was a particular ask you had of the technology industry with regards to its partnership with US government, what would it be?

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Going Out With His Boots On

Steve Blank

California Highway 1, (the Pacific Coast Highway) is a two-lane road that hugs the coast from Mexico to the town of Leggett in Northern California. 15 air miles away, the road parallels Silicon Valley (and the 7 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area.) ———– California Dreaming.