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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

YoungUpstarts

Spanning halfway round the globe – from Turkey to the United Arab Emirates to India, South East Asia and China – the book brings one on a fascinating tour of the complex business characteristics governing our neck of the woods. In fact, the region has more than 325 cities of populations larger than 750,000.

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How You Know You’ve Got the Right Startup Model?

Both Sides of the Table

More Americans buy cars through TrueCar (Upfront is a large investor through my partner Steven Dietz ) than any other place by a long shot. Luddite dealers started petitioning state governments to make TrueCar illegal. Turkey or China? Even governments don’t like losing their monopoly – control of the media.

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How To Raise Money Fast

Mike Michalowicz

From selling the stuff your business doesn’t need, to getting a government bailout (yeah I am talking to you General Motors), there are a mix of strategies to raising money fast. The government may issue a grant or your rich uncle. Thanks to Dahlia Roth of Free Government Auctions At GovernmentBargains.com.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

I don’t believe in cold turkey transition. If you don’t hear anything else I’m saying in this presentation, remember this, an unsupportive spouse can kill a business faster than a bad marketing plan, so you want to make sure that your spouse or partner is bought into what you are doing. You also have to be confident.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Strikingly, there are now several state and city government programs specifically designed to make it easier for non-Americans to found companies in NYC. In addition to this, the NYC government recently entered into a partnership with B.New York City , a Dutch co-working space. Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs.