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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

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It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. Seattle, Portland, Austin, New York City and Chicago have come up in the U.S. Then Gerard McDonald from Dublin, Ireland, discussed CustomerDiscovery, a concept-stage venture around online marketing services using social media mechanisms for customer acquisition.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs Dedicated To Steve Jobs, Reinforcing Mission To Restructure Capitalism

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She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. The $1,000 annual fee grants paying members unlimited usage of the service I have learnt a great deal being based in the heart of Silicon Valley for the last 15 years and having access to its inner circle. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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The Year of Startups Everywhere

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While the meme that the only place to build a company is in Silicon Valley has softened, there’s still a strong belief that the best place to be if you are a first time entrepreneur is Silicon Valley. My argument is, and has never been, against Silicon Valley, but rather for the rest of the planet.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

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Today James Hickey from San Diego, California, pitched Parallel6 , a company that does social media marketing services for brands and also has a white label mobile app that can be customized and branded for their clients' mobile and social marketing needs. Misty Denson from Portland, Oregon, presented NameYourRentNow.com.

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Fenwick VC Survey: Q2 Funding Valuations Shoot the Moon

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According to Fenwick & West’s latest Silicon Valley Venture Capital Survey , fundings in the second quarter of this year showed the highest valuation increases in more than five years. Internet/digital media and software was the biggest beneficiary of the rise. Peter Kafka in Media. Financial News. SmartMoney.

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114 Entrepreneurs On 1 Train For 8 Hours Pitching Ideas

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That's exactly the challenge posed by Geeks on a Train , a veritable Nerd Express from Portland, Ore., The destination was Dealmaker Media's GROW 2012 conference , a summit of startup rock stars and wannabe-rock stars raring to pitch, invest and innovate their hearts out in Vancouver.

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Never Mind the Valley: Here's Vancouver

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When you talk about vibrant West Coast startup scenes, obviously Silicon Valley dominates the conversation. And I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Portland too. Greater Vancouver accounts for more than 60% of the province's 600+ digital media companies, and it's also one of the leading centers for video game production.