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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

Official SXSW Panels and Speakers SXSW Badge Required Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene Watch Out Silicon Valley: Rising LATAM Tech Scene MAR 8, 2019 | 12:30PM?—?1:30PM But even with world-changing companies being built all over, access to capital is still concentrated in Silicon Valley.

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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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Why a 50/50 Split is Almost Never Right for Co-Founders by @DaveParkerSEA

fi.co

Globalizing Silicon Valley - See the Worldwide Schedule - Lead a Local Chapter. -->. Mexico City. Our vision is to Globalize Silicon Valley by creating and fostering local startup ecosystems in promising markets across the globe. -->. About | Mentors | Companies | Curriculum | FAQ | Partners | Apply Now.

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This Week in Venture Capital – Episode 4

Both Sides of the Table

Other players such as Obopay have set out to focus on mobile person-to-person cash transfers, mFoundry (a GRP portfolio company) has focused on mobile banking and a mobile wallet and one of my favorite companies m-via is focusing on mobile remittances (right now between the US and Mexico).

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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

First Angel Network (Halifax). Wilmington Investor Network (NC). Band of Angels (Silicon Valley). New Mexico Angels. Sand Hill Angels (Silicon Valley). Alliance of Angels (Seattle). BELLE Capital (Michigan). Boise Angel Alliance. Centennial (Missouri). Atlanta Technology Angels. New York Angels.

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

New Mexico Angels. Wilmington Investor Network. Silicon Valley. Central Texas Angel Network. Valley Angel Fund. Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley. c) Silicon Valley (3 groups) – $3.1 in millions). Boise Angel Alliance. up slightly. Fargo/Morehead Angels.

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? And so it goes with social networking. The Past (1985-2002).