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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

Tightening of monetary policies has led to skyrocketing interest rates as central banks try to manage rampant running inflation, supply chain issues persist despite the fact that the pandemic is now in the rearview — and venture capital funding has looked to dry up almost overnight. Do Not Fear! This is an Opportunity!

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Scaling Solutions to Climate Change — A review of John Doerr’s “Speed and Scale”?

Reid Hoffman

At this point, it’s clear that we must take a blitzscaling approach to funding, developing, and scaling both the existing technologies and new innovations that will allow us to cut greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert looming planetary disaster. billion a year to $40 billion a year; venture capital funding from $13.6

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10 Ways Aspiring Entrepreneurs Are Often Victimized

Startup Professionals Musings

But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. One would think that with all the sad stories and tools published over the past twenty years, this problem would be behind us.

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Vote Local, Austin: 18 SXSW panels featuring Austinites that deserve your PanelPicker vote

Austin Startup

“What B&M Brands Can Learn From eCommerce” with Ryan Wuerch @ Dosh With 94 percent of all retail purchases still taking place in brick and mortar locations, it’s time brands unlock the full potential of mobile technology.

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10+ Trends: Recap of 2011 and What’s Next…

thebarefootvc

This was the year that the promise of technology to truly change the world and empower individuals (the reason I entered the tech world in 1994) reached global scale. The Power of the Individual: This was the year that the individual, amplified by technology platforms, became empowered to rise against oppressions both large and small.

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

David Teten

There are at least a dozen private businesses and organizations in NY whose mission is strengthening links between NY and other countries’ innovation ecosystem, including ICONYC Labs , Global NY , NYCEDC , New York International , Nordic Innovation House , Silicon Dragon Ventures , SOSA , Startuphub.nyc , SwissNex , and VentureOut.