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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

During his long career in the venture capital industry, John, who invested in Amazon, Google, and Intuit, amongst others, became known for the emphasis he places on Objectives and Key Results, or OKRs, which he wrote about in depth in his 2017 best-seller, Measure What Matters. In John’s estimation, that means increasing the U.S.

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10 Ways Aspiring Entrepreneurs Are Often Victimized

Startup Professionals Musings

No real investor or venture capital firm asks for money from the company they are intending to invest in. Here someone who is not a registered financial broker contacts you on the Internet, tells you about all the people they know with money, then turns around to ask for a “retainer” or fee to cover their time and efforts.

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

Austin Startup

Investing in & operating a fast-growth D2C biz” with Roger Chen @ Silverton Partners This will be a panel with two venture capital investors and two entrepreneurs that focus on the consumer goods category.

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

thebarefootvc

Startup accelerators modeled after YCombinator and Techstars sprouted up from NYC to Nigeria to New Delhi, spawning hundreds of new startups worldwide. This will continue as more role models, mentors and capital are created from the resulting success stories, thereby creating more support for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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

David Teten

At HOF Capital , we are particularly interested in investing in companies with international roots. To date, out of 17 companies, HOF Capital has backed 7 founding teams with roots in underrepresented regions: Egypt, Latin America, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey.