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The Nike+ Accelerator, powered by TechStars

David Cohen

The technology focus will be about leveraging the success of the Nike+ FuelBand, Nike+ Running and NikeFuel to support digital innovation. Living a healthier life is a hot topic in an exciting space and Nike is perfectly positioned to address this technology. Silicon Florist. MIT Technology Review. Tech Cocktail.

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10 Best Cities in the United States for Startups and Entrepreneurs (2018)

crowdSPRING Blog

Silicon Valley has dominated the U.S. Despite repeated efforts, only a few cities outside the Valley (New York and Boston) have historically had the critical mix of VC funding, network, and talent to fuel vibrant startup centers. cities (outside of Silicon Valley and the East Coast), to build your startup.

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

ReadWriteStart

It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. Seattle, Portland, Austin, New York City and Chicago have come up in the U.S. They simply need the diligence and work ethic to learn and to implement. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. These do not require reinventing the wheel.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: VCs Are Not Always Right

ReadWriteStart

From what I have seen, this is one of the few companies that can cross the elusive billion dollar mark in due course. Then Prashant Singh from Bangalore, India, discussed Statisco Economic Analytics , a risk management technology for managing company balance sheets, interfacing with their ERP systems. Statisco Economic Analytics.

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Investing Outside The Bay Area

Haystack

But, it wasn’t directionally wrong, looking at enormous multinational companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook which rose from the hallowed ground of Silicon Valley. The CEO writes “Silicon Valley is going to leave Silicon Valley… the technology companies… they’re chasing talent, and talent is chasing affordable housing.”

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Transcript of Everything You Need to Know About Podcasting

Duct Tape Marketing

John Lee Dumas: I have a couple friends in the City of Portland, Maine where I was born and raised and actually launched EOFire back in 2012 in Portland, Maine that are doing really cool regional podcast that are being listened to because people want to know what’s happening in Portland, not just in the world.

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

ReadWriteStart

She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. No, you do not need to come to Silicon Valley to learn entrepreneurship. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.