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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. In the last full year where we have data LA attracted $1.5

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Timing: When to raise seed funding.

Scalable Startup

Raising seed capital is a tricky business. Most are making major mistakes in their approach when seeking capital. There are several great examples of technology startups that do this. Pre-launch funding is pretty common in Silicon Valley, but that’s a unique case. They’re betting on you.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters.

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Telstra Sets Up Startup Accelerator muru-D In Singapore

YoungUpstarts

For its initial foray into the Southeast Asia technology space, the startup accelerator will kick off a search for ten technology startups across Southeast Asia to participate its inaugural six-month accelerator program which begins in August 2015. trillion,” says Annie Parker, co-founder at muru - D.

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Entrepreneurs, not the government, will save Europe’s economy

The Next Web

Europe produces plenty of small businesses: restaurants, small technology firms, clothing stores, hair salons, and so on. Access to capital continues to be a challenge in Europe. Silicon Valley is a state of mind. To recreate Silicon Valley in Europe, Europe must first adopt Silicon Valley’s culture.

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The Rise of Chinese Venture Capital – (Part 3 of 5)

Steve Blank

The first post described how China built a science and technology infrastructure to support advanced weapons systems development. This post is about the rise of Chinese venture capital and how it helped build the countries entrepreneurial ecosystem. The previous post described how the Torch program built China’s innovation clusters.

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We Need More Entrepreneurs In Congress

Feld Thoughts

We met in 1991 when Martin had just started his company (TriNet – now a public company) and Feld Technologies (my first company) was a dozen people. He helped launch six seed capital funds, three college accelerator programs, the StartFast Venture Accelerator.