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Move Your Startup to Chile-con Valley, Get $40,000!

ReadWriteStart

Steve Davis packed his laptop and his Spanish phrasebook and moved to Chile. On arrival, a government program called Start-Up Chile handed him $40,000, no equity required. He also got a visa, office space, mentoring, help with networking and fundraising, and connections to potential clients. Discuss.

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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

YoungUpstarts

Both companies will jointly be investing in activities that foster innovation and supporting startups, beginning with Women 2.0 ‘s signature networking event Founder Friday. has held over 200 Founder Friday events in 30 global cities. To date, Women 2.0 “Google is excited to team up with Women 2.0 ”

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Silicon Valley is made up of solely one industry: technology, whereas countries in emerging markets have existing industries, around which entrepreneurs are innovating. In Rio we stayed with the founders of Resolveai, an Uber clone. Although entrepreneurs need to practice their pitches (and English).

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9 Ways to Convince Your Parents to Support Your Startup - Not Just Financially

ReadWriteStart

For many young entrepreneurs, getting their parents’ support for a new venture can make a huge difference - emotionally, practically and even financially. Scott Thompson left a comfortable career with a good salary and excellent health benefits to start a business 5,000 miles from home as part of the entrepreneurship program Start-Up Chile.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. Before I get into the details for founders, let me talk about options-hungry employees. They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Do it because you love small teams.

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Episode 3: Smart Bear Live!

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

My co-hosts were Bob Walsh and Patrick Foley , hosts of the well-known Startup Success Podcast. How cofounders can collaborate without going crazy. It’s Episode 3 my little “ Loveline for startups. How to move from a free to a paid product without losing all your users. So I have a question for you, Jason. Ryan: C-H-E-X-T.

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What Greek Startups Can Teach the World

ReadWriteStart

Whitehill is founder of Entrepreneur Week , the Greek version of which was inspired by riots protesting the country’s austerity moves. He teamed up with a number of Greek organizations, associations and institutions, including CoLab Athens (Greece’s first co-working space), which offers workshops and accelerator programs to startups.