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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

I spent two weeks of December in Chile as a guest of Professor Cristóbal García, Director of EmprendeUC at the Catholic University of Chile , which just signed up a 3-year collaboration partnership with Stanford’s Technology Ventures Program. Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America.

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Find out who the Diligent Modern Governance 100 Award winners are

Board Effect

Their stories of innovation and dedication remind us of the impact thoughtful leadership can have on our organizations and communities. Adolfo , Head, Audit Analytics and Innovation, Smart Communications Inc. These trailblazers have set new standards in governance and leadership, inspiring all of us to strive for excellence.

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Startup To Translate Obama’s State Of The Union Address Up To 6,976 Languages In Real Time

YoungUpstarts

Babelverse is a start-up founded by Mayel de Borniol and Josef Dunne that was part of the government-backed accelerator program, Start-Up Chile.

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Why VC Isn’t Right for Most Startups, The Place Where Taylor Swift, Gwar & Cypress Hill are Equals, and Parrothead Memories (RIP Jimmy)

Hunter Walker

Chile’s Shantytowns Are a Last Resort — and Growing Fast [Eduardo Thomson/Bloomberg] – Historically sitting here in the US we’d expect to read stories like this about places distant from our own country. These tomas are growing at a dizzying rate all around Chile.

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4 Best Websites To Apply For Accelerators And Incubators

YoungUpstarts

To improve your chance of getting recruited, here are four of the best websites to apply for these elusive programs globally. Based out of San Francisco with offices in Santiago (Chile) and Munich (Germany), YouNoodle showcases startup competitions and programs from around the world since 2010. million of them in their database.

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For tech to develop in emerging economies, the first obstacle is trust

The Next Web

In February I found myself seeking air-conditioned sanctuary in the Dar Es Salaam offices of Kinu , a co-working space and business accelerator, talking with Co-Founder and Community Manager John Paul Barretto. there needs to be a community which in turn creates a culture and eventually leads to a self-supporting ecosystem.

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Why Investors are Loving Austin as an Innovation Hub!

Austin Startup

To give a high-level snapshot of the activity in just the investment community alone this past June, ATX Venture Partners closed a $150M fund, 8VC filed with the SEC regarding plans to raise an $880M fund and Mainsail Partners, a growth equity fund based in San Francisco, is planning to open an office in Austin this September ( Source: AustinInno ).

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