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Ranking — And Understanding — The World’s Top Startup Hubs [Video]

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New York checked in at Number 5 in the Ecosystem Index but it’s the global capital of female tech entrepreneurship. One-fifth of New York’s entrepreneurs are women and it’s home to twice as many female-run startups as Silicon Valley. ” Chile Is Heating Up. It’s neither better nor worse.

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How Start-Up Chile Helps Entrepreneurs and Chile Alike

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The Start-Up Chile accelerator was arguably the spark that ignited Chile’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. The Chilean government, through the development agency CORFO, founded Start-Up Chile in 2010 as a way to bring in foreign entrepreneurs who would galvanize Chile’s transition into an economy built on technology and innovation.

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Isidoro Quiroga: “South America’s Warren Buffet” Mogul Makes Next Move

The Startup Magazine

Chilean billionaire and entrepreneur Isidoro Quiroga has been called South America’s Warren Buffet for his near-perfect investment portfolio and his ability to transform businesses from small firms to global leaders. He currently owns businesses in Chile , Argentina, and Australia.

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Five Drivers of Real Opportunity for Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who search for real pain points, and build solutions around them, have the best chance of changing the world. As an alternative, if you are an entrepreneur looking for the next big thing, where should you look? The impact of global instability. That’s the great thing about being an entrepreneur.

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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. Although entrepreneurs need to practice their pitches (and English). Startups are aiming for a global, not local market. Many startups are Silicon Valley clones.

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Women 2.0 Partners Google, Extends Founder Friday Events

YoungUpstarts

First started in San Francisco, Founder Friday events draw an average of 350 attendees and take place the first Friday of every month, providing the opportunity for female entrepreneurs to interconnect while listening to valuable keynote speeches from local female founders. has held over 200 Founder Friday events in 30 global cities.

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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. Entrepreneurs as Outcasts. According to Whitehill, entrepreneurs are “viewed as outcasts in Greece.” In Greece, “Entrepreneurs don’t have a place to go - so many have left the country.”.