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Chile, Entrepreneurs, Endeavor, and Global Lessons

Reid Hoffman

Part of why I’m on this trip with Wences Casares (founder and CEO of Xapo ) is to learn (and share) a broader view of entrepreneurship, where the strategies of Blitzscaling can be applied outside of Silicon Valley and China, and participate in Endeavor’s critical global mission for building the industries, companies, and jobs of the future.

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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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The United Nations: a Network of Networks

Reid Hoffman

To succeed, we will need innovation that is both original and deployed at global scale. The short answer is networks and entrepreneurship. The short answer is networks and entrepreneurship. Networks enable communication, collaboration, and coordination that in turn enable innovation. So, let’s start with networks.

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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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Separated at Birth: Techstars and Startup Weekend

David Cohen

Today we announced that Techstars has acquired UP Global, which includes Startup Weekend and many other fantastic events and programs. Startup Weekend is my absolute favorite global event for entrepreneurship. The end result was an expanded community of entrepreneurs here in Boulder, many of whom I still keep in touch with today.

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Snapshot of Entrepreneurship Around the Globe

The Entrepreneurial Mind

The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2010 Report released yesterday estimates that 250 million people between 18-64 years old are actively engaged in. that an estimated 63 million of these early-stage entrepreneurs expect. globe is critical, as it has been entrepreneurs who have led us out of almost every past recession.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter June 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

The Bank of Israel played an important role guarding the Israeli economy from the effects of the global financial crisis. Israel became the first non-European state to head the EUREKA Network, the leading industrial R&D initiative in Europe and the largest of its kind in the world with investments of 1.5 billion euros every year.