ReadWriteStart

APRIL 17, 2012

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. What to do? They raised $1.6

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Chile Silicon Valley San Francisco Cofounder 158

Reid Hoffman

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

To achieve that vision, we need new technologies; new collaborative strategies between governments, NGOs, and the private sector; new methods of sharing and scaling what works. The short answer is networks and entrepreneurship. Networks enable communication, collaboration, and coordination that in turn enable innovation.

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Networking Chile Government Finland 28

The Next Web

OCTOBER 15, 2012

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). Many startups are Silicon Valley clones. Startups are aiming for a global, not local market.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

He blogs to 10,000 web entrepreneurs at Software by Rob and co-hosts the podcast Startups for the Rest of Us. They are: Fred Wilson: Lead Investors, Dipshit Companies, and Funding Every Entrepreneur. Often board members give entrepreneurs two bits of advice regarding scale: Get a mentor. twenty in your wallet? equity debate.

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Startup CTO Hire Cofounder Venture Capital 191

The Entrepreneurial Mind

JANUARY 21, 2011

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. Policy makers need to look beyond simply the number of active entrepreneurs. Are these entrepreneurs creating jobs? The report states. 27 million.

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Chile Government Global Early Stage 66

VC Cafe

JULY 7, 2010

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 Eureka was set up in 1985 as a legal framework allowing European companies to collaborate and receive government funding. billion euros every year.

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