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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. What to do? They raised $1.6

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The United Nations: a Network of Networks

Reid Hoffman

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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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Many entrepreneurs cannot get to Silicon Valley because of Visa or immigration issues and many startups who don’t get onto prestigious programs like Ycombinator or Techstars are choosing Startup Chile as an alternative. ’ And Startup Chile also brings hope to entrepreneurs who can’t get to Silicon Valley.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

Summary: I’ve lived in Silicon Valley for 35 years, I’ve taught in entrepreneurial clusters in New York, Boston, Helsinki, Santiago Chile, St. Research universities also became an integral part of the military ecosystem as the federal government pumped billions into supporting science. Lessons Learned. Like the U.S.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Start-Up Chile: $40k to Live There and Start a Company - Ben Casnocha: The Blog , August 14, 2010 Governments round the world are trying to stimulate entrepreneurship. The Chilean government recently announced a bold initiative that stands apart from the usual innovation and start-up handwaving. equity debate. 10 cents per DAU.

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China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

Steve Blank

Summary: I’ve lived in Silicon Valley for 35 years, I’ve taught in entrepreneurial clusters in New York, Boston, Helsinki, Santiago Chile, St. Research universities also became an integral part of the military ecosystem as the federal government pumped billions into supporting science. Lessons Learned. Like the U.S.

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Snapshot of Entrepreneurship Around the Globe

The Entrepreneurial Mind

This research is accomplished through an international network of national academic research teams, with global sponsorship by Babson College, USA and Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile. The implication of this is that government policy makers know best what markets are worth pursuing, rather than entrepreneurs and their customers.

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