Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2010

Maybe we haven’t seen the results yet, but there are thousands of startup opportunities to offer new products and services, to replace those in crisis. Many of the current opportunities in alternative energy are the result of these forces, as well as the lack of effective government coalitions to conserve other resources.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 23, 2018

This is why it is especially important for startup founders to seek help to guide them through the tedious and often perilous process of starting and growing a company. In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Summary: I’ve lived in Silicon Valley for 35 years, I’ve taught in entrepreneurial clusters in New York, Boston, Helsinki, Santiago Chile, St. My post about Japan will follow. All the usual caveats apply.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 24, 2012

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. Now that’s a lot of tongues.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 10, 2013

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. Summary: I’ve lived in Silicon Valley for 35 years, I’ve taught in entrepreneurial clusters in New York, Boston, Helsinki, Santiago Chile, St. My post about Japan will follow. All the usual caveats apply.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 28, 2012

Your new company may be targeting an overseas market, or you you could be in search of a more affordable labor pool or less government regulation. And some countries - like Chile, for example - offer startups significant financial incentives. If anything, the local officials are usually helpful and supportive,” says Urmann.

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Pascal's View

AUGUST 28, 2010

The evidence: (i) Startups are responsible for virtually all the new jobs created in the United States since 1977 (Source: Kauffman Foundation). The Importance of Startups in Job Creation and Job Destruction bases its findings on the Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS), a U.S. government dataset compiled by the U.S.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

AUGUST 31, 2010

The impact of the changes in public policy over the past decades -- increased direct government control over the direction of the economy, higher tax rates, more regulation -- are not just simple on/off switches. Over the past years the tendency has been to extend government unemployment benefits during tough economic times.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

This is why it is especially important for startup founders to seek help to guide them through the tedious and often perilous process of starting and growing a company. In recent years, startup accelerators and startup incubators have become the place of choice for any budding entrepreneurs to be the next unicorn.

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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. And we—those of us who govern the status quo or have powerful positions within the status quo—need to make room for entrepreneurs and encourage them.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

APRIL 26, 2011

From Naveen Jain : Our unwillingness to champion entrepreneurs, no matter where they come from, is part of a larger attitude problem around entrepreneurship: We don’t celebrate their achievements as much as we should, and our government support of entrepreneurs is weak. Here’s what we need to make this vision happen.

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ReadWriteStart

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

New research shows Silicon Valley still rules the startup world. Startups based in the region stretching from San Francisco to San Jose raise more funding, make more money and have smarter people than startups in any other place. Sure, Silicon Valley is far and away the strongest startup region anywhere. (See

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 3, 2016

In 2016, you no longer have to be in Silicon Valley to launch a successful startup. Today it is just as likely to be someone born in Beijing or Jaipur as it is to be someone from Boston or Boulder. Colorado is home to many.

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