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Q&A with Mangrove VC partner Michael Jackson: “You don’t build code at a party”

The Next Web

The famously-monikered investor, who now lives in Denmark, was previously the COO at Skype, and has a wealth of experience in founding and building companies. Silicon Allee (a TNW content partner ) caught up with him to pick his brain on what 2013 might hold for us. And they’re not here. MJ: I see that a lot.

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

In this class, we partnered with sponsors in the State Department including: Office of Space and Advanced Technology. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. You have to think of a different array of partners.”.

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Four Takeaways from WATEC 2011 Cleanvest Summit

VC Cafe

In addition to the investor-entrepreneur socializing, the government of Israel was able to score two key contracts with two foreign nations. Very young startups should take advantage of planning to demonstrate costs with potential partners or vendors prior to big demonstrations. The biggest player in this field is General Electric.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – April 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

The Israeli work week is 43 hours, more than the 40 hours in the US and 37 in Denmark. The $222 million fund, which will be called the OrbiMed Israel Partners Limited Partnership, includes an investment of approximately $40m provided by the Israeli government. Israelis are online 32.1 hours a month, on average, compared with 43.5

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Hacking for Diplomacy @ Stanford –What We Learned With the State Department

Steve Blank

In this class, we partnered with sponsors in the State Department including: Office of Space and Advanced Technology. Few consider opportunities to make the world safer with the State Department, Department of Defense, Intelligence Community or other government agencies. You have to think of a different array of partners.”.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Strikingly, there are now several state and city government programs specifically designed to make it easier for non-Americans to found companies in NYC. In addition to this, the NYC government recently entered into a partnership with B.New York City , a Dutch co-working space. Colorado and Massachusetts have similar programs.

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Why Venture Capitalists Are Investing in International Startups

David Teten

While fundraising of US VCs has dropped slowly as a percentage of global limited partner allocations over the last decade, non-US startups are receiving a more rapidly increasing percentage of that money. As a result, the Canadian government created the Canadian Technology Accelerator Initiative. Source: NVCA, Pitchbook.