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Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment

Steve Blank

Chile has decided that it wants to be an innovation hub in South America. In my short time in Chile, I spent time meeting with: Chilean entrepreneurs ; as part of Santiago’s Startup Weekend as well as EmprendeUC - DUOC New Ventures Contest Awards ceremony. Creating the Next Silicon Valley – The Chilean Experiment.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

Two weeks after Brad’s post I was at the 140 Conference in LA and I held open office hours for any entrepreneur who wanted to spend 15 minutes talking with a VC about their business. But it turns out I met a bunch of really interesting entrepreneurs. But TWTFelipe is an entrepreneur. He was fortunate. Her response?

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We Needed a Bigger Room – The Lean Educators Summit

Steve Blank

It’s remade entrepreneurship education, startup practice and innovation in companies and the government. Tech Commercialization: innovators vs. entrepreneurs – motivating scientists and engineers. Lean Innovation in the Enterprise, Not-for-Profit and Government – what’s different. Australia?]. and much more….

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Failure often is harder on entrepreneurs who lose money that theyve borrowed on credit cards or from friends and relatives than it is on those who raised venture capital. Stock Quotes. more in Small Business. Live Chat Recap.

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Who Ever Thought? The Lean Educators Summit

Steve Blank

It’s remade entrepreneurship education, startup practice and innovation in companies and the government. Tech Commercialization: innovators vs. entrepreneurs – motivating scientists and engineers. Lean Innovation in the Enterprise, Not-for-Profit and Government – what’s different. Australia?].

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Don’t Pay Bribes to Get International Expansion

Startup Professionals Musings

crackdown started way back in the late 1970’s with the advent of the “ Lockheed Bribery Scandals ,” in which the company was accused of paying bribes to foreign governments in order to secure aircraft and equipment orders. The resulted in the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ,” which made it illegal for U.S.

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Sensitive Payments in the International Arena

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of you probably will not remember the “ Lockheed Bribery Scandals ,” in which the company was accused of paying bribes to foreign governments in order to secure aircraft and equipment orders. Tags: entrepreneur startups international sensitive payments business. You can contact him directly at ernst@startupprofessionals.com.