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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

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In Singapore, the government has been extremely supportive, and there is entrepreneurial activity, although we have not yet seen very significant companies emerge. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2008 to 2010, Mitra was a columnist for Forbes.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Niche Marketplace Businesses Can Be Interesting

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While there may be initial grants that launch businesses and get them off the ground, philosophically, we believe that a model of self-sustaining development is the key to a stable global economic system. Well, there are some government and NGO contacts that I have in mind for her to explore. million financing round for. Voices.com.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

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One thing Vin said that I liked a lot is that the Malaysian government is spending heavily on tourism development campaigns, and Qyzzy may be able to become a part of that campaign. If, however, as in Suresh's case, the game plan is to go after a global market, the scenario changes quite a bit. Google Adwords advertising.

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Massachusetts Global Entrepreneur In Residence Five Year Results

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For the past five years, I’m been involved in an effort called the Global EIR program. It’s a national effort, led by Craig Montuori, that is modeled after an extremely successful program in Massachusetts, led by William Brah at the University of Massachusetts. The results in Massachusetts have been extraordinary.

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Bridging the Gap: How Semantic Web can move into the mainstream through SXSW

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Starting in 2005 with 300 attendees from a variety of backgrounds (research, academia and entrepreneurs), this past conference had 1200 attendees from large enterprises, government and a lot more startups and entrepreneurs. The US and UK government publish their data on the web as Linked Data. Duplication is Evil: Drupal to the Rescue.

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

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Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Massachusetts. Massachusetts. Globaloney: Globalization Challenged. Write to Deborah Gage at deborah.gage@dowjones.com. Copyright 2012 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. California.

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Ranking — And Understanding — The World’s Top Startup Hubs [Video]

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New York checked in at Number 5 in the Ecosystem Index but it’s the global capital of female tech entrepreneurship. Startup Chile is a government-sponsored effort to attract and support entrepreneurs from inside and outside Chile with cash and services. Boston, Massachusetts. ” Women Love New York. Tel Aviv, Israel.

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