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Invest in Lines, not Dots

Both Sides of the Table

But just remember that raising money is a bit like Ireland in the 90′s – no divorces allowed. And many I’m having the debate with are on their first time around. Entrepreneurs – you might be pumped up with that super quick round done at a high price.

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Start-ups are all Naked in the Mirror

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We also had facilities in Dublin, Ireland where our company was initially founded. This is part of my ongoing series Startup Lessons. Building companies is hard work. I started my first company in 1999 in London at the height of the dot com craze. We were unprepared.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

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He was American who had married a woman from Ireland and they had relocated to the South of France to set up an Internet practice servicing all of the European Andersen Consulting offices. I had worked Valentijn for a year and now had to start from scratch. I organized a call with Cory and introduced myself.

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America’s Entrepreneurial Innovation Needs Help

Startup Professionals Musings

Germany, Ireland, Israel, and most other non-Asian nations also provide major tax incentives, and huge R&D tax credits. We now produce only 14% of the world’s supply of semiconductors, and even less of other things. We need to make a strong manufacturing base a national priority.

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My Life as a CEO (and VC): Chief Psychologist

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My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. Due to the language and culture issues in Europe we opted for a country structure with an MD in each country and local sales, marketing & customers support staff.

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

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Today, at the roundtable, we had a discussion around the topic, especially in the context of specific geographies that were represented at the session: Dublin, Ireland, and Kolkata, India. I have thought a lot about the issue of how to stimulate a region's entrepreneurship over the years. It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain.

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A Visit With the European Startup Community

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My wife, Ann, and I took a trip this past spring to visit Estonia, Finland, Ireland and Russia. We had a lovely time in Northern Ireland. We finished our first full day at a dinner with Halo , the Northern Ireland Business Angel Network (Alan Watts).

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