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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Starting a tech company today costs 99% less than it did 18 years ago when Y Combinator was started ( today and 2005 ), largely due to the emergence of cloud technologies, no-code tools, and artificial intelligence. Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g.,

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Meet Tatiana Glad, our New Global Executive Director

Impact Hub

Our collective strategy Ambition 2030 represents the promise of Impact Hub when I first joined as a member (Impact Hub Islington, 2005). We’re excited to share that Tatiana Glad joins the Impact Hub global team as our new Executive Director. Q: Tatiana, to start with, how would you describe yourself in 3 words? A: A pragmatic visionary!

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. It has the diversity and cheaper rent necessary for great creative potential and I think you're going to see a lot of development next year of Brooklyn as its own unique, but complimentary community of innovation.

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Lessons Learned After 15 Years in Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

2005 / Ask your employees for feedback. 2005 / Ask your employees for feedback. Jill shared lessons learned and more in a blog post to mark the occasion. Below is an excerpt from the original article. I’m incredibly grateful for the amazing customers and employees who brought us to this milestone! I confess that wasn’t always the case.

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NYC's Innovation Community: What Came Before and What Comes nextNY

This is going to be BIG.

These days, it's kind of hard to miss what's going on in the NYC startup community. There were 30 of us the first time I went back in 2005. That's why the early efforts to build NYC's community were so impactful, even if the people who are just joining the ecosystem today don't realize what came before.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

When I came out of college LA Law was one of the most popular shows on TV and made being a lawyer sexy, so most of my peers made that career choice. They are frustrated by the past decade of subpar returns for the sector. The most recent report to weigh in on the troubles of the industry was produced by the esteemed Kauffman Foundation.

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Transcript of Redpoint Office Hours with Stripe’s Chief Corporate Advisor and former COO, Claire Hughes Johnson and Redpoint Managing Director, Tomasz Tunguz

Tomasz Tunguz

Good morning, afternoon, and evening Redpoint community. Great to see a lot of repeat attendees and some new ones. We’re excited to continue the Month of Scale here for Redpoint Office Hours. I’m Travis Bryant. Excited to be back emceeing. That was the start of the Month of Scale. We’ll go to 11 o’clock today, Pacific.