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Steve Case Testifies on Expanding Access to Capital Across America

Revolution

Ive been grateful to see that support firsthand throughout my careerwhether through the passage of the JOBS Act , the creation of Opportunity Zones , or, most recently, the Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs) initiative. Based in Washington, D.C., according to data from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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3 new ways to empower your entrepreneurial community

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Colmena66 continues to adapt to the needs of entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico, developing new and innovative ways to market their platform and meet small business owners where they are. Make your ecosystem sustainable. We know that creating sustainable ecosystems is hard work, but you don’t have to go it alone.

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How To Take the Guesswork Out of Scaling

Entrepreneurs' Organization

And you can leverage two very powerful forms of innovation, sustaining innovation and efficiency innovation, to scale your business. Sustaining innovation Sustaining innovation grows a business’s share of an existing market. It gives your offerings pull. They hire it to help them make progress.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

But knowing the right people and knowing a market only works well for angel investors in bullish tech markets in which IPO’s happen quickly (97-99) or where larger companies are actively scooping up little tiny companies at sub $50 million valuations to drive innovation (05-08, 10-?). So where are we now? It’s hard to say.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3

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Startup Business Funding: 5 Business-Breaking Misconceptions

Dream It

Being self-sustainable has given us a new perspective on startup funding, especially compared to what I experienced on my first accelerator run. In 2011, he founded Pota-Toss, a Kickstarter-funded iOS game, released on the App Store on October 2012. The plan-sort of worked. If you can't build the best business you can create.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

Both Sides of the Table

Yes, I studied Ricardo’s theory of Comparative Advantage in college that says that lower-skilled jobs should move to countries with lower labor costs, but Andy Grove’s point about loss of skills in manufacturing leading to a decline in innovation in the next technology wave is both real and troubling.