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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

” It’s the most common refrain I hear from investors and even entrepreneurs these days. Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. “There’s something going on in LA.”

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. One measure of CincyTech’s overall impact is that in 2013, its portfolio companies represent 80% of total seed and early stage capital invested in Southwest Ohio. We started investing the fund in April 2012 and by early 2013 had closed our fund to new investors. Venture Capital.

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

TechCrunch

But it’s been hard to argue against this position in the last 10 years, as the country powered ahead, famously producing ground-breaking startups like Waze, which was eventually picked up by Google for more than $1 billion in 2013. Over the last decade, startup funding for Israeli entrepreneurs increased by 400%.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Adam Arredondo

Ecosystem Builder Hub

To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder? I see an ecosystem builder as someone who takes a holistic look at creating the conditions for entrepreneurship and innovation to thrive in a community. Direct entrepreneur support is critical but only a part of creating a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. – A common taxonomy.

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Why I Angel Invest

Angel Capital Association

By: Daren Cotter, Tech Entrepreneur & Investor, Member of Gopher Angels I’ve been asked this question many times over the past 8 years. Even though we decided not to pursue this model at InboxDollars, I continued to think about it and eventually decided to start angel investing as a personal hobby in 2013. MY 2013 ANSWER TO “WHY?”

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Adam Arredando

Ecosystem Builder Hub

To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder? I see an ecosystem builder as something that takes a holistic look at creating the conditions for entrepreneurship and innovation to thrive in a community. Direct entrepreneur support is critical but only a part of creating a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Extra Crunch roundup: NS1 EC-1, Pakistan’s tech ecosystem, SPACs bonanza

TechCrunch

For the latest entry in a series of longform articles that explore the inner workings of notable startups, we looked at NS1 , an internet infrastructure company best known for its software-defined DNS. Pakistan’s growing tech ecosystem is finally taking off. startup ecosystem,” they write.