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

TechCrunch

Finally, the talent pool for tech startups has broadened immensely. Factors such as remote work, offshore development, and the steadily growing labor pool of software engineers have enabled startups to hire additional engineering talent, adding yet another catalyst to this vibrant ecosystem.

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The Four Cities Every Startup Should Invest in Visiting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Held this past spring in Las Vegas, the speed dating-style event connects companies with promising developers. Zappos also offers opportunities to learn about its company culture, which you can apply to your business. Zappos also offers opportunities to learn about its company culture, which you can apply to your business.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. Put off by high taxes and paperwork in their home country, many Italian entrepreneurs moved to places like London in years past to startup.

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Does Atlantic Canada have a blueprint for rural revival in the post-pandemic era?

TechCrunch

When they return, young people like Morrison are finding that Atlantic Canadians have quietly built a robust startup ecosystem that has resulted in a dozen acquisitions to companies like IBM and Salesforce, the sum of which likely surpasses $5 million in cash and stock. Soon, the region’s hard-luck narrative stuck.

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

annually between 2015 and 2020, its market size topping $1.3B As a subject matter expert, you’re expected to stay on top of recent developments in your field of knowledge. They typically charge clients up to $1,200 per hour , and pay the expert $100 to $500 an hour. (I The expert network industry has grown an average 4.5%

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Seeing little opportunity here, Drew and Arash moved the company to Silicon Valley later that year. Dropbox is expected to IPO in 2015 at a valuation exceeding $10 Billion. Ycombinator brings in the most successful startup founders to share their experiences building startups. None of the local VC firms invested.

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A university’s role in an emerging startup community and other conversations

Startup Catalyst

It was just quite extraordinary to give students the opportunity to go to Silicon Valley, see what’s happening in firms, and to do a startup weekend in the middle. Tex Andersen (2015) became CTO of Talentvine , a Brisbane tech startup that makes outsourced recruitment affordable, transparent and simple.