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Dear Sophie: How can I get my startup off the ground and visit the US?

TechCrunch

Once my startup gets off the ground ā€” and as COVID-19 gets under control ā€” Iā€™d like to visit the United States to test the market and meet with investors. Dear Noteworthy, Congratulations on founding your startup! startup ecosystem, and you can start now, even before you physically come to the United States.

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

TechCrunch

The number of accelerators has more than doubled since 2014 , while the number of accelerator-backed startups in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled in the same time period (investments from 2005 to 2015 and total investments through 2021 ). building companies in-house) or incubator (e.g., long-term support at the earliest stages).

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Boston offers a world of advantages for startup founders

TechCrunch

It requires accelerators and incubators and coworking spaces to help nurture early ideas, and it needs VC firms investing across stages. Success begets success, and before you know it, a startup scene is born. By the time the new century came around the area began to shift to look like a modern startup scene. billion in 2019. ā€œI

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The Four Cities Every Startup Should Invest in Visiting

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Incubators such as the one Zapposā€™ CEO Tony Hsieh started a few years ago are also a great way to jump-start your innovative ideas, receive mentoring, network, etc. Boulder is quickly becoming a startup mecca on par with Silicon Valley ā€” largely due to the Techstars accelerator, which has cultivated the cityā€™s startup ecosystem.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italyā€™s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

Rome has more than 20 incubators/accelerators and many established VCs; because of its lower costs compared to other European cities, it’s become a major base for startups. Italy continues to have structural problems for startups: Credit is based on a company’s financial history, so loans are off-limits.

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Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Ycombinator is the largest and most successful startup incubator in history, and it was started right here in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Startup incubators and accelerators are everywhere today, but were relatively unknown when Ycombinator started 10 years ago. Ycombinator has deep roots in the area.

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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 For example, Shiftā€™s Defense Ventures Program offers ā€œ8 cohorts of up to 25 Fellows from across the US Armed Services, (…) immersion programs focused on venture capital, the technology startup ecosystem, cybersecurity, and artificial intelligence.