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Foreign investors have a bigger role to play in growing Latin America’s startup ecosystem

TechCrunch

Investors should bring a local strategy that makes them an asset to Latin America’s startup ecosystem. The amount of VC capital being funneled into Latin American startups has surged since 2017, with angel investment close behind. While investors may say their your regular value offering is enough — network and U.S.

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How To Grow Your Economy. Build It, Don’t Buy It!

Ecosystem Builder Hub

And yet, our economic policies espoused by governments and traditional economic development approaches continue to focus on attracting big businesses. It’s time for a radical rethink in how we do economic development. Startups are key to economic dynamism and strong economic growth. This focus needs to stop.

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Four Years of Catalyst

Startup Catalyst

Startup Community cohort (2017). Israel cohort (2017). Investor cohort (2017). Female Founders cohort (2017). …to It’s only through that partnership with others that we will be successful in ensuring that our offering to students is useful and valuable and Startup Catalyst is one of those key partners. —?Rowena

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K-Startup Grand Challenge: The South Korea accelerator program that is ‘a gateway’ to doing business in Asia

AsiaTechDaily

In July 2021, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) upgraded Korea’s status to a developed economy. South Korea is now at a critical stage of development. The country strives to create a balance between industrial conglomerates and the startup ecosystem.

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Why Felix Williams, who started a VC firm at 19, believes his youth gives him an advantage as an investor

TechCrunch

For example, I was mistaken for an intern in multiple meetings and generally not taken too seriously at networking or industry events. Referrals and testimonials went a long way in establishing credibility with people outside my growing network, but that network is what kept me going. I was inspired by the people in my life.

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Why Michigan Could Become a Startup Powerhouse

HPA

The unicorns in Michigan demonstrate a fertile startup ecosystem with unlimited opportunities. A couple weeks ago, StockX became the state’s newest in a quickly-growing cohort of unicorns, which includes two other startups that also earned the elite status this year. Acquired by Cisco last year for $2.35

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K-Startup Grand Challenge 2022 is accepting applications from global startups till May 31

AsiaTechDaily

World’s best ICT Infrastructure: Korea has a highly developed ICT infrastructure, with 100% of its territory covered by LTE, and offers the world’s fastest internet speed. In 2017, South Korea established the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to systematically oversee various startup support projects to reinforce momentum.

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