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

TechCrunch

These incoming investors must bring more than money to ensure that entrepreneurship continues to grow in a healthy manner, rather than set it off balance. Investors should bring a local strategy that makes them an asset to Latin America’s startup ecosystem. Investors should look for younger markets. investors remain shy.

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

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Startups are key to economic dynamism and strong economic growth. The key ingredient to increasing the rate of economic dynamism is startups. The best way to revitalize a city’s economy is through entrepreneurship and startup ecosystem building. Without it, an economy trends towards stagnation.”.

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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

marking its highest level since 2017. Roads, bridges, and transport will make or break a city’s ability to grow its startup ecosystem and talent pool. Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., Infrastructure touches everything.

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Kansas City-Based BacklotCars Acquired by KAR Global

Revolution

Most people who are familiar with Revolution , have heard of our Rise of the Rest Bus Tours where we visit five startup ecosystems in five days, once a year, to shine a spotlight on a city’s startups and the groups and individuals who champion them. But many people may not know what happens after that.

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

AsiaTechDaily

In 2017, South Korea established the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to systematically oversee various startup support projects to reinforce momentum. Furthermore, the government plans to find 200 promising startups through 2022 and 1,000 promising startups, and 700 pre-unicorn startups by 2025. billion).

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The Rise of the Rest Class of 2019

Revolution

Florida is a healthcare state and Tampa has a thriving community of startup support organizations. We made the decision to return to Tampa to build our company after debuting our tech at Facebook HQ in Menlo Park in 2017. Tampa is a city of talented individuals focused on building out this startup ecosystem.

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Q&A with Meg Salyer

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Salyer was inducted into the Oklahoma Woman’s Hall of Fame in 2017. Oklahoma’s startup ecosystem is disproportionately male, how can we improve the number of women-led startups in our region? Increasing the diversity in our start-up ecosystem also requires a strategic focus.