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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. The Foundations of the Seattle startup community.

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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

Revolution Chairman & CEO, Steve Case and Mitch Landrieu The conversation: A fireside chat with White House Infrastructure Coordinator and former Mayor of New Orleans, Mitch Landrieu The takeaways: Creating an environment where startups thrive pays off in ways that courting existing corporations doesn’t. Infrastructure touches everything.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

This post is an attempt to unpack the changes we observed both during and after our time with Techstars, to draw out potentially useful lessons about how things might have gone differently. ——— In the Beginning: Champions of the Local Startup Ecosystem Techstars launched its first program in Boulder in 2007.

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

TechCrunch

Israel’s heady mix of questioning culture, tradition of national military service, higher education, the widespread use of English, appetite for risk and team spirit makes for a fertile place for fast-moving companies to appear. 2020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem. billion into Israeli companies.

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Seven Stars Launches $40M Fund Backing Founders Shaping the Future of AI Applications

American Entrepreneurship

The newly launched fund will focus on pre-seed and seed stage startups developing AI applications. In a major boost for the artificial intelligence startup ecosystem, Seven Stars, a new venture capital firm founded by former SV Angel Partner Steven Lee, has officially launched its $40 million inaugural fund to support early-stage AI startups.

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Florida Ranks as the Best State to Start a Business in 2025, according to WalletHub Report

American Entrepreneurship

Georgia (2nd): Georgia ranks second on WalletHubs list, thanks to its affordable cost of living, competitive corporate tax rates, and access to a highly educated workforce. Atlanta, in particular, is a thriving hub for tech startups and entrepreneurs, with a growing population and access to both venture capital and skilled talent.

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Brazil’s Black Silicon Valley could be an epicenter of innovation in Latin America

TechCrunch

The main startups hubs in the country have traditionally been São Paulo and Belo Horizonte, but now a new wave of cities are building their own thriving local startup ecosystems, including Recife with Porto Digital hub and Florianópolis with Acate. It attracted backing from Facebook Brasil and grew 770% in 2020.