TechStars

APRIL 2, 2019

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, and the Louisville Entrepreneurship Acceleration Partnership (LEAP) together announce the launch of the Techstars Startup Ecosystem Development program in Louisville, Kentucky. We have been working in Louisville over the past three months to learn as much as possible about the community’s entrepreneurial ecosystem through stakeholder interviews and surveys as well as extensive secondary research.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

It had produced, and was poised to produce, an enormous number of technology startups, given its relatively small size. The moniker became so ubiquitous, both at home and abroad, that “Israel Startup Nation” is now the name of the country’s professional cycling team. After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next. From age 13 Israel’s students are exposed to advanced computing studies, and the cultural push to go into tech is strong.

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GAN

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

It was the first of five trips we’re making around the world where accelerators, corporate partners, and startups come together around one purpose: Helping startups who are operating in unique places around the world (“everywhere else” places—the cities that might not be considered major tech hubs) gain more momentum, wherever they call home. Pittsburgh Has a Culture of Innovation. ” “There is always time to help out a startup founder.”

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TechStars

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

How does a country go from lifting a national ban on television in 1999 to nurturing tech startups in 2019? What does a startup ecosystem look like in a United Nations’ classified Least Developed Country? What role does startup culture play in a country that measures success via Gross National Happiness rather than Gross Domestic Product? . Techstars Startup Weekend Bhutan (Women). ” Enter Techstars Startup Weekend. And that startup hustle?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

I recently wrote about the 12 tips to building successful startup communities. After a recent discussion I had with Steve Blank it made me remember that I had left off one of the most critical factors – a culture of failure. I lived in London from 1997-2005 and for 6 of those years ran my startup based out of London. At this time I can tell you that the Brits definitely didn’t have a culture of failure. 14:00 How can we bring that culture to other places?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem.

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Haystack

JANUARY 16, 2019

The more I discover about going beyond just writing checks into startups — concepts like portfolio construction, cross-fund management, and new fund formation — the more I realize how critical the parlay is. And naturally, I started to see patterns in the startup ecosystem. Naturally, I started thinking about the parlay as it relates to startup investing, building funds, and fund management. Career Culture Technology Venture Capital

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Haystack

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Much of this can trickle down into the startup ecosystem. You’ll see posts like this on TechCrunch about various VCs warning their portfolio founders to brace themselves for a cash crunch, and today USV’s Fred Wilson reiterated an important point he often returns to, that in the game of startup financing, it’s a game of going for growth or profitability, and eventually, valuation multiples compress. Career Culture Technology Venture Capital

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Haystack

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

What I do feel deeply, however, is that we all in the early-stage startup ecosystem are likely being a bit too over-protective. For any startup selling an annual license, the deal may not get signed right away. ” Career Culture Technology Venture CapitalEarlier this week, in the wake of Y Combinator’s Demo Day, I saw a tweet go viral and generate lots of chatter. The tweet was written by YC’s President, Michael Seibel.

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CO.STARTERS

AUGUST 14, 2020

Louis, Missouri has prioritized the creation of a homegrown entrepreneurship ecosystem for more than a decade. The work involved in regional ecosystem creation is difficult, but St. They Have to Grow Their Own Ecosystem.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MAY 29, 2019

While entrepreneurs can be found everywhere, some startup ecosystems are thriving more than others. Building a startup community, or startup ecosystem, is no easy task and requires a lot of intentional work. An interconnected startup community is one that shares common values and whose interests support the entrepreneurs, their ventures, and the startup community as a whole. What is a startup community? Why create a startup community?

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CO.STARTERS

JULY 21, 2020

We are proud to sponsor this edition of “ Unsung Heroes ,” a series spotlighting people who are growing the field of ecosystem building. Read the full series at Ecosystem Builder Hub. There is a better way, and many of us know it—entrepreneurial ecosystem building.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Over the last five years, Brazil has witnessed a startup boom. While finance and media are typically concentrated in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, a city of three million in the state of Bahia, is considered one of Brazil’s cultural capitals. Paulo Rogério Nunes. Contributor.

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GAN

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Both the economic and the cultural landscapes of Hamburg are very diverse: From buzzing party district, Reeperbahn, where the Beatles started their career, to the new and amazing Elbphilharmonie, the concert hall that quickly became the city’s landmark. According to Hamburg Startup Monitor 2018, more than 660 young companies are to be found in the harbour city. Due to close relations to media companies and agencies, the NMA makes it easy for the startups to enter the German market.

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GAN

DECEMBER 8, 2020

As two examples of this, startups embrace risk while seeking revenue. Startups have to ensure they’re not burning too much cash. Why Corporates Work With Startups . Corporates typically engage with startups to get: . New culture and ways of working .

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TechStars

MARCH 14, 2019

Today, global energy corporation Equinor and startup Crux OCM are working together to test Crux OCM’s software, which functions as an “autopilot” for oil and gas control room operators. This sounds like a pipe dream: a scrappy startup and a large corporation partnering to give the startup a first user to test their idea and the corporation the kind of solution that would have taken years to develop internally. Identifying the Stellar Startups. “We

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TechStars

APRIL 17, 2019

Research shows corporations create coherent partnering and investing strategies with startups. BOSTON & BOULDER, CO – Innovation Leader today released a new survey sponsored by Techstars , the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, which shares how executives at large corporations are approaching engagements with startups and other disruptors to fuel corporate growth. But many companies have not put a game plan in place to connect to their startup ecosystems.

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GAN

OCTOBER 2, 2019

If you’ve ever wondered what an island like Bahrain has to offer to entrepreneurs and startups, we’re happy to fill you in and let you know how the ecosystem here has developed with the support of key stakeholders. Bahrain has a reputation for being a warm and hospitable country with an exceptional lifestyle and welcoming culture. Bahrain positions itself as business-friendly, with advantages that any startup would find valuable.

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GAN

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The entire purpose of this tour from the very beginning was to help startups operating in places like these—smaller markets that aren’t considered the world’s major tech hubs—to have additional connections, tools, and resources to build and grow their companies, wherever they are. To that end, over the course of each stop, more than a dozen startups shared their experiences of what it’s like to start and run a company in a smaller city. Culture is Strong.

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Revolution

MAY 21, 2019

At the end of each tour day, we hosted a pitch competition where a local startup received a $100,000 investment from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. For the pitch competitions in Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and Puerto Rico, innovative startups based within a 100-mile radius of a tour stop were invited to apply. Why did you launch (or land) your startup in Orlando? Why did you launch your startup in your city? Why did you launch your startup in your city?

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 8, 2020

To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder? I see an ecosystem builder as someone who takes a holistic look at creating the conditions for entrepreneurship and innovation to thrive in a community. What motivates you as an ecosystem builder?

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

In February of 2017, Susan Fowler’s description of the pervasive cultural issues at Uber, after the company’s abject failure to address her sexual harassment complaints properly, finally broke through in a way that garnered the tech community’s appropriate attention.

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Haystack

JUNE 29, 2019

Yes, I’m tying this back to the startup ecosystem. But as private markets expand, as startups take longer to bake, as product-market fit is harder to hit, as fundraising cycles can get longer, etc., the NBA’s concept of load management may apply to the early-stage ecosystem, too. Like the NBA, there is a seasonality to how startups are formed, financed, built, and how they interact with the broader business community.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

They see a huge opportunity for the region to become a major startup hub by utilizing its diverse workforce and wonderful quality of life. 8 Miami-area investors assess America’s southernmost tech ecosystem. Where do you see Miami’s startup scene five years from now?

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GAN

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Values are those things that affect and guide everything, from our internal staff culture to how we treat our clients (thanks to Eric Mathews at Start. We will continue to build a corporate culture that respects and values the unique strengths and cultural differences of our associates.”. Not only are they all about us, but they’re honestly what’s often really wrong with the startup ecosystem. The same is true for startups.

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Hyde Park Angels

APRIL 7, 2020

Built In Chicago: Online community hub for Chicago startups and tech. ChicagoInno: Chicago Startups that are Hiring Right Now. Silver Lining: Free resource for Employees and Startups. Propllr: Chicago Startups that are Hiring. Switch: Talent List for Startups.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JULY 8, 2020

To you, what is an Ecosystem Builder? I see an ecosystem builder as something that takes a holistic look at creating the conditions for entrepreneurship and innovation to thrive in a community. What motivates you as an ecosystem builder?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2021

“Most of the startups I give advice to about how to raise venture capital shouldn’t be raising venture capital,” an investor recently told me. Understanding how fundraising terms can affect early-stage startups. Building the right team for a billion-dollar startup.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

What advice would you give to entrepreneurs pursuing a startup in Oklahoma? Oklahoma’s startup ecosystem is disproportionately male, how can we improve the number of women-led startups in our region? Q&A with Meg Salyer. Founder, and former President and CEO.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Netherlands’ ecosystem has been flourishing; more than $85 million was invested in regional startups in 2019 alone. Plenty of good funding rounds, a highly skilled workforce and a strong entrepreneurial culture have given Amsterdam a booming startup ecosystem.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 30, 2015

As the global startup ecosystem continues to grow, pulling in more people, companies and institutions, I challenge us all to be grateful for the success we make. Culture Leadership Management Networking Productivity Christina Bechhold investorCHRISTINA BECHHOLD: Speech and debate was one of my first and favorite club activities in high school, encompassing interscholastic debate, Model United Nations and Model Congress.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 12, 2021

Pipedrive is an EU-based CRM company with offices in eight countries, but it has a Czech co-founder in VP of Product Martin Henk, one of several founders to emerge from the ecosystem. To unpack this rare gem of Europe’s startup scene, we spoke to eight area investors.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Everyone covered the end of the 2010s with aplomb, a decade that, at least in tech, was filled with huge milestones, including some of the largest startup IPOs of all time and also some of the worst lows we’ve ever seen — frauds and product snafus that were larger and grander than ever before.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

The world’s fastest growing tech startup ecosystem. A much more tightly knit startup community, compared to the larger but more diffuse West Coast community. A city that from the Mayor on down is devoted to helping the tech startup community expand exponentially. Significantly easier access to European and South American startup centers. Access to many, many more world market centers (advertising, finance, fashion, media, food, etc.).

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Impact Hub

MARCH 13, 2020

As a team, we are dedicated to supporting and developing the Serbian innovation ecosystem. This is part of broader efforts to contribute to the creation of a paying-it-forward culture. How Impact Hub Belgrade supports its members.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Spain is preparing to push forward with pro-startup legislation, having recently unveiled a big and bold transformation plan with the headline goal, by 2030, of turning the country into ‘Spain Entrepreneurial Nation’, as the slightly clumsy English translation has it.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2021

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.

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