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Rebuilding the California Dream 

Andreessen Horowitz

And so, to me, America was this place of idealism and opportunity, and California was this deeply optimistic place. And I think what people began to realize at the time is that the Bay Area was possibly on the verge of becoming the greatest squandering of economic opportunity in the history of mankind.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

TechCrunch

And that sometimes the public sector makes the investment that not even the riskier of venture capital funds can do. “So first, for example, for investment — what if big companies start investing more and more than they are actually doing? Meaning that the political administration, it’s more agile.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Anyone who was doing something new and cutting edge should feel connected to each other--whether or not they are building a venture backed startup. It's even more relevant now that I've started the first venture capital fund in Brooklyn-- Brooklyn Bridge Ventures --and invested in four Brooklyn based companies.