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Wrap-up of the Startup Community Leaders Mission USA 2018

Startup Catalyst

San Francisco, and the associated Bay Area, is home to Silicon Valley – the epicentre of startup activity – where an estimated 27,000 startups and 15,000 investors operate in an area roughly equivalent to the the Brisbane-to-Gold Coast region, and with a population of roughly 7 million people.

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How to Find a Job as a VC Scout: Compensation and Which Firms Are Recruiting

David Teten VC

For emerging VC and private equity investors: accelerators, platforms, communities, and incubators. You should expect to meet with founders, attend a partner meeting, attend a workshop, and engage with the community each week…. Open Water Accelerator. Open Water is a new type of startup accelerator.

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500 Startups & Misk Innovation to Launch Second Batch of the Misk 500 Accelerator Program

500

Batch 2 of the Misk 500 Accelerator Program will bring experts from Silicon Valley and beyond to educate 15-20 early-stage startups from MENA. The program will consist of 14 weeks of mentorship and workshops that will have an emphasis on growth hacking techniques, product design, and fundraising.

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Daily Crunch: Asian and Hispanic e-grocer Weee! bags $425 million Series E

TechCrunch

Catching you up, OneCard is a consumer credit card startup in India that also provides credit scoring services. Moving along, Y Combinator’s push to fund startups around the world is paying off. LinkedIn, of course, is a portal where folks in the sales industry can workshop their slam poetry. Remember flashmobs?

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