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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

In 2010, Antonio Garcia Martinez, the founder of AdGrok, wrote, “New York will always be a tech backwater, I don’t care what Chris Dixon or Ron Conway or Paul Graham say.” What makes people like that want to live in any particular community?

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How Do VCs Choose Their Investors (and should entrepreneurs care?)

Both Sides of the Table

So I immediately felt like I had a partner whom I could call for sensitive advice on topics where there aren’t many sources of input or mentorship. This was in 2010 — exactly the wrong time to be pulling out of venture. It’s the same reason I think many entrepreneurs like working with VCs who had formerly been entrepreneurs.

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What went wrong at Techstars

Founders Coop

Just two years later, in 2009, we worked out a deal to create the Techstars Seattle program, with our first program running in 2010. From the beginning, we were deeply committed to Techstars’ “give first” ethos and mentorship-driven approach to startup investing.

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Rallying for rural entrepreneurship: addressing the challenges that face rural small businesses

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Since 2010, populations in rural cities have been falling and according to the United States Census rural America now represents less than 20% of the U.S. The wonderful thing about rural America is that we have cultural assets and mindsets that allow us to thrive when it comes to entrepreneurship and innovation. Population, though 97% of U.S.

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Singapore is poised to become Asia’s Silicon Valley

TechCrunch

But having a diverse cluster of big tech companies helps the ecosystem by providing more resources, including mentorship and early funding opportunities, say Singapore-based investors. Before Monk’s Hill Ventures, Lim served as chief executive officer of Infocomm Investments from 2010 to 2013. Timing was also crucial.

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10 Women Entrepreneurs Who Have Inspired Me—and Will Inspire You!

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I first met Merry Riana when we were both being nominated for the The Great Women of Our Our Time award sponsored by Singapore Women’s Weekly 2010. Merry Riana: Millionaire Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author and Motivational Speaker. Since then, we have become good friends. Our children even attended the same kindergarten!

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NJEDA Approves NJ Innovation Evergreen Fund Investment in Women-Led Clothing Distributor

American Entrepreneurship

Founded in 2010, Bullpen Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has a rich history of founding and investing in some of the industry’s most prominent technology companies such as FanDuel , Carbon Health , and Paper.