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Steve Case Testifies on Expanding Access to Capital Across America

Revolution

We believe great companies can start and scale anywhere, aided by the fact that startups in emerging venture communities are often more capital efficient, offer a lower cost of doing business, and attract talent looking for a better quality oflife. Indeed, new businesses play a significant role in net new job creation in the U.S.,

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

TechCrunch

Released in 2011, “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” was a book that laid claim to the idea that Israel was an unusual type of country. It had produced, and was poised to produce, an enormous number of technology startups, given its relatively small size. And in 2019, Bay Area investors put $1.4

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How To Grow Your Economy. Build It, Don’t Buy It!

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Building Startup Communities is the Way to Economic Growth and Recovery. All across the country, communities need to jump start and rebuild their economies. The research and evidence supporting the impact and value of startup community building is strong. They need a community of support.

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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

Watch/listen to the Interview: In this interview Richard Liew talks with James Burnes , Chief Executive at Ministry of Awesome , a Christchurch New Zealand based startup hub helping high growth startups throughout New Zealand to start, grow and scale up. Lots of community discussions.

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Forget Presidential Politics: Here’s How We Create Jobs — And How You Can Help

Gust

The Startup Visa movement is aimed at a pain point that is near and dear to my heart. America’s immigrants opened more than a quarter of all new businesses in 2011; per capita, they’re more than twice as likely to do so as people who were born here. Intellectual Property.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

the free YC Startup School courses). Digital communities and social platforms such as Twitter, Signal NFX, YC’s co-founder matching, and Slack communities (e.g., Angel investments in 2022 equaled those from 2006 to 2011 combined. Flyover Tech ) have played a significant role in this shift. Crowdfunding witnessed a 2.4x

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Nigerian founders-turn-investors are now running syndicate funds

TechCrunch

Syndicate leads are often experienced angel investors or successful startup founders. They have a wealth of knowledge from playing different roles in the building of a startup ecosystem. The fund whose LPs were HNIs investing between $100,000 to $500,000 has gone through several iterations to stay alive.

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