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How to Create a Healthy Local Startup and Tech Community

This is going to be BIG.

What you want, however, is to increase the chance that such a founder winds up in your locale—that not only is it routine to find such a person, but there’s also a path for well meaning, aspirational folks just starting out their career to grow into that founder through learning, experience and mentorship.

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Spend 2012 on the Right Side of the Haimish Line

Both Sides of the Table

A few years ago I started a mentorship organization in Los Angeles called Launchpad LA now run by the uber talented Sam Teller. We hung out a lot together a dinners and educational events. Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness (Tiger Moms & the true definition of success). It’s one of our highlights every year.

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Ashna Mahepal to Young Entrepreneurs: Identify Your Source of Empowerment

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Congressman Joe Sestak approached her about connecting with the nonprofit FIRST Global , which promotes science, technology, engineering, and math education and careers for youth through robotics competitions modeled on the Olympic Games. It was definitely a challenge, but one she has overcome to help her organization grow.

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The idea that university degrees don’t matter is a Silicon Valley fantasy

TechCrunch

Secrets to Gaining Admission to the World’s Topic Universities,” and is CEO of Crimson Education , a university admissions consulting company. Young aspiring entrepreneurs apply for Y Combinator in the hopes of receiving seed funding, mentorship and networking opportunities to help create the next unicorn.

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Why Governments Should Invest in Their Diaspora Founders

David Teten VC

There is a reason that the definitive book on the topic has such a depressing title: Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Why Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed–and What to Do about It , by my former professor, Josh Lerner, Head of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Jacob H. Brain gain.

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Get Advice From The Best In Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

However, just because I didn’t complete a formal education doesn’t mean I stopped learning. If you don’t ask, the answer is definitely no. Most of what I’ve learned about business has come from starting 1-800-GOT-JUNK? in 1989, and building it from the ground up. PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE. Guess what?

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Korea’s top accelerator program K-Startup Grand Challenge 2023 accepting applications from global startups  

AsiaTechDaily

South Korea also has a relatively open and business-friendly environment, with a highly educated and skilled workforce. In the past, global startups participating in the KSGC program have had definite success in the Asian market. International startups participating in KSGC 2023 can expect several benefits.