Financing innovation in Kazakhstan, linking science to market
In Part V, subjects discussed: 1.) For Entrepreneurs—What are You Selling to Investors? 2.) For Investors—Let’s Be Realistic 3.) For Governments/Development Finance Institutions—Atypical Leadership Needed 4.) Concluding Remarks 5.) My Next Blog Series—Mobilize Local Capital to Finance Your Dreams 6.) About Me 7.) Links: Evolution of Runet (Russia Internet) & the Russia Tech Scene Last time in Part IV, the Quest for Growth, I discussed: 1.) Clonentrepreneurship or Alternative Paths to the Start-up of Start-up Communities? 2.) Change the Culture…
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(Nastas note to readers: From 6-22 August I was in Silicon Valley, mentoring 80 entrepreneurs from 36 countries on selecting, developing and shaping their business models to investors’ behavior to risk as I discuss in this blog series. I was one of approximately 15-16 team project advisors selected from around the world to serve in this capacity at Singularity University, created by x-Prize Foundation founder Peter Diamandis and futurist Ray Kurzweil. Click on the icon below to view the presentation.…
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What are the elements of a start-up community? What can you do to startup a start-up community in your city, or help it do more—faster? Venture investor Brad Feld (Foundry Group, Boulder, Colorado, co-founder of Tech Stars, blogger Feld Thoughts) writes about these subjects in his other blog StartUp Communities with his new book titled ‘Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City,’ to be published in the fall of 2012. You can read his first draft, outline here.…
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