Jul 17, 2020

Techstars Startup Communities Digest

Issue #108 — View online — Suggest a link

Startup Communities

Highlighting entrepreneurial ecosystems and community builders from around the world.

Perspective

VC Brad Feld has a new book — and some advice — for startups trying to deal with the unknowable

Brad Feld, the longtime investor and founder of both Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado, and Techstars, the now-global accelerator program, has a new book coming out next week called “The Startup Community Way: Evolving an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem.”

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Tech in Latin America: An entrepreneur’s guide to June’s startup news

As Latin America braces for another wave of coronavirus infections that threaten to bring down healthcare systems, the region’s innovators have been making strategic moves to fortify their business interests while simultaneously providing services that directly assist those most impacted by the pandemic.

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Inclusion Matters

How can we really make European startups more diverse?

Four diversity champions across Europe share ideas for improving the tech sector

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Community Spotlight

‘I was a tyrant’: Dave Balter on ‘The Humility Imperative’ and Boston’s startup scene

Serial entrepreneur and investor Dave Balter knows that running a startup can sometimes feel like rowing a boat in the middle of the ocean.

He also knows that with everything constantly moving, as it does in the startup world, it can be difficult to lose sight of the people around you—and to stay humble.

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Ecosystem Overview

Latvia’s startup ecosystem at a glance | EU-Startups

Did you know that the jeans we all wear now and the first ‘spy camera’ used during the Second World War were both invented in Latvia? These are just two examples which speak about the history of the country’s inclination to technology and innovation. By the same token, modern-day Latvia is the birthplace of the first drone with the “follow me” option which gave a completely new view of film shooting and has one of the world’s fastest internet connections.

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Techstars Startup Digest Startup Communities is curated by:

Julian Miller - @gvillesjules
julian.miller@startupdigestmail.com

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