It seems that every region in the world is trying to replicate the Silicon Valley model. There were delegations at this event from the EU, Norway, Jordan, Egypt, Japan, you name it. Lots of interesting NYC startups represented.
The NSA will note that I do a lot of blogging while traveling -- in particular while waiting for a flight 8^/
the silicon valley sort is only a very small part, though the most promoted, of entrepreneurship.
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The vast majority of those however do not have the potential grow beyond a handful of employees however. The trick is to identify the small fraction that does.
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