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Berlin's tech community is smaller than London's: a recent survey by Hascore.com lists 285 start-ups, compared to 1, 250 listed on London's Tech City map (although when the map was launched those figures were questioned as not all the companies appeared to be tech start-ups).
Industry sources count them at just 5% of the founders and chief executives of tech start-ups, a quarter of computing professionals and 11% of tech investors.
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It too has met with success, although a recent map promulgated by the Tech City Investment Organization, the body charged by the government with masterminding the development, that showed some 600 start-ups was met with some skepticism as companies that were not high-tech start ups had been included.
Hong Kong and Singapore governments have taken some action to create high-tech start-up commons.
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It was founded by Rudy DeFelice, a former corporate lawyer turned tech start-up entrepreneur.
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The project will nurture tech start-ups, small businesses, art and design, education, and more.
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American investors are keen on high-tech start-ups because they have seen many grow into world-beaters.
Bootstrapping, the duo take programming contracts and advise start ups on tech issues to pay the bills.
He launched a handful of tech start-ups before Zynga, which he named after his beloved late bulldog.
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In January, 2012 I visited the Centro de Software, a hub for tech start-ups in Guadalajara, Mexico.
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TCHO, a small company based in a warehouse in San Francisco, sounds like a typical high-tech start-up.
One interesting aspect of this deal is that London is generally not a great place for tech start-ups.
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The government is also funding high tech start ups at its Skolkovo initiative in the outskirts of Moscow.
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The Cyberport is indeed a nice collection of buildings but it has not spurred many successful high-tech start-ups.
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What other companies or tech start-ups should we be aware of for 2011?
Aside from that, in my travels visiting tech start-ups I am continually surprised at the frequency I find Cornellians.
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As we have seen from the UK government's recent focus on tech start-ups and entrepreneurship, the formula clearly works.
We think of the next generation of tech start-ups, born in Silicon Valley, Austin, Seattle or another progressive city.
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The United States has strong advantages in fields such as materials science, and high-tech start-ups in these areas can prosper.
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Speaking of emerging markets, I was pleased to see the closing of a VC fund focusing on Israeli tech start-ups.
Last year, I helped a fellow tech start-up founder with his copy and branding strategy without even thinking about it.
Once they are educated in America, China tries to bring them back to start high-tech businesses in their home country.
But, for those business owners who relocated to California for education and subsequently founded a tech start-up, they have choices.
RFP-EZ, a campaign to streamline the contracting process for tech start-ups so that they can more easily sell to the government.
These are to turn the bank into a lender to the sorts of high-tech start-ups in which Softbank likes to invest.
In fact, despite efforts, neither Singapore nor Hong Kong has much to show for their efforts to create high-tech start-up commons.
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For those in the world of finance or in tech start-ups it doesn't do to be too circumspect about one's personal achievements.
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