Top 10 Global Startup Hubs of 2017

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How did Inc.com arrive at the top ten global startup hubs in 2017? It appears to be based on the sheer number of accelerators, startups, working spaces, tech companies, and millionaires in a city throughout the world -- fueled with heavy government support and investment opportunities.  Here's the list.

1. London
2. Paris
3. Berlin
4. Los Angeles
5. Boston
6. Singapore
7. Bangalore
8. Stockholm
9. Moscow
10. Tel Avid

Read more about specifics here.

Cultivating a Strong Level of Entrepreneurship Globally

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Dell is one company that shares in the common goal that young people aged 18-35 years old believe job creation and entrepreneurship should be the no. 1 priority for the United Nations going forward, and to date has been working with the UN to cultivate a strong level of entrepreneurship globally. For instance, Dell founder Michael Dell was named the UN's first global advocate for entrepreneurship in 2014.

Learn more:  Dell invests millions to support global startups and women entrepreneurs

Global-First

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What does global-first mean?  It means starting a business with the intent to go global first - before ever conducting local business.

So your back of the napkin strategy would look like this for your new business:

1.  Go global first.
2.  Go domestic (local) later.

It's that's simple.  Read the entire article:  How To Go Global and Win Big With your Startup

Lead paragraph to article:

The US is a global leader in Internet and smartphone penetration and use, but the rest of the world is catching up fast. With a good part of the growth for consumer products happening abroad, the question isn’t if you should go global with your startup, but how and when.

Related post (1/30/13):  Startups Going Global

Nurturing New and Young Global Startups

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The Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) is nurturing new and young firms on a global basis -- a much needed support mechanism for the world at large.

This year’s GEC wrapped up a week ago in Rio de Janeiro following an intense week with more than 2,000 people from 130 countries. In the first editions of the annual Congress, participants focused on simply discovering like-minded advocates for new, young firms with growth-potential. Four years later, the GEC has become an established platform for entrepreneurship leaders focused on further refinement of data, ideas and methodologies around the needs of growth entrepreneurs.

Read more about the power of GEC and entrepreneurs here.  Related post:  Launching Your Startup Globally.