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Rusty Tweed Explores How Sustainability is Impacting the Construction Industry

The Startup Magazine

According to the World Green Building Council (WGBC), the following findings support a case for green building: Lower operating cost – the construction of green buildings can help building owners and occupiers save money thanks to efficient energy and water usage. The other important social issue is the net tenant health and well-being.

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Why a Company Can’t “Be More Like a Startup”

Steve Blank

But often the legal obstacles confronting startups have been put in place by companies that look to the government and regulators as their first line of defense against new market entrants. Banks protested that PayPal was an unregulated bank; and of course, are regulated by the federal government and states. to stifle competition.).

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Why You Should Consider ESG in Your Investments

The Startup Magazine

ESG investing includes environmental, social and governance investments and falls under the umbrella of “socially responsible investors” that care both about impact and profits. Governance focuses on the leadership demonstrated within the company and looks to a multitude of factors such as diversity, pay and the overall company ethics.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

We’re also regularly following-on for existing portfolio companies.”. The average monthly operating expenses is $70,335. 30% have been operated by females, 70% have been operated by males. 40% have been operated by “visible minorities”, 60% have been operated by “non-visible minorities”. ARR of $500K+.

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5 Ways Small Business Owners Plan Intelligently For Retirement

YoungUpstarts

Teachers, police officers, firefighters and other government employees generally receive a pension. It doesn’t have the start-up and operating costs of a conventional 401(k) or profit-sharing employee plan. A small business owner with a family should have 10 times their annual net income in life insurance. Rule of 100.

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Ad-blocking by ISPs

The Equity Kicker

Network operators have long been sore that they make slim or no profits because they have to carry so much traffic for Google whose profit margins are huge, but regulators insist that they treat all content the same and won’t allow them to charge content owners for transit or for priority treatment (i.e. they insist on Net Neutrality ).

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18 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Did Prior to Starting Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

It could be studying entrepreneurship in school or it could have been working with a government contractor or maybe someone had a sales job. After putting our family’s net worth into a spreadsheet one day, I was shocked to find out that my net worth was – $250,000. It’s usually a process. 5 – Teaching.