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Digital Transformation And The Evolution of Apps – What’s The Link?

YoungUpstarts

We are now in the midst of the Fourth, characterized by the fusion of technologies that is blurring the lines between physical, digital, and biological worlds. Fact: the world’s first mobile phone call was made on April 3, 1973, by Martin Cooper, a senior engineer at Motorola.

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Where There’s A Trend, There’s A Profitable Business

The Startup Magazine

They always want to be part of the latest and greatest, whether it’s fashion or tech gadgets. Today, the fad seems to be super hero themes, perhaps due to the superhero movies on the big screen. The Beanie Baby fad – a genius feat of engineering supply and demand. Warner’s sales doubled each year, exceeding $6 million by 1992.

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Connecting the Dots: How New Job Creation, IPO’s, and Venture Capital in America Are Intimately Linked

Pascal's View

There is plenty of debate, however, over what drives that job creation engine in our country. 6) The most efficient fuel for this IPO engine is venture capital. This is due to systemic regulatory failure and the unintended consequences of ill-conceived regulation that disproportionately negatively impacts startups.

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A Very Short peak into the Metaverse

VC Cafe

While Metaverse rose to fame initially due to Facebook’s name change into ‘Meta’ to express their ambition to become a Metaverse company within 5 years (and perhaps deflect some of the negative PR), there are now many large companies, startups and brands working on their metaverse strategy. What is the metaverse?

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America’s Entrepreneurial Innovation Needs Help

Startup Professionals Musings

The innovation engine that powered the U.S. The $30 billion trade surplus in advanced technology products that America enjoyed just one decade ago has now become a $56 billion deficit. million applications awaiting approval, and more than half have never had an initial review, which really hurts startups.

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

online.wsj.com

Loading… Tech. An entrepreneur with a hot technology and venture-capital funding becomes a billionaire in his 20s. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. Engineering & Accounting Svcs. Web Design/Tech Services. Mossberg Reviews the iPhone 5. » More. » More. Loading… New York.

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Software Startup Myths Debunked

www.singlefounder.com

Many companies founded on partnerships ultimately fall apart due to friction between the partners, be it over money, power, direction of the company, or something else. In the very early stages of a technology company, one of the biggest unnecessary cash sinks is office space. In the early stages of a company, this can be critical.