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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

View from Seed

When self-driving cars felt imminent, many pundits started thinking about its consequences on car ownership, housing choices, on-demand economies, etc. This is not dissimilar to the explosion of applications we saw in the mid-2000’s fueled by declining computing costs, cloud infrastructure, and social platforms.

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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Quick low-cost design and fabrication alternatives are extremely valuable.

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Deducing the costs associated with appointing a personal injury lawyer

The Startup Magazine

If yes, you must be wondering about the costs associated with appointing a personal injury lawyer. Before you visit the office of a personal injury lawyer, you need to know that the cost to hire one is much different from hiring a divorce or business attorney, who charges $400-500 per hour of consultation. . Keep reading to know more.

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10 Realities Today Cause Startups To Bypass An IPO

Startup Professionals Musings

Today the rate of startups going public (IPO – Initial Public Offering) is up from the dead zone, but is still half the rate back before 2000. Typical costs for startups today range from $250,000 to $1 million, even if the offering does not go through. Going public is an expensive process.

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Why The Future Of US High-Tech Is Bright

YoungUpstarts

Global Demand. Yet once the software is coded, it can be reproduced millions of times at virtually no cost. Most of the costs incurred by Microsoft in developing new versions of Windows involve paying engineers to write software codes. These costs are largely fixed.

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Pricing determines your business

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

” How many times have you heard someone agree that “it would be great if someone did X,” but when show them someone did do X, but it costs $39.99, they don’t buy? Price is not an exercise in maximizing some micro-economic supply/demand curve, slapped post-facto onto the product.

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

Make extra cash to help with those expensive holiday costs and maybe even help you put some money back in your wallet so you don’t start the New Year off broke! An on-demand ride sharing service. Lyft requires you to be at least 23 years old and have your own four-door car (2000 or newer) in good working condition.