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4 Questions To Ask Before You Hire An App Developer

YoungUpstarts

by Guy Cooper, Managing Director of Wave Digital. The founder, Managing Director or CEO. Do they have a presence in their local tech industry? Different leaders will approach projects from different perspectives, for example, consider whether they have a strong commercial, creative or technical background.

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Transforming Corporate Mobility with Car Sharing Software

The Startup Magazine

Technological progress has significantly altered our lives, specifically by increasing carbon dioxide emissions from various corporations. Now, let us imagine that 10 of them took the bus due to the lack of their own car, 5 used car sharing vehicles, and another 5 purchased bicycles. Carpooling is one such corporate mobility service.

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Organization That Failed to Innovate – Avoid Their Fate

ReadWriteStart

According to an Accenture study, companies are increasingly becoming invested in creation, with 62% of high-growth companies planning to invest in technologies that lead to higher rates of innovation study. Blockbuster is a classic example of how complacent management can lead to a business’s downfall. Blockbuster.

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Working Capital vs. Cash Flow: The Differences and How to Better Manage Them

Up and Running

On the other hand, if you receive a payment of $2000, that’s considered income or revenue, you’ll generate positive cash flow that can be reinvested in other areas. . An important part of any finance management is having access to a lot of positive working capital, as it helps insulate a business against unexpected events.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

I have been close to the tech & startup sectors for more than 20 years and I can’t think of a period in which I felt more optimistic about the innovation and value creation I see in front of us. In 1998 there were around 850 VC funds and by 2000 there were 2,300. The Funding Problem. Just why does over-funding dampen returns?

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

A version of this article first appeared in the Harvard Business Review. Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000. Then the cycle repeats with a new set of technologies. The idea of the Lean Startup was built on top of the rubble of the 2000 Dot-Com crash.

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Are India’s IT managers holding back the country’s startup growth?

The Next Web

Narayana Murthy pulled a Michael Dell when he called time on his two-year-long retired life and retook charge at Infosys, the Indian information technology (IT) giant he had founded three decades ago in a small apartment with six others. Infosys would now be a technology solutions provider. But our managers didn’t get it.

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