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15 Mobile Security Best Practices For SMBs (Or Anyone Else For That Matter)

YoungUpstarts

Only install applications from trusted application “stores” Apple, Google, and RIM (Blackberry) all have a vested interest in offering secure software to their device owners. However, the Android platform is more open and allows device owners to install their own software or other software that they download from the Internet.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I was having trouble managing remote teams and keeping track of their billable hours after working with them for a long, therefore Hubstaff was born. To put it another way, the better you are at risk management, the more profits you will be able to gain. 18 months and 2000 hours later I finished coding the software and released it.

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Should You Share Equity with Consultants?

www.inc.com

Leadership & Managing | Tuesdays. LEADERSHIP & MANAGING. Managing Creativity. Durkin , managing partner with the Boston -based law firm Lucash, Gesmer & Updegrove LLP. He suggests granting the options on day one but making sure they vest only upon satisfactory completion of the project. Copyright © 2000 inc.com.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Set any vesting schedules and expiration dates on roughly similar terms, if for no other reason just so you can track all of them correctly. Are the logistics manageable? Many tech products are hard to condense into a line or two, or even into a manageable deck. Keep the valuations consistent with company progress.

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25 Best Startup Failure Post-Mortems of All Time

www.chubbybrain.com

declined Microsoft’s offer (summer 2000) to be the first enterprise software company with a.NET product (a Microsoft employee came back from a follow-up meeting with Allen and said “He reminds me of a lot of CEOs of companies that we’ve worked with… that have gone bankrupt.”). Go vest yourself.

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4 Top Myths About Start-up Pay

Altgate

Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. They soon learn that the rest of the management team doesn’t feel the same way, and often lose their best hires when they refuse to pay market rates. But when it comes to pay, you need data.

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4 Top Myths About Start-up Pay

www.noamwasserman.com

Since 2000, I’ve been collecting information about startups, including how much founders, their lieutenants, and their employees get paid. They soon learn that the rest of the management team doesn’t feel the same way, and often lose their best hires when they refuse to pay market rates. But when it comes to pay, you need data.