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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

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The term “frugal innovation” was coined by Navi Radjou and Jaideep Prabhu in their 2012 book Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth. Developed by the UK-based nonprofit Raspberry Pi Foundation, this tiny computer was designed to provide affordable access to computing education in schools.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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Google is still a private company (their IPO was Aug 2004). conference happened at the end of 2004). Is it a case of just design it, code it, build it, deploy it, trademark it, copywright it and then go for funding? . 10 July 2012, 7:05 pm Why Do VC’s Have Ownership Targets? link] Graham. link] Kevin Marshall.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

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Friday, August 31st, 2012. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. © 2012 AOL Inc. Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt? View Staff Page. Upcoming Events.

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Startup venture and alumni funds

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In its own words: “The Slack Fund is designed to back companies who are solving problems for working teams by building on the Slack platform. ” What can companies expect apart from funding: Carta Ventures (founded 2012) – Carta recently raised $300 million at a $1.7 billion valuation led by Andreessen Horowitz.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

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What types of things might happen in 2012, as opposed to needing another 3-5 years to come to fruition. That aside, here are ten areas I think you'll see some interesting things happening in 2012. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool.

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PC For Rent – How To Make Money Searching For Extraterrestrial Intelligence

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It was started in 2004 and it has since supported a lot of research programs devoted to studying diseases, searching for cures (malaria, Ebola, TB, Zika, cancer, muscular dystrophy, AIDS), and solving humanitarian problems like clean water, clean energy, developing more nutritious rice, and climate modelling in Africa.

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AngelList Launches Docs To Help Startups Sign And Close Seed Rounds Online With Low Legal Fees

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From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. Disrupt SF 2012. Disrupt SF Hackathon 2012. Balderdash Developers Log(n) Consultants RelayStrategy Developers Smartsourcing Global Services Epsilon Concepts - LA Web Design Company Developers.