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How to Use Frugal Innovation to Grow Your Startup

ReadWriteStart

It is true that founding a startup in times of crisis may look more challenging. However, a crisis can also be a golden opportunity to launch a new product or service, as long as the startup at the origin applies specific methods. It can help startups stretch their resources further and achieve a more significant impact.

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The New Startup: Legal Financing & Lawsuit Loans

YoungUpstarts

The practice of legal financing dates back to the early 1990s, but it didn’t take off in the United States until Credit Suisse Securities launched a litigation lending program in 2006 that later became its own company in 2012. In addition, lenders charge interest on top of the amount of money borrowed due to the high risk of their investment.

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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10 Digital Startup Conferences You Should Attend This Year

YoungUpstarts

They run the gamut from affiliate marketing to startup conferences with virtually everything in between. We’ve used this experience to take the guesswork out of which conferences are the most valuable for a startup founder to attend. Business of Software. Here are the top 10: 1. LTV Conference. Boston, USA. Lisbon, Portugal.

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Regulatory Tips for Medical Tech Startups Regulated by the FDA

ReadWriteStart

Medical tech startups are regulated by the FDA and must abide by strict regulations at all times. Whether your medical tech startup produces low-risk or high-risk devices, compliance is a crucial and complex necessity. All hardware and software must be readily available at all times for FDA inspection.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

Whether you are talking to peers, competitors or investors, you as an active entrepreneur will be judged on your familiarity with today’s startup and funding jargon. This term is currently applied to recent startups who profess a current valuation which exceeds $1 billion. Could your startup be the next one? Sweat equity.