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[Singapore][Event] Innovfest 2014

YoungUpstarts

Held from 14-16 April 2014, InnovFest 2014 will bring together like-minded research scientists, industry experts, tech transfer professionals, entrepreneurs and investors with a theme of “Asian Innovations Going Global”, where the following four key topics will be covered: Ageing and the Silver Industry.

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The top 10 companies investing billions in the Metaverse

VC Cafe

To live to its potential as a core part of the Metaverse Meta has to overcome a challenging market and a confused brand. Gradually, more professional gaming studios are choosing to develop on the platform, increasing the quality and the IP that enters the Metaverse. Roblox is publicly traded and has a market cap of $27.2

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

by Michael Woolf that is worth any startup founder reading to get a sense of perspective on the reality warp that is startup world during a frothy market such as 1997-1999, 2005-2007 or 2012-2014. We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok.

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Cornell Tech Company: Agronomic Technology Corp (Part 1), Guest Post by Deb Eichten

ithacaVC

There are actually four people named on the IP and it was a multi-disciplinary project…This was the first product to come out of our department.”. By April 2014, supported by a small round of funding with farmers as the initial investors ,they took what the original Cornell team had created and rebuilt it into a cloud-based solution.

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

Given these key advantages, I believe that Lightning (or something like it) will ultimately eat all of the USD payment networks and create the foundation for MoIP (Money over IP). . Bitrefill makes it easy for anyone to buy gift cards and phone minutes (a big use case in emerging markets) instantly using Lightning. 2) Gaming .

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Matthew Tomkin, Tao Digital Marketing ! #2- Agency I started back in 2014 and still run, is named Neparno 10, which on Serbian language means Odd 10. My mum would undoubtedly end up buying beautifully-crafted leather bags from factory shops and markets. It encompasses everything we want to achieve in one word.

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How Great, Operationally-Focused CFO’s Can Transform Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

What I love about my job is getting to see teams of super-early-stage companies develop ideas that while raw have potential to make an impact on the market. This happens because many CEOs are passionate, market-driven people who are constantly trying to launch new products, win contracts, get press, hire staff and woo VCs.