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Our 2014 in review

Version One Ventures

Just like last year , 2014 has been busy and eventful here at Version One. With this new capital and looking ahead to the new year, we aim to sharpen our focus toward startups creating things that didn’t exist before. The post Our 2014 in review appeared first on Version One. Front Desk , Top Hat ), marketplaces (i.e.

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10 Ways To Win In 2014: An Entrepreneurs’ Guide To A Successful Startup

YoungUpstarts

2014 will be a formative year for new business owners and early-stage entrepreneurs. For those would-be entrepreneurs debating the startup leap? Continuing into 2014, there will likely be a shift in the role of the investor into a more hands-on player in businesses. Also, resources for startups are limited and precious.

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9 Startups That Made Life Better In 2014

ReadWriteStart

This year’s hottest startups were all about boosting our productivity and well-being. One thing common to 2014’s most intriguing upstarts is how they didn’t just serve themselves: They empowered others to innovate, too. Here are 2014’s most influential small companies. See also: What Is Docker And Why Does It Matter?

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Small Business Marketing 2014: Smart Web Design Best Practices and Tips

crowdSPRING Blog

If you don’t have a dedicated website for your startup or small business, you are not alone. Here are our top 10 tips to help you create an awesome website design in 2014: 1. Other 2014 design trends include blurred backgrounds, simple animations, more scrolling, and bigger fonts. Keep the design simple, fresh, and unique.

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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Italy

The Next Web

Italy may be a latecomer to the booming startup scene but it’s fast becoming a hotbed of new tech talent. But the government is now on a mission to cut down barriers, launching several new initiatives focused on making it easier to grow hi-tech companies, including the Italian Startup Act and Visa scheme.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

I was reading Danielle Morrill’s blog post today on whether one’s “ Startup Burn Rate is Normal. I love how transparently Danielle lives her startup (& encourages other to join in) because it provides much needed transparency to other startups. ” I highly recommend reading it.

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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