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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. What are the most common skills in each category?

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Grants May Be Free, But They Do Come at a Price

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus founders seeking funding for a good cause or a new technology often seize on grants from universities, government agencies and philanthropic organizations as free money to solve their problems. After months of preparation, you should expect another six to nine months for reviews and funding cycles. Technology is not enough.

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Who are the Major Revenue-Based Investing VCs?

David Teten

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. We have reviewed the application process of other RBI lenders and have not found one that has more API connections that ours.

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How to Become Your Own Boss in 2015 (Webinar Recap)

Up and Running

Things like your secret sauce, things that are specific to how you do business and they are very, very important that you think about them as part of your business and not just things that are done eventually when you’re busting at the seams and you finally want to hire people. You need to be thinking about your processes from day one.

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Neuromarketing Ethics: How Far Is Too Far?

ConversionXL

In Mexico’s 2015 elections , citizens’ responses to the governing party ads were often recorded without their knowledge. The party leader said they would stop hiring neuroscience consultants to register voters’ brain waves and read their facial expressions.). Even if those issues are solved, ethical concerns remain. Conclusion.

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How to Start a Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) Business

Up and Running

A look at some telling statistics show a litany of challenges—along with business opportunities for solutions: 32 states reported that there more than 59,000,000 total Medicaid NEMT trips between 2015 to 2018, for issues related to behavioral health, dialysis, preventative care, and specialist care. Hiring office staffing positions.