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Welcome To The Year Of The Customer

YoungUpstarts

Specific verticals, such as sales and marketing, will definitely stand to benefit from leveraging the data collected from the Internet of Things to make predictions, effectively set targets and tailor their go-to-market messaging to understand their target audience better.

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5 Key Tests When Assessing Your Business Idea

YoungUpstarts

For example, the 2017 eligibility requirements for consideration in the Deloitte Fast 500 include being in business for a minimum of four years, having fiscal year 2013 operating revenues of at least $50,000 USD, and fiscal year 2016 operating revenues of at least $5 million USD with a growth rate of 75 percent or greater.

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Looking for Funds in All the Right Places

Austin Startup

These connections are likely best when firms are networked with other sources of capital vertically (angel groups, venture debt, private equity and investment bank relationships) and horizontally (in-market and out-of-market venture capital firms). As the local capital base grows the opportunity to attract non-local funding sources increases.