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What’s FinTech, And What Does It Mean For Your Business?

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in 2016, and is expected to raise $46B of annual funding in 2020. So, here are the three branches of Finacial Technology you definitely should know about, the most attractive ones for Venture Capitalists: Consumer Lending (raised $16B in 2016). Payment Backend (raised $10,5B in 2016). The industry reached $15.5B

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

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Positions for software development and data science continue to expand throughout the industry. In 2016, 16.4% Calgary employers found software developer and engineer as the most in demand. Within the same report in 2018 over a span of four months was 600 plus vacancies for software engineer or software developer.

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Pay Your Payroll Tax With R&D Credits

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Starting in 2016, Research and Development (R&D) tax credits can be used to offset payroll taxes. The Federal R&D credit amounts to roughly 5% of the wages, materials, and outside contractor expenses in research activities related to product and software development, including: Product conceptualization and development.

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San Antonio-based Assembla Buys MyGet

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Assembla, a software development platform based in San Antonio, has announced plans to acquire MyGet, a software management company, based in Belgium. Assembla, founded in 2005 and acquired by Scaleworks in 2016, is a software as a service company that sells a platform that allows coders […].

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Neil Patel Review: Learning Marketing Entrepreneurship From The Master

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Neil carried on running an internet marketing consulting business so that he could pay for Crazy Egg’s software development. In 2016, Neil set up his own digital marketing agency, NP Digital , that has been hired to bring in more traffic for corporations like Amazon, HP and Google.

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[INTERVIEW] North Aware Founder And Creator Of The Smart Parka, Jamil Khan

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Kahn had a better idea – several, in fact – that led to the Smart Parka, the first product of North Aware that launched in 2016 with the help of a highly successful Kickstarter campaign. As he notes, you have to be able to advance the learning curve fast in software development because changes occur at such a rapid pace.

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The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy

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In light of this, software developers are beginning to cater to the digital transformation needs of SMBs. Owners no longer have to buy management software meant for big business. SMBs no longer have to choose between hiring an in-house data science team or off the shelf enterprise analytics software.