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Business Lessons Often Ignored In The Heat Of Passion

Startup Professionals Musings

As a startup advisor and angel investor, I tend to focus on the much longer list of ways your startup can fail, based on my own experience and inside knowledge from peers who you will never see highlighted on the Internet. Despite the technology, the fears of pedestrians and government regulations strangled the business.

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What the West needs to know about Russia’s tech scene

The Next Web

The latest estimates put the number of Russians online at 66 million, with growth expected to continue by around 15 to 20 percent year-on-year up until 2018. This growth is reflected in investor sentiment; according to RusBase , in December e-commerce businesses accounted for the largest growth in VC deals, with an increase of 33 percent.

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Stuff That Caught My Attention This Morning

Feld Thoughts

“We are challenging the FBI’s demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country. While we believe the FBI’s intentions are good, it would be wrong for the government to force us to build a backdoor into our products. I love the last two paragraphs as they reflect how I feel.

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How to Open a Marijuana Dispensary

Up and Running

Furthermore, if medical marijuana is not legalized in your state, any dispensary is liable to be shut down by the federal government. Make sure that when you do access a property that it will be consistent with new laws that take effect in 2017, 2018,” Lincoln says. Is there consumer demand? Know your market,” says Lincoln.

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How can startups engage Amazon and AWS

VC Cafe

Amazon Corporate Development – Notable acquisitions include Whole Foods ($13.7B), smart doorbell system Ring ($1.2B, 2018) and autonomous mobility technology Zoox ($1.2bn). The majority of that work is led by the Amazon Corp Dev team. The company also occasionally invests in startups out of the balance sheet (i.e. Physical space.

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7 Equity Crowdfunding Risks Feared By Many Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Startup investors have no insight to management or governance. As an angel investor myself, certainly I recognize that there is never enough funding to cover the requests of aspiring entrepreneurs, so more investors are always needed. Marty Zwilling First published on CayenneConsulting on 08/14/2018.

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How to Start a Brewery: Growing Your Own Craft Beer Business

Up and Running

In 2018, there were more than 7,450 breweries in the U.S.—well A new system might be subject to delays, especially if demand from other breweries is high, but you’ll be able to design to your needs and specifications, and you’ll have support when issues arise (and they will). What you need to know about buying new.

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