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The 4 Hottest Industries To Start a Business in For 2020

Up and Running

To help with this, we’ve compiled a list of the top 4 industries that show the most promise for startups in 2020. The “in-vehicle” technology market is expected to grow 6 percent in 2020, to $18.5 percent in 2020, to $5.2 44 percent of businesses plan to increase tech spending in 2020, up from 38 percent in 2019.

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Three Easy Ways Businesses Can Combat Cyber Threats

YoungUpstarts

by Marcus Harris, Software Litigator at Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. could reach $66 billion by the end of 2018; globally, it is expected to reach $170 billion by 2020. Regularly update device software. According to Forbes , spending on cybersecurity in the U.S.

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Cybersecurity Best Practices for Nonprofit Healthcare Boards

Board Effect

Since 2020, healthcare data breach costs have increased by an alarming 53.3%. The Role of Board Management Software in Cybersecurity Mitigation Healthcare trustees need a central location where they can communicate and collaborate to improve cybersecurity, and a board management solution offers this and more.

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Completing your first capital raise: ten lessons for startups

NZ Entrepreneur

Kiwi inventory forecasting software StockTrim achieved international sales in the UK, Australia and US immediately after launching in 2017. It’s been growth ever since, and in 2020 the company pitched for funding to scale up. StockTrim came out successful – oversubscribed, in fact. Tell stories, but back up the narrative with numbers.

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How to Recruit Board Members in a Remote Environment

Board Effect

If you had to choose two words to describe board work in 2020, which would you choose? 2020 has brought a host of traumatic events including out-of-control fires, hurricanes, tornados, and of course, COVID-19, making it difficult for boards to function at all, let alone meet in person. Distribute conflict of interest questionnaires.

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Voluntarily Extending Work From Home Until At Least The End of May 2020

Feld Thoughts

At Foundry Group, we’ve decided to voluntarily extend our Work from Home policy until at least the end of May 2020. We encourage all Colorado-based software and professional services businesses to consider this policy. The post Voluntarily Extending Work From Home Until At Least The End of May 2020 appeared first on Feld Thoughts.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: LexSet

Austin Startup

The LexSet Co-Founders (left to right) CEO Francis Bitonti , President Leslie Oliver Karpas , and COO Azam Khan won $250,000 in Verizon’s Built on 5G Challenge The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 LexSet serves AI engineers, especially those with limited resources, with a better way to annotate photos. An example of LexSet training data.