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Build Predictable Startup Models by Forming an Agency

ReadWriteStart

Startup studios continue to grow in popularity as incubators for new businesses. Rather than simply launching one startup, the startup studio model creates an organization whose business is launching startups. These can then be repeated and improved on with each successive startup.

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How can startups engage Amazon and AWS

VC Cafe

A few months ago, VC Cafe launched a series on startup engagement and outreach programs of large tech companies. After covering Google startup outreach and support (from first hand experience), today I’m happy to add Amazon and AWS, by looking into the variety of ways startups can engage with the commerce and cloud giant.

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5 Startups That Have Revolutionized The Law Industry

YoungUpstarts

Legal startups are upsetting the legal industry in a good way. The company’s on-demand legal service utilizes mobile messaging to lessen cost and set aside consumers money. Businesses bootstrapping their approach to progress will discover this service lucrative for: Incorporating. Making wills. Trademarks. Contracts.

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‘Do-It-Yourself’ Startups Have Never Been Easier

Startup Professionals Musings

The next step in complexity is building a software product that you can offer as a service to your customers, or a mobile smartphone app. Fund-it-yourself (bootstrapping) and do-it-yourself entrepreneurs are the best kind, because they can focus on the business, rather than fundraising, and have full control of their destiny.

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Listen To the Haters So You Can Prove Them Wrong

YoungUpstarts

I had a husband who was gone more hours than he was home, working at a technology startup while getting his MBA at night. That 25% difference in success rates between male and female startups? I was the mother of three children aged 4 and under, one with a debilitating health condition. But I didn’t listen, and I didn’t fail.

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A New Era For Entrepreneurs And Startups Has Begun

Startup Professionals Musings

Since the recent recession, and at least partially sparked by it, I’m seeing a real resurgence of entrepreneurial spirit, and more startup activity than ever before. An unprecedented number of startups, easily 25 and possibly exceeding 40, are valued today at $1 billion or more, according to a recent NY Times article.

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Growth Acceleration Partners Says Diversity and Inclusion is Key to its Success as a Custom Software Developer

SiliconHills

Instead of seeking venture capital, Joyce Durst, Co-Founder, and CEO of Growth Acceleration Partners decided to bootstrap the software development company. Growth Acceleration Partners, known as GAP, offers analytics, cloud, mobile and QA services. At that company, she raised […].