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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

If you want to feel bullish on how Lightning can be used as global payments rails, read this comprehensive essay by Nicolas Burtey of Galoy. TL;DR: The best analogue for Bitcoin itself is a global settlement layer like Fedwire (run by the Federal Reserve for interbank settlements with an average transaction size of $2 million).

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

Believe it or not, banking is a core part of some businesses (think PayPal or Zopa), but for most of us, it’s a basic support service to be outsourced. When you outsource…at least in the early days…it matters little wheter you pick a local bank or a global one. Advertising.

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Innovate Israel Conference Brings 28 Israeli startups to London

VC Cafe

From live & on demand video with endless interactive overlays, through 2nd screen, synchronized & social experiences, to brilliant mobile apps that may function in all connectivity environments and support every possible business model. Cell Buddy will be the world’s first Mobile Virtual Global Operator (MVGO).

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F2F Still Matters

SoCal CTO

And in fact all our globally-connecting-social-networking tools are making face-to-face more, not less desirable. Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be.

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When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars

Steve Blank

A company developing software would have to buy computers and license software from other companies and hire the staff to run and maintain it. Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands. Consumer Internet Driving Innovation.

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Innovation, Change and the Rest of Your Life

Steve Blank

Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.) A company developing software would have to buy computers and license software from other companies and hire the staff to run and maintain it.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

If you want the site to translate ancient Arabic poetry to Spanish to increase global tolerance, just say, “Translate paragraphs from Arabic to Spanish.” Weve built Sandcastle specifically for an entrepreneur with an idea, who is not a developer. Sandcastle is a software development service for entrepreneurs. Be succinct.