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What to Know About Cryptocurrency and Scams

The Startup Magazine

Cryptocurrency scams are an increasingly prevalent issue in the financial community. Secondly, financial regulatory bodies such as the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) in the US accept cybercrime reports and launches investigations if necessary. Types of Cryptocurrency Scams to Look Out For.

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How Reed Hastings’ Facebook Status Update Landed Netflix in SEC’s Crosshairs

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Last month, the SEC announced it was taking action regarding Netflix’ (NFLX) securities compliance based on a Facebook status update posted by CEO Reed Hastings. The move came as a shock to many in the tech business community, in which we’ve become accustomed to real-time disclosure by company executives through social media.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

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In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry. As I write this, Congress is teetering on the brink of passing the most disastrously ill-conceived law in the 18-year history of the commercial Internet, SOPA.

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Is Your Credit Union Board of Directors ?Cyber-Ready??

Board Effect

However, if you feel your board may not be fully cyber-ready, then you may want to read on to learn more about: Board cyber risk oversight Key cyber risk questions to ask Top threats facing board members Cyber-readiness for boards of credit unions and community banks. Ransomware attacks are rising and becoming increasingly costly.

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Is Your Credit Union Board of Directors ?Cyber-Ready??

Board Effect

However, if you feel your board may not be fully cyber-ready, then you may want to read on to learn more about: Board cyber risk oversight Key cyber risk questions to ask Top threats facing board members Cyber-readiness for boards of credit unions and community banks. Ransomware attacks are rising and becoming increasingly costly.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

Im writing this post from an airplane headed to Washington DC, where Ill be presenting at the Government 2.0 Im especially curious to gauge the reaction of the civilian and military representatives of our government. So heres my simple question: What do folks in Washington need to know about the global community of entrepreneurs?

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On the Road to Recap:

abovethecrowd.com

While not obvious on the surface, there has been a fundamental sea-change in the investment community that has made the incremental Unicorn investment a substantially more dangerous and complicated practice. The same thing happened to many Internet stocks. SEC Visits Silicon Valley. Caveat emptor.

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