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Evolving Customer Needs – Not Technology – Drives Disruption And Innovation

YoungUpstarts

Conventional wisdom says that technology is propelling the disruption that is roiling the markets. Most companies spend an inordinate amount of time designing products or services. He has worked with clients internationally in financial services, pharmaceuticals, technology, consumer goods, retail, outsourcing, and government.

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Tech That Can Make The Freelance Economy Sustainable

YoungUpstarts

There’s a genuine need for technology that can provide insights and automation in the freelance economy, especially as it relates to collecting the right tax forms and adhering to the right employment laws. IdentityMind produces RegTech, a platform designed to help small and medium-sized businesses remain compliant.

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Honor Technology Closes $370 Million in Financing, Plans to Triple its Engineering and Product…

Austin Startup

Honor Technology, Inc. , the world’s largest senior care network and technology platform which recently acquired global home care provider Home Instead , today announced it has raised $70 million in Series E funding and $300 million in debt financing. We’re trailblazing in an industry that takes care of our parents?

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[Infographic] What Does It Cost To Run A Startup?

YoungUpstarts

Planning to start your own technology startup? That’s great, but do you know how much it will cost to hire the talent that would make take your idea from concept all the way to a market-ready product? And even if you do, did you know that where you’re based also matters when it comes to doing up the numbers?

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All The Questions You Wanted Answered about Bird Scooters and Their Recent $300 Million Funding

Both Sides of the Table

People said this about Ring (which went from startup to selling to Amazon > $1 billion in around 5 years), Facebook, YouTube, Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Instagram and many other great behemoths of the technology industry. Does it surprise you that the fastest-growing “unicorn” was launched in Los Angeles and not San Francisco?

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Your Guide to the Complete Lean Startup Conference Program

Startup Lessons Learned

So On December 10 and 11, we’ve booked tables for Lean Startup group dinners at popular San Francisco restaurants. Platinum Passholders will spend December 8 visiting four successful San Francisco startups. We know that meeting other people at conferences can be rewarding--but surprisingly hard to pull off.

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3 Tips For Developing A Sky-High Growth Plan

YoungUpstarts

Then with those insights in hand, they design a strategy to win more sales and ensure the sales and marketing team are aligned in understanding how best to execute it. Karen Hayward is a Chief Outsiders Managing Partner and CMO based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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