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SXSW Startups: Knowbella

Austin Startup

A finalist in the Blockchain category , which will pitch on at 9:30 am Sunday, March 10, Knowbella has a mission to create a publicly available scientific ecosystem whereby all the research data and publication development are open and transparent. When there are enough “no’s,” then adapting by developing potential pivots.

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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business. In the startup world, opportunities are fleeting, and obstacles are ubiquitous.

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Lessons Learned: The lean startup

Startup Lessons Learned

The application of agile development methodologies which dramatically reduce waste and unlock creativity in product development. See Customer Development Engineering for my first stab at articulating the theory involved) Ferocious customer-centric rapid iteration, as exemplified by the Customer Development process.

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How Can FinTech Industry Successfully Navigate the Complex Web of Cybersecurity

The Startup Magazine

According to Atos, a European multinational information technology services and consulting business, $50 billion is invested in FinTech annually. Rate limiters govern the frequency or quantity of user or IP requests, which helps to prevent distributed denial of service attacks. billion by 2030.

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Announcing K9 Ventures, L.P. – a seed stage fund

K9 Ventures

is a $6.25M fund that is designed to do concept and seed-stage investments in technology companies. The fund focuses on investing in companies that meet the following necessary but not sufficient criteria: Technical Founders : The founding team needs to be capable of building its own product and have the technical chops to make it happen.

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How to Avoid Innovation Theater: The Six Decisions To Make Before Establishing an Innovation Outpost

Steve Blank

These corporate Innovation Outposts monitor Silicon Valley for new innovative technologies and/or companies (as emerging threats or potential tools for disruption) and then take advantage of these innovations by creating new products or investing in startups. Startups are developing IP relevant to the disruption.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

what are the most crucial steps to be taken by a new tech startup when outsourcing major part of the tech to IT firms or outsourcing “product development” eg new social media website project? I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. I think 6-8 is a good number.