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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

The old approaches of controlling distribution channels, saturating retail, and methodically scaling your brand awareness don’t protect you anymore. Short-term earnings per share may be low, even as revenues and cash burned are high. Don’t be lulled into a false sense of security that what worked yesterday will work tomorrow.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

Blockchain is a distributed ledger technology (DLT) wherein all network participants can have separate copies of the entire record of transactions on the network. According to research from JP Morgan, revenues from investment banking peaked in 2009 at $207.7 Morgan Stanley predicts that Robo Advisors will manage $6.5

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Chargify Appoints New Chief Revenue Officer

Austin Startup

Chargify, the leading billing platform for B2B SaaS, today announced the appointment of Matt Downs as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) effective immediately. He will play a pivotal role as Chargify and SaaSOptics are brought together as the industry leading SaaS subscription billing and revenue platform.

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

Gust

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. To understand the SEC’s point of view , it’s necessary to review the principles underlying securities law in the United States.

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2011 May be the Year of the IPO for Social Media

Startup Professionals Musings

It has been at least a decade since going public via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) has been considered a credible exit strategy for startups. Usually a small company can sell about 20 percent of its stock in an IPO. In 1999, there were 486 IPOs nationwide; just 10 years later, in 2009, there were only 63. How’s the timing?

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Founder Interview – Ola Sars of Music-Tech Leader, Soundtrack Your Brand

The Startup Magazine

Covid severely impacted artists as live performances came to a halt, so it is more important than ever to provide additional revenue sources for the continued creation and flow of music. Your A round is about securing a first team and product, proving that you can generate revenue. Quality control?

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More Tech Startups are LLCs

Austin Startup

Many angel investors, and also strategic investors, are comfortable investing in LLCs, particularly under a convertible security structure that doesn’t immediately result in equity holdings. Everyone is trying to be a billion-dollar company that will eventually get acquired or go IPO. VCs are also growing more comfortable with LLCs.