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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. What are your goals for Knowbella in 2019? This is an exciting time for the Company!

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

YoungUpstarts

by Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund. On the other hand, if you arrive at a VC pitch without a comprehensive understanding of the industry you’re hoping to compete in, or without a clear path to profitability or a thoughtful product-development road map, you’ll likely leave empty-handed.

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Want to Give Your Business a Quick and Easy Boost?

Growthink Blog

And putting out there the “story” behind the numbers - the talent, work ethic, and integrity of our people, the suredness of our IP, the thoughtfulness of our product development roadmap, the sustainable competitive advantage of our operational cost structure, and the like. And oh yes.we

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Fear of Failure and Lack of Speed In a Large Corporation

Steve Blank

and how to price the product. for new product development that emphasize immediate returns. Talking to Bob I realized that at Acme Widgets (and in most large companies) the word “failure” was being used to describe two very different events: failure in execution of a known product in known market.

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How Can FinTech Industry Successfully Navigate the Complex Web of Cybersecurity

The Startup Magazine

Rate limiters govern the frequency or quantity of user or IP requests, which helps to prevent distributed denial of service attacks. Third-Party risks Third-party risks are related to a breach or other security incident caused by a third-party vendor or partner.

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

K9 Ventures

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. Technical Product : The product must have some technical depth.

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Common Intellectual Property mistakes made by startups

NZ Entrepreneur

You also want to avoid rushing your product development and making mistakes for the sake of sorting out intellectual property matters. There is no need to rush the process of getting your intellectual property rights protected.