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Turn Your Web Design Talent Into Freelance Success

YoungUpstarts

With so much demand and opportunity, now seems like a great time to tap into the market for quality freelance web designers, but what can you expect? Web design is an increasingly competitive profession. The Network Effect. New projects will grow your portfolio, which will help you land more new projects.

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5 effective networking strategies in the digital age

The Next Web

Networking will forever be the lifeblood of a professional’s career. No matter how old you are, what year it is and what technology is used, networking will continue to affect an individual’s professional growth, in addition to skillset and experience. This post originally appeared on AdKnowledge. Become a LinkedIn powerhouse.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

It’s really difficult for me not to get into the thick of discussions about whether or not you can and/or should build a company in New York City. People told me that it was unfair or too easy for me to raise angel capital because I was already tapped into a network of investors. That’s why recruiters make so much coin.

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Our Recent Seed-Stage VC Investments

View from Seed

We average eight to 10 total new investments per year as a firm, so this frequency is a typical investment pace for us. As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. Network Effect B2B. BUSINESS-FOCUSED (B2B).

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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

– there have also been some major breakthroughs on Bitcoin’s native layer 2 scaling solution, the Lightning Network. Lightning is a network of bi-directional payment channels that allows for instant settlement between parties and routing of payments over a TOR-like p2p network settled in units of bitcoin.

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How the COVID-Preneur Led to a Micro Business Renaissance

Austin Startup

Whereas in the past, aspiring business owners would need to hire a lawyer, accountant, web developer, and more, customers can get all the assistance they need in one place. photography and design) Polling the Customers ZenBusiness polled roughly 500 customers to look at a host of factors relating to their businesses.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

With mobile development agencies and product incubators on the rise and more corporate “labs” spinning out each day, there’s no shortage of talent to help you build the next great Web or mobile app. Here are their breakdowns of the costs and time investments to create 10 of the world’s hottest startups. 1) Twitter. 3) Facebook.

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