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Internet of Things: The Skills Connected Companies Look For In Young Professionals

YoungUpstarts

Moreover, IoT does not stand on its own: connected applications need data, analysis, networks and the people who are specialized in one of these areas. However, to really stand out and build your career in this fast-growing Internet of Things world, there are some skills which are less mentioned but at least as important.

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After Raising $6.7M For Startups And Winning SEC Approval, AngelList Opens Up Investment Platform To More Companies

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No wonder the platform is rumored to be raising a round at a $150 million valuation or more. Life360, A Family Networking App With More. The site is also a data goldmine. « previous story Zynga Plans To Accelerate Its Launch Cycle, Says New Games Won’t Offset Declines In Q2. EA's Internal Memo On The Layoffs.

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

Assuming normal valuations at fund raising rounds you’ll be down to 6-12% after you’ve created a stock-option pool and raised capital. It you have a great software engineer that’s awesome. If you can’t find somebody any technical resources at all through networking please consider keeping your day job.

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Developer Funding – How to Build Your Team and Raise Money (Google I/O Panel)

VC Cafe

My head is still spinning from the past 3 days, which have been incredibly packed with events, information and networking. network and meet new people. Naval – There’s more networkers in the system than builders. The next step – network with friends who have done it and they will lead you to investors, etc.

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How Much Equity a Technical Cofounder Should Get - Nathan Hurst's Blog

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3] Non-technical cofounder has significant connections or experience -10%: Connections include: relationships with key people in the companys target market, social network connections, blog readership, etc. 7] Non-technical cofounder invests money -5% per $10k: This is an approximation based on a very early stage valuation of $200k.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

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Sometimes these loans have a valuation cap and/or a discount. The point, he says, is to avoid time-consuming valuation negotiations and allowing a variable amount of capital to be raised. The Founder Institute is a global network of startups and mentors that helps entrepreneurs launch meaningful and enduring technology companies.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

And they just announced a new round of funding; $300 million from Salesforce Ventures, pegging the company’s post-funding valuation at over three-billion dollars. Why have remote, distributed teams suddenly become the smart way to build software companies? So what’s changed? Reason One: Widely Distributed Broadband.