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

YoungUpstarts

IoT also impacts organizations by creating new positions and job descriptions such as Chief Internet of Things Officer (CIoTO), IoT Architect, IoT software engineer, Business Designer, IoT Stack and platform Developers and more. Existing jobs are changing too and some become more important.

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

techcrunch.com

AngelList also partnered with SecondMarket to create an investment vehicle for these investments. No wonder the platform is rumored to be raising a round at a $150 million valuation or more. European M-Payments Startup SumUp Partners With Revel Systems, An iPad POS Provider, For Its Push Into Europe. Crunchboard.

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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 start a company with 4 people you’ve just given away 75% of the value of the company.

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

VC Cafe

Learn how they attract investors, partners, recruiting. Don – Private money valuations have gone up. It’s the first time that I/O has a 3rd day and the session started at 9am, but nevertheless the room was packed with people. There are meetups every day, office hours with VCs, etc. Join a startup.

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

blog.nahurst.com

Software developers are a hot commodity right now, and many of them know it, so theyre on the lookout for really stellar business people to partner with, not some run-of-the-mill, me-too idea having, 10k foot synergizer without any concrete sales prospects, marketing ability, or product experience. Leave a comment.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

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. Kleiner Perkins Partners With Rock Health To Give Health Tech Startups A Boost. Your guide for the best gadget gifts of 2011. Crunchboard.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

According to Toni Schneider, a Partner at True Ventures, and a Team-Lead at Automattic, boundaryless teams confer a real advantage; “You can hire great people wherever you find them: Once your company is untethered from one physical location, your pool of available job applicants becomes the entire world. So what’s changed?