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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

This era was dominated by a ZIRP (zero interest rate policy) of the federal reserve and easy money in search of high yields and encouraging growth at all costs. In the past 7 years we built cultures of quick money, instant wealth and valuations for valuations sake. But this is still all about valuations and none of it is any fun anymore.

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Fear is the mind-killer

Startup Lessons Learned

As the product matured, they were able to ratchet up the quality to prevent regression on features that had been truly embraced by their customers. Starting instead from a position where feedback cycle time is the priority and allowing quality to ratchet up as the product matures provides a more natural lead in to continuous deployment.

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Economics In Asia In The Trump Era

YoungUpstarts

White House advisers warned that additional trade measures related to steel, aluminum and other products from China could be coming, a signal that Mr. Trump is ratcheting up the protectionist policies he has long espoused as part of his “America First” approach. billion) globally from January through November 2017, according to customs data.

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What to do when you get screwed

The Startup Toolkit

Unlike the much maligned case of a clueless business guy searching for indentured servants, he delivered real value and had secured a shocking number of customer commitments before the thing was built. Investors can delay until you’re desperate and then ratchet the terms. A solution at the end. It’s not just cofounders.

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Raise Capital With The Skin You’re In: Blunt Truth from Don Charlton, CEO, The Resumator

David Teten

Yes, you like hip-hop, “urban” clothing and “ ratchet television”, but all that sinks you deeper into stereotypes. Your potential investors search for you on Google before doing business with you. Feign familiarity if you must. You’re better off being more like the crowd [whom you’re targeting] and speaking from their experiences.

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Three Ways PR and SEO Can Be Best Friends

Duct Tape Marketing

After all, SEO was all about gaming the search engine algorithms to push your websites higher than they deserved to go. Or you used strange language constructs that didn’t flow, but more closely matched what people were likely to type into a search engine. photo credit flickr. You did this by finding loopholes in the system.

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Out of the Crisis #5, ANA Therapeutics: a possible COVID-19 treatment and prophylactic

Startup Lessons Learned

It didn't take much searching to find out that the drug had been tested against SARS-CoV-1 (known to non-scientists as SARS, the 2003 pandemic ) and had proved effective against the replication of that virus. And often what we're seeing in these hydroxychloroquine studies is a big ratcheting of a typical dose.