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How The New General Data Protection Regulation Will Affect Online Businesses

YoungUpstarts

The new regulations replace the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive and the 1998 UK Data Protection Act. Business accountability is a hallmark feature of the GDPR, and one aspect that ensures compliance from all companies operating within the EU in some fashion online. Companies Will Need To Prove They Are Protecting Data.

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Your 2016 Budget: A Cost And Analysis Guide For Business Owners

YoungUpstarts

Budgets are a tricky facet for any business owner however being one of the most critical aspects to the operations, productivity, profitability, and growth of a business. Every year, dynamic markets, the state of the economy, and consumer demands change the requirements of a business and the costs of operation.

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Are India’s IT managers holding back the country’s startup growth?

The Next Web

It had survived the global financial crisis without taking a fatal hit, the client base was steady if marginally declining and the numbers that matter were looking up again. A lot of people joined the industry from 1995-96.”. There were niggles, but nothing that needed a hospital visit. Image via JES AZNAR/AFP/Getty Images.

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3 reasons global adoption of bitcoin is inevitable

Start Up Blog

There are only 3 things you need to know as to why it (or a crypto currency) will eventually dominate global commerce. All forms of currency exchange up until now always needed physical transport or to trust some third party, such as a clearing house, a credit operation, a settlement house or a bank, who also skim margin.

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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

This usually involves more attention to organizational, operational, and strategic challenges. This is the youngest demographic, people born after 1995, who are sought-after by all new businesses. Osmosis marketing. This buys you time and credibility with investors, until the big bet really starts to pay off.

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Your Business Will be Run by Gen-Y – Get Over It

Startup Professionals Musings

By definition, Gen-Y is the generation born between 1977 and 1995 (synonymous with Millennials). At many companies, employee costs are the largest operational expense. When generations don’t work well together, operational costs go up and effectiveness goes down.

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The pioneers of Silicon Valley’s fast culture on how to grow quickly, not recklessly

Reid Hoffman

O’Reilly’s article describes two businesses from his own career at O’Reilly—the Global Network Navigator (GNN) web portal, which he sold to AOL, and the Website web server, which eventually fell by the wayside. If O’Reilly had that same insight in 1995, it could have been an amazing blitzscaling opportunity. It’s a great business.