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Why Bitcoin is Gaining Worldwide Popularity

The Startup Magazine

First, the Bitcoin global popularity increased after the financial crisis of 2008 which led many to question the stability of national currencies and fiat money. Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer decentralised form of digital currency that uses cryptography to maintain security and anonymity (Nakamoto 2008).

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6 Stories of Successful New Entrepreneurs to Inspire Your Business

Up and Running

In 1998, a few years after launching, the company got a $200,000 SBA-guaranteed loan. Seeing a 200-percent revenue growth in just the first year after securing that loan, TRISTAR took out an additional $500,000 SBA-backed loan to expand its physical presence into two more locations. TRISTAR — Engineering its own success.

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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. Although these are optional, they will likely make proving your compliance very easy in the future and could alleviate unnecessary stress should your site be audited for privacy and security by the EU. Conclusion.

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On Going Public: SPACs, Direct Listings, Public Offerings, and Access to Private Markets

Ben's Blog

For public investors in Facebook to achieve returns comparable to those of Microsoft shareholders, Facebook would need to reach a market cap of $500 trillion, a number that well exceeds the total global market cap of all listed stocks. 1990-1998 13.3% 22% 1990-1998 13.3% 1990-1998 10% 6.3% 1999-2000 51.6% 1999-2000 37.5%

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

Panel 1 – How Social Investing is Disrupting Traditional Investing in Public Securities. Mr. Lindzon continues to manage a hedge fund he started in 1998. Previously, he was Vice President of Global Business Development for Massive, Inc., We also have a great panel coming up next Thursday night, Jan.

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How The 5G Revolution Emerged And How It Will Give Business A Boost

YoungUpstarts

The National Security Council concurs, seeing the 5G gap with China as a potential military threat as well as an economic and political one. The introduction of 3G in between 1998 and 2003 brought 200 Kbps speeds, four times faster than 3G. As a tariff war between the U.S. 3G: Opening Up the App Market. 3G: Opening Up the App Market.

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Netflix vs. Blockbuster and bad profits (reflections from my Bazaarvoice days)

Austin Startup

We became a global company and it was truly an entrepreneurial dream come true for Brant, our team, and me. Then in 1998 along came a tiny company in Los Gatos, California named Netflix. Second, when Brant and I founded Bazaarvoice there were only three retailers in the US with customer reviews. It worked, big time.