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Don’t Sleep on Lightning

Version One Ventures

Up until late August, Lightning Labs had capped the channel capacity and payment size for users of their popular implementation of the network to ~$2000 USD and ~$500 respectively to better protect user funds with experimental software. . Use Case I: Payments and Finance . 1) Generalizable Payments . Conclusion: .

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How To Survive And Profit From Radical Change

Duct Tape Marketing

That the life of the, in which you can monetize, uh, a new piece of IP shrinking. So when you take a look at the major causes and decrease in firm value, and once again, I'm talking fortune 2000 firms, but I think it attracts to smaller businesses too. So I'll pick one from each second. One is the closing innovation window.

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Making Decisions in Context

Austin Startup

Messy cap tables can come back to haunt you when you do a financing or sell the company. If you’ve got patent or other IP needs, you may want to engage specialists in those areas. Many of us suffered in the 2000–2002 dotcom crash and/or the 2007–2009 Great Recession; others hardly noticed a blip.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring. Double-down on great people, process & IP.

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

Between working with the co-founders on the strategy, validating concepts with the users, assessing the analytics, driving features and functionality with the team, and working with finance on the new business model, marketing on acquisition, and the warehouse on fulfillment, you can imagine the workload Kate faced on a daily basis.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

I started a consulting firm called Global Marketing Resources, LLC in 2000 as source for additional income while I was a corporate executive. While many people want to learn about finance and investing, current forms of financial education (especially for young people) can be hard to digest. Photo Credit: Ajay Prasad.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

If you work with.NET be prepared to pay $1000-2000 for an MSDN subscription (or if you’re developing a product talk to Bob Walsh , get signed up with Microsoft BizSpark and get the same thing for a few hundred bucks). I need roughly $2000/ month to cover 1 car payment, utilities, groceries, gas, dental, clothes, pre-school, gym, etc.