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Baby Boomers May Be Your Biggest Startup Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54.

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Encore Entrepreneur Is The New Baby Boomer Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54.

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Opting-out of Face Recognition at Airports

Austin Startup

Generally, any foreign national wanting to visit the United States must obtain a visa. Finally, Executive Order 13780, “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” required U.S. And why are you being photographed at airports all of a sudden? Some Background: What is a Visa?

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Vaping: the Startup Business in 2018

The Startup Magazine

The first modern e-cigarette was made in the mid-2000s and started to be sold in 2004, but the trend only caught up worldwide after 2010, when the interest in vaping started to increase and, consequently, the number of e-cigarette users too – a strong indicator of why this growing industry is currently trending amongst entrepreneurs.

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[Infographic] The State Of IT Security

YoungUpstarts

According to Verizon, who has been tracking how many data breaches occur in the United States since 2004, in 2011 there were a total of 855 incidents resulting in the second highest number of compromised records lost since they started tracking. You’d be surprised how bad IT security can get.

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Top Five US Cities With Pleasant Environments To Live And Work In

YoungUpstarts

by Cynthia Griffith, author of “ The Sun Village Project “ While it may seem as if the United States’ places of interest have been pretty consistent over the years, the truth is that the landscape of this country is ever changing. Thinking Aloud America cities United States work environment'

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Zalongo, The Private Family Unsocial Network

YoungUpstarts

The site was first started by Hal Gatewood in 2004, when he created it to help his wife’s family – the Mazzalongos – who were scattered across the United States and Canada as a way to share wish lists for their annual Christmas gathering.