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Cornell Tech Company: Agronomic Technology Corp (Part 1), Guest Post by Deb Eichten

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Cayuga Venture Fund recently closed an investment in a company called Agronomic Technology Corp (ATC). The underlying tech was developed at Cornell (like many of the companies in the CVF portfolio). The resulting product adapt-N has become the initial offering of Agronomic Technology.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Industry With The Most Optimist Future

Hearpreneur

Technology has proved to have a great driver of the rise of ‘future industries’ and those that were previously seen to be tech-proof. The IT industry is made up of a wide range of sectors, such as software development, hardware manufacturing, and telecommunications. 1- Network marketing is one such industry.

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Pay Your Payroll Tax With R&D Credits

YoungUpstarts

The Federal R&D credit amounts to roughly 5% of the wages, materials, and outside contractor expenses in research activities related to product and software development, including: Product conceptualization and development. Prototype development, materials expenses, and testing. Manufacturing process development.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector.

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Could You – Should You – Fund Your Startup With Credit Cards?

ReadWriteStart

The relatively low cost of starting a tech business today has made this choice more enticing than ever. So far, Herman has put about $60,000 on his credit cards, using them mostly to finance software development. After diligently following up for payment, eventually he got the customer to make most of the payments. “I

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Twitter Link Roundup #158 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Bonnstetter | Harvard Business Review – [link]. Does Tech Create Jobs Around the U.S.? Nine Ways Successful People Defeat Stress | Heidi Grant Halvorson -Harvard Business Review – [link]. 20 Tech Trends That Will Define 2013, Selected By Frog|Co.Design – [link]. Best Free Fonts of 2012 – [link].

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Twitter Link Roundup #122 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Tips On Surviving Technical Due Diligence – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link]. 14 Best Web Design Trends of 2012 – [link]. 14 Best Web Design Trends of 2012 – [link]. Selling or Funding A Startup?