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The New Startup: Legal Financing & Lawsuit Loans

YoungUpstarts

Since legal financing grew nearly 400% between 2013 and 2017, this may be the perfect time to consider the potential of starting a legal financing company. Another report by Burford Capital found that the number of lawyers in the United States who helped a client apply for a lawsuit loan quadrupled between 2013 and 2015, from 7% to 28%.

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We crowdfunded $1.7 million for a new online news publication. This is our story so far.

The Next Web

I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013. Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) April 8, 2013. . I’m declaring De Correspondent the most interesting journalism start-up I have read about in 2013.” Apart from promoting some of our articles in Facebook posts, we don’t advertise.

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Topics have included “Leveraging Pinterest”, “Mobile Commerce”, and “Facebook Advertising”. Dog Patch Labs – Shared workspace operated by Polaris Ventures. Clypd – Video Advertising (backed by Atlas, DataPoint, Boston Seed). Linkable Networks – Card-linked Advertising (backed by Bain and Kepha).

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25 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Entrepreneurs That Best Represents Innovation and Disruption

Hearpreneur

He began his operations from a one-bedroom apartment, where the disruption process began. In 2013, he successfully executed a summer campaign that included larger models with the help of Hollywood superstar Beyonce- known for her body positivity and great confidence. #9- Marc Benioff. Photo Credit: Aviad Faruz.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

Reviewing financial & operational performance. As we’ve ramped up direct sales over the last few years our need to have relationships with the major media & advertising companies has become critical. He formerly held many roles at Salesforce including running sales operations and many product teams. Mentorship.

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Why is node JS the best framework to launch a Multivendor Ecommerce marketplace Store?

The Startup Magazine

During this timeframe of mobile based applications, organizations need frameworks like node js eCommerce that can assist the quick paced request and dispatch applications way before advertising them. Its development stage has an insignificant runtime and triggers steady growth and distinction of operations. Under Node.js

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14 startups we predict will go even bigger in 2013

The Next Web

To get a sense of which companies are (or will) be making the biggest splashes this coming year, especially in terms of technology, I asked a panel of successful young entrepreneurs the following question: If you could invest money in any tech startup in 2013, what would it be and why? I expect them to experience significant growth in 2013.