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Fundraising Debt And How To Avoid It

YoungUpstarts

by Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura, co-founders of Babyscripts. Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. Ten years ago, Ward Cunningham published a Youtube video that introduced the concept of “technical debt” to the world.

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10 Startups That Changed The Narrative In 2013

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ReadWriteReflect offers a look back at major technology trends, products and companies of the past year. That’s what ReadWrite predicted would be the hottest of hot startups in 2013 and, for the most part, we were right. 2013 showed us new hardware built by smaller companies for what seems like the first time in a long time.

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Rally Software Acquired By CA Technologies for $480 Million

Feld Thoughts

Congrats to my friends at Rally Software on the announcement that they’ve signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by CA Technologies for $480 million. Rally started out life as F4 Technologies. Tim Miller (CEO) and Ryan Martens (CTO, founder) have been working together from the start of the journey.

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Learn To Code With One Month Rails

YoungUpstarts

You can either search for a technical co-founder who shares the same vision – which is a lot harder than it sounds – or look at outsourcing to a competent and affordable agency that can help you put something together (but without the soul). “I’m now making double my salary thanks to the knowledge gained.”

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[Singapore][Event] Inaugural PlugFest International Programming Competition Launches

YoungUpstarts

Participating programmers will also get access to coaching from experienced Information and Communications Technology (ICT) mentors to help them work through their app creation process. says Dr Krishnan SPT, co-founder of the Google Developer Group Singapore. Registration is open till 8 February 2013.

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Going Beyond Facial Recognition – Why The Future Of Security And Possibilities Lie In Video Analytics

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The adoption of various biometric solutions as authentication methods are dictated by the technological capabilities available to the general population. An article by Forbes published in 2013 speculated the different biometric solutions that could be possible with smartphones.

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New Crowdfunding Site CrowdIt To Incorporate Mentoring, Networking

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. “Our vision for crowdfunding is about helping people achieve their dreams – be it starting a new business, developing a new invention or creating a technology start-up – and leveraging the power of the crowd beyond just the funding event,” says Jason Graf, co-founder and CEO for CrowdIt. “We