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Investors Consider These 7 Elements to Be High Risk

Startup Professionals Musings

Products requiring changes to government regulations. Huge investments are also required to ramp up manufacturing, build a distribution network, and provide the support infrastructure. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/31/2014. You need a big differentiator in these arenas.

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

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. Post Brexit, many companies in the UK consider distributed teams overseas as an alternative to the shrinking talent pool and high recruitment costs in Britain. In 2014, the unemployment rate was just 2.7% Seychelles.

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Five case studies you'll see at the Lean Startup Conference 2015

Startup Lessons Learned

Entrepreneur Prerna Gupta believes that there’s a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing “Lean” principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience. The United States Digital Service, a federal government agency, is building a ‘stealth startup.’

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The Hidden Drawbacks of Low-Cost Board Management Solutions

Board Effect

A quality board management system can only be provided by an industry leader in governance software products that continues to innovate for the future of good governance. If you haven’t done so before, take some time to calculate your annual cost of creating and distributing board books. But you’re not done yet!

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Global wealth inequality has reached egregious levels

The Equity Kicker

The problem is that our governments are still national, and national governments can’t control global capital. The good news is that I think there is a growing understanding that we must get back to a fairer distribution of wealth. 62 people having the same wealth as 3.6bn others is definitely not fair.

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Economic Diplomacy and Tech Startups: the “What” and “How” of an Honorary Consul of France in…

Austin Startup

Our previous Consul general, Sujiro Seam, called me for a meeting in downtown Austin during SXSW 2014?—?right Before a change in the way France distributes passports to French citizens in the U.S., The French government, through the French Consulates in the U.S., “Don’t worry,” the Consul general said.

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Agency I started back in 2014 and still run, is named Neparno 10, which on Serbian language means Odd 10. In 2014, I founded i understand as a nonprofit 501c3 and we encourage everyone to be that someone for a loved one experiencing loss. Thanks to Chris Wain, Africa Travel ! #4- 4- Considered a few things.

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