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3 Ways Technology Is Changing Small Business Lending

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said, “retail banks are dinosaurs, they can be bypassed,” in a Newsweek interview. Bill Phelan, president of small business ratings company PayNet, estimates that alternative lending companies, which provide billions of dollars in loans annually, grew 100% in 2014. Filling a Need. How it Works.

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Endeavor Miami Takes on Scaleup Challenge

The Startup Magazine

For acceptance at Endeavor Miami, scalable businesses don’t have to be technology companies. Examples in the Endeavor Miami group of 16 companies include restaurant, fashion, food, and education companies in addition to innovative technology companies. A key impact metric for Kairos is the number of faces processed. 75 Mentors.

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How is the VC Asset Class Doing?

View from Seed

At the time, I spent most of my time describing the metrics themselves and how VCs and their LPs evaluate performance based on these measurements. If you aren’t familiar with these metrics, I recommend reading the original post to get a sense of the numbers that I’ll be reviewing here. So, is this good or bad?

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Acquire New Users by Adding Growth Hacking to your Marketing Strategy

ConversionXL

The goal of growth hacking as marketing is rapid growth, using strategies and tactics that leverage (and even exploit) technology, platforms, and behavior to reach an end goal. GrowthHackers founder and former Head of Growth at Dropbox, Sean Ellis , coined the term: “A growth hacker is a person whose true north is growth. Activation.

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Announcing Multicoin Capital

Austin Startup

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. We were infatuated with tech. But we got serious in early 2016 when we developed deep conviction around the immense technical vision of Ethereum. We dive deep into white papers, review technology, economics, game theory, etc.

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The True Costs Of Entrepreneurship

YoungUpstarts

by Donovan Janus, founder of 17hats. This presents a chicken-and-egg question: are people with mental health issues more likely to become entrepreneurs, or are entrepreneurs more likely to develop issues due to their lifestyles? What can technology take off your plate? My aim is not to scare anyone. Causes and Remedies.

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Founders Interview: Atlas Group London – ConstructionTech Transforming Healthcare

The Startup Magazine

As part of The Startup Magazine Founder Interview Series , we interviewed Maha and David Harper, wife and husband co-founders of Atlas Group London, a construction-tech startup that has digitized the building of healthcare facilities. TSM: With a bit more detail, what does your company do?