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What’s FinTech, And What Does It Mean For Your Business?

YoungUpstarts

in investments in 2015, $15.2B FinTech businesses can be startups that offer traditional financial operations at a cheaper cost or in a more convenient manner, established financial firms keen to apply innovations or just tech companies that provide their own payment tools. The industry reached $15.5B FinTech’s history.

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

Startup Lessons Learned

She shares: “We now use metrics like cost-per-learning and validation velocity to show progress since traditional things like ROI weren’t applicable.” With this approach to establishing and tracking milestones, ReadyTalk launched its beta of UbiMeet.com in March 2015. Come hear about them live at the 2015 Lean Startup Conference.

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5 Crowdfunding Concerns Worry Professional Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Worldwide, more than fifty campaigns since then have exceeded the $10 million dollar mark, despite targets as low as $20K. I would summarize the qualms and feedback from professional investors as the following: Crowdfunding platform costs trickle down to angel groups.

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Consistent Revenue Growth At Core Of Google’s Mobile Advertising Strategy: TBR

YoungUpstarts

While TBR expects margin growth to be uneven through 2015, revenue and gross profit will continue to increase, due to the ability of its advertising business to monetize the proliferation of mobile devices and maintain its dominance in desktop search.

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5 Equity Crowdfunding Reflections Before You Sign Up

Startup Professionals Musings

Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Worldwide, almost fifty campaigns since then have exceeded the $10 million dollar mark, despite targets as low as $20K. I would summarize the qualms and feedback from professional investors as the following: Crowdfunding platform costs trickle down to angel groups.

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19 Psychological Tactics for Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

ConversionXL

I scoured the academic research on crowdfunding, philanthropy, and helping behavior to understand when and why people donate money (and how you can use those principles in a crowdfunding campaign). So you might be paying higher costs with those projects too. To alleviate that blindness, separate the project into specific costs.

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7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

Startup Professionals Musings

Crowdfunding is the hot new vehicle for raising money to support your entrepreneurial efforts, with over 1,250 website platforms around the world to help you, according to a 2015 industry report. Project your costs as diligently as your revenues. Don’t forget to account for the time and cost of crowdfunding campaigns.