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The Digital Transformation Is Affordable For SMBs: Where To Start In Your Digital Strategy

YoungUpstarts

by Humberto Farias, CEO and co-founder at Concepta. SMBs no longer have to choose between hiring an in-house data science team or off the shelf enterprise analytics software. The digital revolution is disrupting the traditional business model for small and medium businesses (SMBs). In 2016, SMBs used an average of 4.8

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Technology, Innovation, and Modern War – Class 8 – AI – Chris Lynch and Nand Mulchandani

Steve Blank

In addition to Nand, the class also heard from Chris Lynch, founder of the Defense Digital Service (DDS), now the CEO of Rebellion Defense, a new vendor of AI to the DOD. I want you to leave your job, where you’re getting free meals, where you’re living and working around a bunch of other software engineers.

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Spotlight on Engineering Team Building: Lessons learned from Algolia

Cracking the Code

Team building is top of mind for any start-up founder or exec. Recruiting and retaining top talent is even more challenging for software engineers. To get an insight into how successful start-ups approach team building, we spoke to Sylvain Utard, employee number 1 and VP of Engineering at Algolia, an Accel portfolio company.

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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Twitter Link Roundup #247 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Where are the Women Software Engineers? – crowdspring.co/12gwMCO. 13 Things Startup Founders Aren’t Thankful For – crowdspring.co/1B6KrdY. Web Design and Digital Content Ghost Buttons, The First Potential Trend of 2015 | Top Design Magazine – crowdspring.co/1qdyijB. A Refresher on Net Present Value – crowdspring.co/11LJvw6.

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

But today, the equilibrium is shifting for many founders. Next-generation chat, video calling, and project management software help keep teams in sync. Today, what we do at Turing would have been impossible, as late as 2015. Historically, the challenges associated with remote teams have outweighed the benefits.

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Diverse Startups Can Receive Tech Mentorship And Thrive

ReadWriteStart

Money wasn’t an obstacle for the Chicago-based founder, but as a black woman in technology, networking in a new city might be. “We In a perfect world, Brooks’ startup would be defined by its merit, not the demographic background of its founder. Invisible Barriers. But in reality, Brooks is an anomaly. It’s a lack of opportunities.