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Flying Car Prototype Receives FAA Airworthiness Certificate

ReadWriteStart

The vehicle produced by Alef Automotive and rightly given the name “Model A” combines the capabilities of vertical takeoff and landing with the ability to drive on highways and park in the same manner as a conventional car. The creation of the Model A was a laborious process that took place over a period of several years.

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Unique ways to solve today’s talent crunch

Version One Ventures

These are good avenues for finding very smart people in your vertical, particularly global or small market candidates who may not be visible otherwise. Likewise, Microsoft (which applied for about twice the H-1B visas it received for 2015) opened a Vancouver office where they’ll hire and train about 400 software developers.

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Unique ways to solve today’s talent crunch

Version One Ventures

These are good avenues for finding very smart people in your vertical, particularly global or small market candidates who may not be visible otherwise. Likewise, Microsoft (which applied for about twice the H-1B visas it received for 2015) opened a Vancouver office where they’ll hire and train about 400 software developers.

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How Boards Need to Evolve Over Time

Both Sides of the Table

By bringing in an industry player with startup DNA we brought somebody that could push the team much harder on how their value prop would resonate (or not) with customers, which verticals to target our offering to and importantly what others solutions were in the market and how we stacked up.

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Thoughts on SaaS in 2017

BeyondVC

at the time and best highlighted in our end of 2015 review: SaaS 2.0, pick a vertical, say old archaic tech and SaaS-ify it?—?my When we started boldstart in 2010, a core thesis of ours was to invest in next-gen SaaS which we called SaaS 2.0 reinventing for the mobile first workforce will continue to remain robust. Go niche?—?pick

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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

Prior to founding Taxfyle in 2015, Richard worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers as an auditor. Fast forward to today; since we founded Taxfyle in 2015, it has earned the support and investment of numerous venture capitalists and is one of the fastest-growing companies in any sector in the U.S. Last year, Taxfyle ranked No. 74 on Inc.

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How Technology and Training Fueled One Ad-Based Company’s Growth

ReadWriteStart

“I didn’t even know who Mark Zuckerberg was back in October 2015. Such techniques work across all verticals, for companies large and small, because these checklists, which we’ve built with Facebook, are using the system the way it was intended,” Yu says. Learn, Do, Teach: Build Your Expertise First.