YoungUpstarts

JULY 4, 2016

2016 is certainly an exciting time to be alive. Everyone’s feeling the rapid pace of technology, and as a business owner you should be too. There are countless ways you could be utilising modern technology to improve every aspect of your business. Start using cloud tech for submitting and reviewing completed work.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

I work in technology where the dress code is relaxed, but an executive woman my age can wear neither a hoodie nor a stuffy suit.). Then in 2016 I found a dressmaker in Romania who created fashion-forward designs that were made to measure, and the light bulb went off! I love being a pioneer, and I love tech – I even have a patent!

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Steve Blank

MAY 19, 2021

To help a large Defense organization wrestle with how to increase the velocity of innovation in their ranks Steve Blank and I spent the better part of last week with our heads together reviewing everything we learned in the five years since we merged the concepts of problem curation and Lean while launching the innovation pipeline.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 21, 2015

In addition, today’s advancements in technology have disrupted the workforce, transforming the nature of work, and has afforded businesses the ability to become more productive as they restructure their workflow and employee workload. Business owners, CEOs, and CFOs must include three key elements in their 2016 financial plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

As an angel investor, I’ve learned to believe in this approach, since I have seen great ideas go astray, due to poor execution and I have seen apparently marginal ideas make millions, managed by a savvy entrepreneur. An entrepreneur needs a depth of business experience on the team, as well as technical expertise.

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Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence Angel Investor 134

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 17, 2019

As CEO of Vanbex Group, a professional services and development company specializing in everything blockchain, Kevin’s mission is to further the education and adoption of blockchain, DLT, and Smart Contract technology into everyday real world applications. After Ethereum launched in 2016, that was a key turning point for the market.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2016

We All Know That Dollars into Venture Have Gone Up … As a starting point, we know that the dollars into venture have steadily rebounded to pre great-recession levels, with just under $30 billion committed to US technology venture capital in 2015. Final upfront lp survey data 2016 from Mark Suster.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 17, 2016

While 2016 is still relatively fresh, you might want to consider adding one (probably unexpected) goal to perennial favorites like losing weight or getting your finances in order: becoming more humble. In the tech tsunami of the next few decades, robots and smart machines are projected to take over more than half of U.S.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 19, 2018

Denmark is #3 in the world on the Environmental Performance Index 2018 by Yale University thanks to the diligence with which it implements sustainable solutions. Wastecontrol – this company was selected for the Green Tech Challenge 2016 program. Waste reduction seems to come easy for Danish citizens.

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Version One Ventures

APRIL 11, 2019

She is a Silicon Valley veteran – having been the Senior Director of Engineering at Yodlee, then holding several CTO, Chief Architect, and other engineering leadership roles at a few startups before landing at Shippo in 2016. When we interview managers, one of our standard questions is “How do you think about code quality?”

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Ukraine is a country rich in talents in the technology industry. Most of the startups in the tech industry, however, are centered around software. It is due to this fact that the grant recipients of this year’s Vernadsky Challenge are very happy today. Image Credit: Vernadsky Challenge via FB. Avision Robotics.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 6, 2017

by Evan Stephens, Senior Tax Manager at Sensiba San Filippo and Carlos Freitas, Director with Hull & Knarr LLP. Starting in 2016, Research and Development (R&D) tax credits can be used to offset payroll taxes. This means that marketing or management research activities do not qualify.

Indiana 113

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

The main thing you’re concerned about in this phase of your company is maintaing control of your board, which in a legalistic perspective is ensuring that founders & management have the majority of seats on the board. Reviewing financial & operational performance. how to evolve our management team. Mentorship.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 5, 2020

With projections of steady growth in Canada by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), proactive business managers, executives, and entrepreneurs are moving fast to secure their spot in Canada’s expanding economy. Let’s review their areas of expertise. Investor Visa. Entrepreneur Visa.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 8, 2021

Although the class was run completely online, and even though they were suffering from Zoom fatigue, the 10 teams of 42 students collectively interviewed 1,142 beneficiaries, stakeholders, requirements writers, program managers, industry partners, etc. Team Fleetwise – Vehicle Fleet Management. All the presentations are worth a watch.

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David Teten

AUGUST 19, 2019

Since 2017 we’ve managed $3 million in revenue-based financing, which helps cash-strapped technology companies grow. Investment Criteria: B2B SaaS or tech-enabled services with proven, recurring contracts. Unlike many RBI investors, a full 50% of our investment activity is in non-tech businesses. Bigfoot Capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

In my angel investor mode, I often find myself flipping to the “management” section of a business plan, even before I read the solution description and opportunity. Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Solo entrepreneurs rarely find an investor.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 4, 2018

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 11, 2019

The 2016 Deloitte Millennial Survey found that 63 percent of millennials want to move away from traditional employment and start their own business. It can be due to employee’s mistakes and limitations or your inability to do more. Most of us find it hard to keep up with workplace rules and regulations. Source: Unsplash.

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Technical Review Business Plan Cost Hiring 154

Transformify

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Kenya and Nigeria are of a particular interest for the employers in the UK due to the high percentage of English speakers who have received bachelor’s degree or higher. Facing a high unemployment rate among graduates, Kenya encourages entrepreneurship in an effort to create more jobs in the technology sector.

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Africa Benin Seychelles Nigeria 75

Board Effect

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Another eye-opening statistic is that there’s been at least one health data breach per day since 2016. About 59% of the breaches were due to hacking and 21% were due to insider error or wrongdoing. About 9% of the incidents were due to loss or theft and the cause of the remaining incidents were unknown.

Security 59

Security Software Review Technical Review United States 59

Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2017

Although we were studying finance, we were always more interested in tech. We were infatuated with tech. Before graduating, I decided to forgo the finance path and instead dove into engineering and later sales and product management roles at VersaSuite (health IT) in Austin. But we never lost the finance bug.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 16, 2017

at the time and best highlighted in our end of 2015 review: SaaS 2.0, We also see older school SaaS companies being rebuilt with more flexible back-end technologies like microservices and reimagined with a more responsive and beautiful UI. pick a vertical, say old archaic tech and SaaS-ify it?—?my So why is this the case?

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Software Review Vertical Open Source 60

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2018

As a business owner, it’s important to monitor the health of your growing company to spot warning signs—a fractured team, negative customer reviews, poor customer retention, and a lack of creative innovation. Slack), and know the policies for communicating on email and project management systems. Negative customer reviews.

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Software Review Technical Review Retention Startup 78

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 20, 2017

by Kamal Brar, Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific at Hortonworks . Contributing to these trends are less expensive and more powerful hardware, and open source end-to-end connected data platforms that maximize the value of data-in-motion and securely store, manage and perform complex processing of data-at-rest.

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Artificial Inteligence Asia Singapore Technical Review 150

Up and Running

AUGUST 22, 2014

Small business owners often make mistakes in their early years due to the lack of proper accounting procedures. Trying to manage everything on your own. The problem arises when you try to manage your accounting on your own, as you may find the quality of services actually deteriorates. Not using software or cloud technology.

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Small Business Software Review Technical Review Cloud 153

Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2021

Let’s take your standard Enterprise Client Partner, who manages a $3M book of business with 20 Accounts. Meanwhile, we have bigco tech employees complaining about not getting their free food delivered to their apartment in Noe Valley. Because for them- it’s business as usual. 1:1s play a critical role in keeping relationships healthy.

Sales 105

Sales Technical Review Distribution Vietnam 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Project your costs as diligently as your revenues. Be prepared to manage a crowd of inexperienced investors. On the other hand, if your solution is aimed at boomers or requires in-depth technical knowledge, crowdfunding may be futile. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 02/17/2016.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Technical Review Vesting 120

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 19, 2016

It’s 2016, and just about everyone either does business online or uses the internet as a tool to discover, rate and engage with businesses they rely upon. For those with an aesthetic eye, technical chops and a keen sense of marketing workflow, freelance web design can be a lucrative and rewarding job, but it’s by no means a walk in the park.

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Web Design Technical Review Cofounder 100

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Many of these companies are pre-revenue and in the cash burn stage as they try to establish their technology and market. Due to new accounting standards effective for December 2016 year-ends, the future timeline that management must consider for cash flow needs has expanded to one year from the issuance date of the audited financials.

San Francisco 133

San Francisco Forecast Early Stage Term Sheet 133

David Teten

AUGUST 20, 2019

John Borchers, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Decathlon Capital , reports that “37% of our portfolio companies would be considered ‘impact’ qualified companies. By contrast, according to PitchBook Data, since the beginning of 2016, companies with women founders have received only 4.4% of venture capital deals.

Revenue 60

Revenue Cofounder Founder Venture Capital 60

Austin Startup

JANUARY 15, 2018

All entries that are received before the January 19 entry deadline will be reviewed by a panel of judges comprised of technology industry experts, VCs, angel investors, and high-profile members of the media. 2016) and Honest Dollar (2015). Past winners of SXSW Release It include Abartys Health (2017), Inteliclinic Inc.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Startup Austin HTML 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2016

Customers today extrapolate their relationships not only from personal contact, but from every aspect of their interface with your company, including web site and social media interactions, access to peer reviews, as well as the actual services experience. Infusing technology within the customer experience.

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Technical Review Social Media Media Matching 120

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Adobe estimates that Black Friday 2016 broke the US$3 billion mark with ease (US$2.24 More so for small businesses, losing potential customers due to a slow website is also the last thing you’d want to happen. Mobile Now. The recent Black Friday sales numbers were simply phenomenal. billion, to be exact), for a whopping 21.6%

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Asia Mobile China Technical Review 100

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

by Seyran Dalipovski, Social Media and Content Manager at Simpliday. TED which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design was started back in the 80s as a private nonprofit organization. They started to add the videos to their website back in 2006 and as of March 2016 have 2,400 talks to watch for free.

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Product Technical Review Social Media Media 100

Up and Running

MAY 16, 2017

It can be incredibly irresistible, once funding comes through, to go on a buying spree for everything from company tech to office chairs. Take a moment and step back to review the business plan that you worked so hard on. Legal advice/tech support. Evaluate technology needs. Customer service/ branding.

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Technical Review SBA Small Business Administration Software Review 82

YoungUpstarts

APRIL 5, 2017

While companies are busy maintaining the status quo, precious moments are slipping away to get ahead of the competition with better technology. When payment due dates begin to slip by and that stack of unpaid invoices grows taller and taller, you may end up with a back office nightmare on your hands.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Lean Operations Management 113