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Internet of Things: The Skills Connected Companies Look For In Young Professionals

YoungUpstarts

Just check out the IoT job trend graphic from www.indeed.com, posted on February 2017 below: that is what we call exponential growth. In a 2017 survey 47% of organizations said they lack the skills to make the most from IoT at a delivery level. Existing jobs are changing too and some become more important.

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Tech Industry Hiring In Canada Continues To Grow

YoungUpstarts

These are software engineers, business analysts, project managers, graphic designers, and web developers. Calgary employers found software developer and engineer as the most in demand. Within the same report in 2018 over a span of four months was 600 plus vacancies for software engineer or software developer.

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There’s Something Abuzz With GoodBuzz

YoungUpstarts

The GoodBuzz team currently comprises five people – three software engineers, one marketing manager and an operations officer - and works closely with an advisory board of industry specialists. Koutonin’s ultimate dream, however, is to open a world-class human potential development school in Africa in 2017.

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6 Ways to Make Sure Your Tech Startup Will Succeed in 2018

Up and Running

Since you’ll be operating in the tech world, you need to get on well with people in the niche. European cities like Berlin, Stockholm, or Amsterdam were on the list of the top locations for tech startups in the global Startup Ecosystem Report 2017. Choose the right location. More sales is an indicator of scaling as well.

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From Wall Street to Busboy — A Founder’s Passion To Do What It Takes

Austin Startup

I started my career as a software engineer on Wall Street. In February of 2017, my wife and I decided to move from NYC to Austin, TX to allow me to work full-time on building my restaurant tech startup. I immediately set out to find a job at a restaurant to better understand how it operates.

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So you say you want to be a Product Manager …?

Austin Startup

The product often has an army behind it including customer support representatives, account managers, development operations managers, engineers, quality assurance analysts, designers, researchers, data scientists and more. I learned that software engineers?—?or Don’t get trapped inside four walls?—?invest

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Flexible VCs With Structures Between Equity and Revenue-Based Investing

David Teten

According to a recent interview with Founding Partner Andrew Oved, Reformation invests in SaaS (vertical and application software) and consumer product businesses that have achieved $1M-$5M in annualized revenue, while operating capital efficiently. As of summer 2017, about one third of their investments were with the Indie.VC

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