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5 Risks You As A Consultant Should Know About

YoungUpstarts

Consultancy is a career option for professionals in a wide range of industries – marketing, finance, accountancy, architecture, business management, the list goes on. Prior to NimbleFins, she worked as an investment professional and as the finance expert in Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business case writing team.

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4 Things I’ve Learned As An Entrepreneur Right Out Of College

Up and Running

He moved out to Colorado to attend CU Boulder, starting a degree in Architecture only to find out he was more passionate about Business. More often than not, whatever it is you are building will require a complementary skill set, whether that’s business/finance, sales/marketing, or design/engineering.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

The ‘’must have ingredients’’ of a strong start-up team are tech, product/project management, marketing, sales, and business/finance competences. Well, there will be 2 copywriters, 1 editor, 1 blogger, 3 programmers, 1 Project/Product Manager, 1 Business/ Finance, 1 Sales/ Marketing expert. Business / Finance.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Exciting Companies Lined Up For Microsoft Startup Grant Finals

ReadWriteStart

Zendesk is heavily financed by Benchmark and Charles River and has 10,000 customers. Guttula, Bizosys' CEO, and Karana founded the company with the goal to "simplify software development." Toward that end, they have created two products. 10Screens is currently also a finalist in the Microsoft BizSpark India Startup Challenge.

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Twitter Link Roundup #62 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

“Only purpose of your 1st round of financing is to build a product, prove it has value&# – [link]. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template tco use today) – [link]. Decision Architecture: Helping Users Make Better Decisions – [link]. Ask yourself why?

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Startup Advice: When to Use a Consulting CTO

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Preserve your equity by using a consulting CTO to ramp up your company before securing early-stage financing and hiring a permanent technology partner. Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment.

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How Can FinTech Industry Successfully Navigate the Complex Web of Cybersecurity

The Startup Magazine

Rising client demand for e-financing, a surge in FinTech implementation in banks and other institutions, and increased internet usage in everyday life are all factors driving the global rise of the FinTech industry. ZTA, or zero-trust architecture ZTA models differ from standard cyber security models, which depend on ongoing verification.