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The Virus Survival Strategy For Your Startup

Steve Blank

And how much are variable expenses (salaries, consultants, commission, travel, AWS/Azure charges, supplies, etc.?). If you’re an early stage company, that number may be zero. How much are fixed expenses (those you can’t change, i.e. rent?) Keep in mind, that today’s circumstances are different.

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Female Founders! Pitch for a Fast Track into Capital Factory with a $100,000 Investment

Austin Startup

According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active, early-stage investor in Texas since 2010. All finalists will receive: A fast track into the Capital Factory portfolio where you will receive opportunities to get in front of potential investors, customers and employees. Female Founders!

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Houston Startups can Pitch for a $50,000 Venture Investment

Austin Startup

According to Pitchbook, Capital Factory has been the most active, early-stage investor in Texas since 2010. With boots on the ground in Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio, we meet the best entrepreneurs in Texas and introduce them to investors, employees, mentors, and customers.

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Bad returns be damned: Venture capital fundraising jumps 31 percent in U.S

www.geekwire.com

According to the Dow Jones research, 43 early-stage funds raised $3.1 Madrona’s new $300 million fund — while the largest in the firm’s history — certainly qualifies in the early-stage group. Interestingly, the money is not just going to the big dogs, those funds which raise $1 billion or more.

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The 7 Deadly Healthcare Startup Sins

Steve Blank

It is in need of innovation on many fronts and is also trying to embrace the amazing amount of innovation happening with early-stage companies. The reality is that healthcare customers know that startups’ portals are likely hosted by AWS, Azure, or Google, and therefore pose security and privacy concerns. a compliance review.

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Is AWS the next computing platform?

Version One Ventures

It also means that we should already be in the early stages of that next big era. Over the past few months, I have grown to believe that one of the large cloud platforms – AWS , Google, MS Azure – can grow into this next computing platform. The question is: what is it? What’s the next big computing platform?

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The Startup Pivot

Reid Hoffman

Microsoft went from MS-DOS to Windows to Office to many new reinventions, including Azure. For example, if you’re an early-stage SaaS provider that is shifting from a horizontal solution to a vertical focus, your mission, culture, and competencies can stay the same and the pivot transition will probably go smoothly.

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