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The Dangers of Poor Governance for Nonprofit Leaders

Board Effect

Service to the public and accountability go hand-in-hand, and that means good governance is paramount. What Are the Dangers of Poor Nonprofit Governance? The primary danger for nonprofits that fail to adhere to good governance principles is that donors will lose their faith and trust in nonprofits and fail to support them.

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Dog Days of Summer

thebarefootvc

This is the most sophisticated understanding of the blockchain sector I have seen to date from a government: “The government has subdivided its industry classification scheme into three sectors, with ten further subdivisions under the guidance of the Korean Standard Industrial Classification ( KSIC ).

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SXSW Startups: Tunnelware

Austin Startup

This is a great initiative by UK government to digitize the construction industry. The government has compelled to all construction sites to be on BIM (Building Information Modeling) level 1 and soon to be on BIM level 2. The government here fully supports startups to grow and stay by providing funds and a stage to grow.

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Tapping The Cloud To Grow Your Business

YoungUpstarts

With fast and affordable broadband connections throughout Singapore and a growing number of attractive Web-based services, cloud computing is set to become one of the most powerful tools in the arsenal of a Singaporean small business. So what are the clear benefits of the Cloud?

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Bridging the gap between tech startups and the Fortune 500

David Teten

Attendees “get hands-on experience, insight, tips and tricks from AWS experts on how to architect [their] applications, optimize [their] costs and deploy quickly to the AWS cloud.” Winners receive a $50,000 credit for AWS paid services, another $50,000 in cash, and AWS mentoring and support. 3) Freebies. 4) Accelerators.

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Three economic trends for 2011 (fueled by startup goodness)

crowdSPRING Blog

Last month the National Venture Capital Association released a survey which reflected investor’s optimism on high-risk startups, and gave every indication that VCs would continue to invest, particularly in IT, mobile, and cloud-based technologies. Photo: Alan Levine. Great reads on small business and entrepreneurship.

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What Small Business Opportunities Does the Future Hold?

Up and Running

And in the 21st century, it will take China and India just 15 years. And, according to this same report, key technological drivers of change include: Mobile internet and cloud technology. government published a paper in July 2014 that compiled research findings from a number of U.K.-based Government Research Findings.