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Urban Technology: The Business of Smart Cities

The Startup Magazine

They hope to “solve tangled and wicked problems inherited in the rapid urbanization,” according to research from the Center for Technology in Government at the State University of New York at Albany. But they also help grow innovation through technology, organization and policy. Smart cities are a new approach to urban development.

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Getting into the hot deals before they're hot

This is going to be BIG.

Feels like a Columbus discovering the New World story. And now that I''m an investor out on my own, one of my best performing companies is an investment that the founder could hardly give the equity away for in the beginning. Venture Capital & Technology' Tell that one to the Native Americans who were already here.

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7 Personal Priorities Reveal Your Business Readiness

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting a new business is not a job, but an adventure into the unknown, similar to Columbus setting out to find the New World. Others love technology and products, to be replicated and sold while you sleep. There are always non-cash alternatives, such as recruiting partners with equity and bartering services.

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7 Questions To Test Your Potential As An Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting a new business is not a job, but an adventure into the unknown, similar to Columbus setting out to find the New World. Others love technology and products, to be replicated and sold while you sleep. There are always non-cash alternatives, such as recruiting partners with equity and bartering services.

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7 Ways To Test Your Potential For Starting A Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting a new business is not a job, but an adventure into the unknown, similar to Columbus setting out to find the New World. Others love technology and products, to be replicated and sold while you sleep. There are always non-cash alternatives, such as recruiting partners with equity and bartering services.

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7 Critical Questions Before You Become an Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

Starting a new business is not a job, but an adventure into the unknown, similar to Columbus setting out to find the New World. Others love technology and products, to be replicated and sold while you sleep. There are always non-cash alternatives, such as recruiting partners with equity and bartering services.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

I think it’s a huge mistake to outsource technology as a startup. Ideally you can pay them based + equity so that you’ll get their attention and focus on the project. There’s no formula however I do know … the more you build before you need to hire / partner, the more equity you can keep. How does that usually work?