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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Over the next few decades, I expect forces in Washington DC to use economic and monetary policy to attempt to rebalance the trade relationship between the world’s two most dynamic countries. The shift in consumer behavior and the intensity of the Scooter demand was undeniable. Frankly, the scale of it has snuck up on the U.S.

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Retail Reimagined: 9 Trends for the Future of Physical Retail

ConversionXL

Retailers have proven amazingly resilient in the past year, as they’ve worked through the mass shift to ecommerce and balancing the demands of lockdowns and shifting consumer behavior. There was an overwhelming demand for curbside pickup, so Paige and her team turned their tiny retail space into something closer to a fulfillment center.

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How To Find A Programmer To Build Your Startup Idea

socialmatchbox.com

In a search done today, a web developer in Washington, DC should make anywhere from $70,000 to $120,000 per year. With this you have a new rate range for a Washington, DC based programmer of web applications: $42.15-$67.15 Founders seem to take for granted exactly how in demand a good programmer is.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

So we set out to solve them and help grow successful food businesses in DC. My partners and I founded Reel Paper with the goal of adding the positive experience of social responsibility to the simple e-comm purchase of a household staple: toilet paper. I was determined to be the best business partner he’s ever had.

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Why Are Venture Capitalists Ignoring The Future? The Emerging Domestic Economy

David Teten

According to the National Venture Capital Association/Dow Jones VentureSource, the VC industry is dominated by men (89% of VC Partners), specifically white men (76% of the total). Of all VC Partners studied, just 10% identified as Asian, 1% as African-American, and less than 1% as Latino.

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Transcript of Developing Important Entrepreneurial and Leadership Qualities

Duct Tape Marketing

He is a co-founder and managing partner of Relationship Impact , a consulting firm focused on helping great leaders build great leadership teams. So, my partner, my boss had a strong vision for what he wanted the firm to look like. It was an entrepreneurial venture but we bought it with two passive partners.

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MakeSpace Raises an Additional $17.5 million and Unveils Strategy to Make Public Storage the Next Blockbuster Video

Both Sides of the Table

million in funding on TechCrunch led by Harmony Partners and Upfront Ventures to double its footprint of 3 cities (New York, Chicago & Washington DC) to 6 in 2016. First, customers in these new markets didn’t want to buy in “bins” and they demanded furniture. Expanding to Cities. There are no easy answers.

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