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7 Indications Your New Venture May Not Be Investable

Startup Professionals Musings

You need a big differentiator in these arenas. Products requiring changes to government regulations. For new car companies such as DeLorean and Fisker, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge.

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7 Startup Proposals That May Raise Investor Red Flags

Startup Professionals Musings

You need a big differentiator in these arenas. Products requiring changes to government regulations. For new car companies such as DeLorean and Fisker, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge.

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[Interview] Michael C. Fillios, Author Of “Tech Debt 2.0™: How To Future Proof Your Small Business And Improve Your Tech Bottom Line”  

YoungUpstarts

In the software industry, the term “technical debt,” also known as design debt or code debt, is widely used as a catchall to cover everything from bugs to legacy code to missing documentation. We’re all familiar with high-profile cyberattacks on major business and government organizations. What exactly do you mean by “Tech Debt 2.0”?

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Visions of Web 3

Version One Ventures

Meanwhile, developers in the Lightning Network ecosystem are working to tie identity to nodes in layer 2s built on top of more secure blockchains like Bitcoin. You can imagine, for example, needing a specific token to enter an exclusive chat room or receive electrons from a decentralized EV charging network. Communication.

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7 New Venture Scenarios That Rarely Attract Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

You need a big differentiator in these arenas. Products requiring changes to government regulations. For new car companies such as DeLorean and Tesla, designing and testing the product is only the beginning. Things such as driver-less cars and new medicines are far more than a technology challenge.

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Is Your Volunteer Board Cyber-Ready?

Board Effect

Research by the CyberPeace Institute revealed that only 1 in 10 NGOs trains its staff regularly on cybersecurity, only 1 in 4 actively monitors their networks, and only 1 in 5 have a cybersecurity plan in place. It’s incredibly easy to create fake networks, which are so hard to differentiate from the real thing.

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Is Your Credit Union Board of Directors ?Cyber-Ready??

Board Effect

Cyberattacks Are Here and Rising Globally speaking, organizations in the financial services sector suffered the second-largest number of known breaches in 2022, just behind government organizations and ahead of the retail sector, according to threat intelligence firm Flashpoint. Ransomware attacks are rising and becoming increasingly costly.