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The NextView Ventures Manifesto

View from Seed

As seed funds have raised larger and larger funds, more have developed the muscle around issuing term sheets and “leading”. We see innovation becoming more broadly distributed over time, and outlier companies being built in more and more places. Belief #3: Outlier Companies Can Be Built Anywhere.

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The Heartfelt Holiday: Nine Ways To Show Your Employees You Care This Holiday Season

YoungUpstarts

Make your ‘thank you’ meaningful by giving each employee a handwritten thank-you card along with any bonuses you distribute. Deb has delighted and inspired over 1,000 audiences across North America. A simple “thank you” can have more power than you think. Give meaningful credit when credit is due.

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The most successful Bitcoin / Blockchain company won’t look like any we have today

Version One Ventures

First, Bitcoin startups that focus on commerce/payment solutions in North America are competing with existing products with strong network effects. The first wave of Bitcoin apps went after payment-related use cases in North-America and hence against strong existing network effects. Lower sign-up friction.

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How to Build an All-Star Remote Technology Team

The Startup Magazine

In this article, we will talk about all-star software development teams and some ways to build one. Hiring a unicorn like that may involve pushing your search outside your region like hiring Ukrainian developers. Co-located remote teams vs. distributed team. An all-star team is known as a group of high-performing people.

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Techpreneur and CEO Leads a Company to Reign in Testing of Software For Tech Companies

Hearpreneur

Software testing requires smart people to develop smart solutions. The company started in 2011 in Berlin, and was looking for an American or someone who’d worked for a long time in America to help with a planned US expansion, since the biggest market for the company’s services is in North America. What makes you unique?

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Techpreneur and CEO Leads a Company to Reign in Testing of Software For Tech Companies

Hearpreneur

The company started in 2011 in Berlin, and was looking for an American or someone who’d worked for a long time in America to help with a planned US expansion, since the biggest market for the company’s services is in North America. The Germany angle was intriguing for me. What makes you unique?

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The Small Business Content Marketing Paradox

crowdSPRING Blog

Instead, the goal of content marketing is to encourage people to read and perhaps engage with the content, and to begin developing a relationship with the person or entity that created that content. create a strategy and implement tactics to distribute and promote your content. ensure that the content is high quality.