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Build, Buy Or Build To Buy

YoungUpstarts

When I got back to the office, I reviewed some of the other accounts that we were currently working with, and I noticed some patterns emerge. We weren’t winning or losing business to other developers, rather it generally came down to three options: Buy – the client saw the value in our platform and they subscribed to our cloud.

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Does Fintech Disruption Break The Investment Banking Model?

YoungUpstarts

To dig deeper, let’s first review the influence of technology on the core components. One example, Singapore’s Zilliqa , is developing a high through-put DLT platform to handle the thousands per second capacity required by a Visa but with much lower merchant fees, and with plans to scale further. Research and Trading. Compliance.

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Startup advice you haven't heard before

Spencer Fry

It's like walking up to the investment banker or a lawyer at a party who’s wearing a light blue button up, dark slacks, and brown loafers -- just like every other investment banker I've ever met. Yes, we do review "mission critical" code, but for the most part, we don't. 6: Do your own thing.

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Launching a Portfolio Acceleration Platform at a Venture Capital or Private Equity Fund

David Teten

Nick Kim , Crosscut’s Head of Platform, in his presentation at the 4th Annual VC Platform Summit, shared their Platform development methodology, which he viewed as an exercise in product development. For example, recruiting writ large is useful at all stages of development. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog.

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Entrepreneur That Grew Up In A Household of Educators Creates Solution to Education Challenges

Hearpreneur

There’s many ways to learn but for most developers and coders it’s hard to learn any other way then by doing. Similar to entrepreneurship, the best way to learn to be a web developer is to actively work on projects. The story of why I started an education business is mostly due to growing up in a household of educators.

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The Economics of a Small VC Fund

This is going to be BIG.

It''s also probably less than most funded CEOs are making--or certainly less than your average software developer. If I was optimizing for cash, I would have been an investment banker a long time ago. I send out my own term sheets and review docs myself--especially since I''m in sydicated rounds.

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25 Entrepreneurs Share Their Thoughts on the Future of Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

Apple, for example, is the world's most valuable business, yet the iOS operating system enables firms like Facebook to use an already-existing infrastructure to accelerate their mobile development. Kids in middle school and high school can now learn things like coding and e-commerce. Thanks to Bill Glaser, Outstanding Foods ! #13-