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Dan Lok Explains Venture Capital Funding and How to Secure It

The Startup Magazine

They may be interested in consumer products, software, fintech, AI, or green technologies. The corporate governance section defines the power distribution between the founders and the investors. You will need to carefully research VC firms before you pitch your company. Understand VC Term Sheets.

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The Logistics Industry is Taking A Turn For The Electric

YoungUpstarts

World Business Leaders Are Getting on Board With Green Practices. As was reported by the Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc , 82 percent of companies in the S&P (meaning some of the world’s top producing companies) have now implemented the publication of corporate sustainability reports into their practices.

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Things To Expect As A Woman Founder When Starting A Tech-Based Company

YoungUpstarts

I pitched to 86 investors before getting the green signal from only 5 of them. It is necessary to involve the rest of the family members and distribute this workload amongst them, at the end of the day, even superwoman can use some help. Making Balance Between Personal and Professional Life. Dealing With The Fear of Failure.

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Presidential Innovation Fellows, round two

Startup Lessons Learned

Yes, there are Lean Startups even in the United States federal government. For my take on how this is possible, you can see my previous post on Lean Government here. MyUSA Simplifying the process of finding and accessing information and government services that are right for you. Take a look and judge for yourself.

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Your World in 2030

Start Up Blog

The Energy Internet Emerges: We will be trading energy with each other through a new type of distributed energy grid. They will be more green than grey and grow most of the produce for their inhabitants in buildings. We’ll find a storage solution 10o times more efficient than the lithium ion batteries we use today.

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Skills Development in Africa: How Wide is the Skills Gap?

Transformify

Most young people can’t afford to study abroad without government subsidies or scholarships. Post Brexit, many companies in the UK consider distributed teams overseas as an alternative to the shrinking talent pool and high recruitment costs in Britain. Kenya: Youth Fund Targets Young People in Business Start-Up Loans Plan.

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30 Entrepreneurs Share Their One Prediction for Business in 2022

Hearpreneur

This is critical since the government is moving toward a speedier payment system, which will reduce the time it takes for victims to get compensation. Video marketing will also allow small businesses to distribute the same video content across many platforms, allowing them to serve a wide spectrum of clients at the same time.