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How Much Should You Raise in Your VC Round? And What is a VC Looking at in Your Model?

Both Sides of the Table

There’s a quick litmus-test conversation any early-stage VC will have with the founder and it’s one that you should be as prepared for as your elevator pitch. It goes something like this … VC: “How much money are you raising?” Founder: “$8–10 million” VC: “What’s your current burn rate?” Founder: “$250k / month.” VC: “So at a constant rate of burn rate you’d be raising enough for 2.5–3 years.

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Where There’s A Trend, There’s A Profitable Business

The Startup Magazine

If you’ve ever built a business around a passing trend or fad, you know there’s only a short window of time for such a venture to survive. Knowing your product or service is a fad doesn’t make it easier. But it does give you a heads up regarding when to close shop and move on. Unfortunately, even when you successfully navigate your business ventures with fads, you still have to start over each time the bubble bursts.

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Intermediate C++ 3D Graphics Developer

Transformify

This is a remote, home-based position. Start a career with the world’s largest virtual company. Flexible and stable hours - your own space to grow - competitive compensation. About us At Scopic Software, we have over 250 employees in over 30 countries all comfortably working from home/remotely. Though we’re a big team overall, each project is made up of small teams to remain agile and maintain good communication.

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[ADV] Q1 2018 Residential Property Report

YoungUpstarts

Research into the UK residential property market has revealed that there has been a considerable increase in the number of available properties on the market in the first quarter of 2018. Traditionally, the market does see a glut of new properties coming on to the market every January, but this year’s influx is markedly higher than usual with a recorded boost of up to 40% of new sellers coming into the market in January.

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Building Healthy Innovation Ecosystems for Your Projects

Speaker: Nick Noreña, Innovation Coach and Advisor, Kromatic

Every startup and innovation project exists within an ecosystem that either helps or hurts that project. As innovation managers, we need to keep a pulse of that ecosystem and make sure we're helping those innovation projects we're managing every step of the way. In this webinar, Nick Noreña will walk through an Innovation Ecosystem Model that he and his team at Kromatic have developed to help investors, heads of product, teachers, and executives understand how they can best support innovation in

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Is Your Worthiness Mindset Hurting Your Business?

YFS Magazine

When you realize how you’ve held yourself back by feeling unworthy, you have an opportunity to either work on it or keep your head in the sand. ??The former takes courage.

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[ADV] Using Wallpaper To Improve Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Every business owner knows that they must have something extra that will make their business stand out from the rest. You do not want your business to be dull or to look unappealing to the crowds. One way to make the business more attractive is through applying wallpapers on the office walls. Wallpapers will add color, nice texture and extra charm to the business in question.

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What Employers Can Do To Restore Inclusivity In A Divided Age 

YoungUpstarts

by Howard Ross, author of “ Our Search for Belonging: How Our Need to Connect Is Tearing Us Apart “ Our need to connect with people like ourselves is increasingly placing us at odds with people we view as “the other.” Now, more than ever, this tendency is causing us to form unhealthy attitudes against those with different political, religious and cultural viewpoints than our own.

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Q218 Vacation Reading

Feld Thoughts

Amy and I took a much needed 10 days off in Aspen. The first five months of the year was intense for both of us. Lots of travel, work, and stuff. Not a lot of self-care, time alone, or reading. And very little running since my calf was injured. The last 10 days were lots of together time, running, reading, and sleeping. I gobbled up a bunch of books, all of them worth reading.

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Do You Need To Apply For A New EIN For The Same Business

YoungUpstarts

As a business owner, your business will see many changes over the years. One question you might be curious about is whether or not you will need to apply for a new EIN. The short answer to that question is yes, you might, but only depending on the circumstances of the situation. Here are a few reasons why you might find yourself once again having to apply for EIN.

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Simple Hacks Guaranteed To Improve Your Life As A Freelancer

The Startup Magazine

With more than 57 million Americans freelancing in some capacity, contingent work has never been more popular. Freelancers are leaving behind the typical nine-to-five life for a side hustle outside the normal office hours—and cubicle! For those left behind, freelancing may seem like the perfect career choice; you can choose when you want to work, who you want to work with, and where you work from—whether that’s your living room or the beach is up to you!

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How To Set Up A Remarketing Campaign Using Cookies

YoungUpstarts

by Adam Witty, Founder and CEO of Advantage | ForbesBooks. So, how can you use remarketing in your business? The process depends on a little thing called “ cookies.” Not of the chocolate chip variety! First, let’s explain what a cookie is. An internet cookie is a simple text file that is stored in the web visitor’s device when they enter your website.

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6 Ways of Funding a Startup

The Startup Magazine

Owning a business is one of the most fulfilling things that one can venture in. But how do you turn a small business dream into a reality? There are many things you must do, but most importantly, you must have your financing right. Many people have amazing business ideas with great potential but never take off because of lack of funding. So how do you fund a startup?

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IT Entrepreneurs: How To Prepare For The Microsoft MTA 98-349 Exam

YFS Magazine

Entrepreneurs and business professionals in the IT industry face unique challenges. One way to overcome them is to stand out and build credibility and brand authority through certification, particularly Microsoft certification.

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How Can Fleet Tracking Protect Your Small Business?

The Startup Magazine

Fleet tracking has been utilised by larger corporations for some time now and has resulted in impressive cost efficiencies and improved service provision. But fleet tracking can also be an effective control solution for any small business. Adding tracking to your fleet management offers a number of protective benefits. No matter whether you just run two work vans, or a fleet of ten or more, the efficiencies provided by fleet tracking will help ensure your business operations remain cost effectiv

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Monday Motivation: Fight for It

Hearpreneur

This motivational video is for entrepreneurs and startups and business owners to start the week off on the right foot. Face all your fears, that’s how you conquer them. Go for something beyond what you thought you could do. Pick a new destination and start going that way. Fight for 4 quarters.

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Machine Learning for Regular Recruiters

Transformify

Machine Learning (ML) is among the trendiest technologies nowadays. The machine learning engineers are in high demand, the investors are ready to pay a premium if advanced machine learning algorithms have been deployed, and entire industries are in fear of being disrupted and jobs being cut. For some time, the recruitment industry was focused on sourcing machine learning engineers.