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What’s FinTech, And What Does It Mean For Your Business?

YoungUpstarts

Some claim that all possible interactions of finance and technology, which I guess includes credit cards – the 1950’s invention, are FinTech. There’s no longer a need for aspiring entrepreneurs to visit banks or even seek for investors to get financed. But have you a clear understanding of what exactly does this word stand for?

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The Market Is Hot for Code Climate, NextView’s Newest Investment

Genuine VC

The two companies had been working together for a while, especially as both are deeply embedded within the Ruby on Rails developer community, with a strong following for their respective offerings. Today Code Climate is announcing that they’ve raised a $2M round of financing , led by us at NextView Ventures. It’s indispensable.”

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

As I’ve discussed elsewhere, Gust’s long-term goal is to serve as the infrastructure platform for the entire global, early stage finance industry. Instead, it is our eight years of indefatigable relationship and customer building with large segments of the world’s early stage finance industry.

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How much does it cost to build the world’s hottest startups?

The Next Web

“The short answer is that it will take 10 hours,” answers Werdelin, who built a Twitter clone in a one-day Ruby on Rails course. Assume $160 for a Ruby on Rails course plus free Heroku, a cloud platform as a service that allows you to instantly deploy an app. But a good developer could make it quicker.”. 4) WhatsApp.

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10 Ways Churches Can Thrive Financially by Ruby Tan

Mike Michalowicz

Ruby Tan is the owner of Cela Bookkeeping Services, LLC ( www.celabookkeeping.com ); a firm that helps churches and nonprofit organizations manage their finances through ‘Purpose First’ methodology, a Profit First principle with www. Many thanks to the pastors who did not want their names mentioned.

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22 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Companies They Admire Most For Innovation

Hearpreneur

From music to finance, airlines and now offering flights to the public into space. They invented Ruby on Rails, were one of the earliest proponents of remote work, and took customer service to new heights. Richard Branson's phenomenal Virgin group keeps innovating and progressing. Thanks to Darko Ivanoski, ESTAForm.org !

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Boston Tech Community (Fall 2013 Edition)

Rob Go

Ruby specialists. Terrible Labs – Ruby on Rails, Web and Mobile. Not Boston focused, but definitely follow his reports of PE and VC financings and the state of the venture market. @danprimack. And here is another pretty comprehensive list of co-working spaces in town. Entrepreneurial Development Firms.

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