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2021: The Version One year in review

Version One Ventures

2021 might be remembered as the year the world started to fully embrace the opportunity that the technology sector has to offer… . Every company is now a tech company and multiple technology cycles are going on at the same time – from mobile and cloud to AR/VR, crypto and climate.

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Airbnb S-1 (Part 1): So How Profitable Is This Thing Really?

View from Seed

To be clear Airbnb posted a GAAP profit in Q3 2020 of over $200M which is impressive given travel remains materially depressed due to COVID. For reference, high-flying megacap tech stocks like Apple and Google have operating income margins >20% and Facebook and Microsoft have operating income margins >30%.

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A Company Culture Evaluation: How To Do A Year-End Review

YoungUpstarts

Mentoring should happen every single day, not just a few times a year during performance reviews. I think what’s great is in our last employee opinion survey — with a 99 percent positive response globally — the number-one measure was: ‘At WD-40 Company, I’m treated with respect and dignity.'”

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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Crowd funding is setting new records worldwide, with $17 billion from North America alone, and VCs poured another $100 billion more into small growth companies last year. Entrepreneurs now can think globally about the opportunity, from day one but start locally. Cost of entry for a startup is at an all-time low.

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Business Immigration With CanadaCIS: How To Start A Successful Business In Canada

YoungUpstarts

However, you must first review the requirements and ensure that you get your business immigration and relevant documentation right and polished to acceptable (industry or trade) standards. Let’s review their areas of expertise. Unlike other countries, the process of starting your business in Canada is simple and straightforward.

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[Singapore] Location Based Marketing Association Launches Local Chapter

YoungUpstarts

According to a statement from LBMA , Singapore was chosen as its new Asia hub due to the country’s high smartphone penetration and rich cross-section of LBS players from retailers, agencies, advertisers and media buyers, to software and services providers and wireless companies.

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How To Create Happy Employees — And Why It’s Even More Vital Now

YoungUpstarts

Garry Ridge, chairman and CEO of the WD-40 Company, says, “When we were going through the global financial crisis in 2008, I observed people in the company as I’d wander around this office or any of our other offices around the world. Deb has delighted and inspired over 1,000 audiences across North America.

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