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Solving Hard Problems: Traptic’s Harvesting Robots

K9 Ventures

The wheat would be harvested with sickles and then threshed by hand to separate the grain. But then, I drove down through Watsonville, CA on the way to Monterrey and saw acres and acres of strawberry, lettuce, and other ground crops that were still being harvested by humans — with their hands. Vinh Phan, Traptic.

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Shortening The Small Business Software Selection Process

YoungUpstarts

Many of these tasks – accounting, billing/invoicing, marketing – can be streamlined and, in many cases, automated with the right software. We practice what we preach by leveraging our own business software review platform for valuable research and customer testimonials and it has saved us time and money.

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How a crappy promotion led to me being a software engineer

Austin Startup

This post expands on a recent podcast I did with Living Corporate outlining the story behind my career switch to software engineering. I’m currently coming up on my two-year anniversary as a software engineer on December 19, 2018. Before working as a software engineer, I was already in “tech”, just not at a startup.

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10 Apps For Student’s Online Learning During COVID-19

YoungUpstarts

Schools and universities moved the teaching apparatus onto online platforms, to public learning software, video conferencing tools , and edtech apps. For now, it is better that they know that there are two kinds of online learning apps and web-based software programs: . The e-learning marketplace is also ripe for harvesting.

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Valuations 101: The Venture Capital Method

Gust

The concept is simply…since: Return on Investment (ROI) = Terminal (or Harvest) Value ÷ Post-money Valuation. (in So, let’s address each of these: Terminal Value is the anticipated selling price (or investor harvest value) for the company at some point down the road; let’s assume 5-8 years after investment. million ÷ 20X.

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Developer Focus: Dominic St Pierre, Focus Centric

YoungUpstarts

Originally built by software developer Alexandre Deschamps , Bunker was acquired by Focus Centric – run by French Canadian Dominic St Pierre – who built further functionality into the product. “I did not find anything,” rues St Pierre. He explains.

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Vital Tips For Small Businesses And Entrepreneurs During Covid-19  

YoungUpstarts

Make a list of bills you owe each month ­­— it could be rent, payroll, utilities, inventory, software subscriptions, etc. As individuals, we instinctively keep a running check in our heads about when our bills are due and when we have money coming in. Now it’s time to consider your small business in the same light.