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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. The browser and thus the WWW and the first Internet businesses were born circa 1994–95 and there was a golden period where anything seemed possible. It was a way to make it hard for your competition to compete. There was no money train. It was 1991. People were building.

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The Lodging And Travel Industries Will Reckon With A Multi-Year COVID-19 Event Horizon: 2021 Lodging Trends & Predictions

YoungUpstarts

Self-regulation, in addition to being the responsible course of action, will protect short-term rental owners from incurring fines as well as potentially losing their lodging license due to non-compliance. Fewer noise complaints means happier neighbors and a lower risk of fines. Remote locations are hot, and compliance will follow.

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If you build it, they won't come, unless.

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?". We're going to get reviews on blogs.". Visibility-fail.

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Your World in 2030

Start Up Blog

Fossil fuels won’t be able to compete on cost. The Energy Internet Emerges: We will be trading energy with each other through a new type of distributed energy grid. The Energy Internet Emerges: We will be trading energy with each other through a new type of distributed energy grid.

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How Remote Startups are Changing the Game for Everyone

ReadWriteStart

Although there are many collaboration tools (like Slack and Trello) available, they do have a learning curve that can be hard for non-technical folks. They also complain about managers favoring in-office staff, even if they are less competent. In fact, extended hours due to lack of discipline can play havoc with their personal lives.

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Google Engineer: How We Interview, How I’d Beat Us for Talent, & How Non-Technical Founders Should Approach Devs

View from Seed

Saurya Velagapudi is a senior software engineer at Google, based in their Cambridge, Mass., We also talked about how he’d want to be interviewed if approached by a non-technical startup founder. (I’ve Google tries to cover a variety of topics, from the bare minimum, “Can you code?”

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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. Game streaming continues to grow in 2021 – According to StreamElements 2020 year in review , game streaming broke new records in 2020. Consumer trends 2021 prediction bingo by Visual Capitalist. that is the question.