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Building A Tech Startup: Avoiding Silicon Valley Mishaps

YoungUpstarts

Every startup faces an initial period of uncertainty and perhaps even public resistance, but the tech field has its own pitfalls that can break a fledgling company before it ever has a chance to find its footing. Beware the tech kill zone. Predicting what the industry needs is key for any startup.

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Seed Stage Funding 101: What it Is & How it Works

The Startup Magazine

These investments are a tremendous help to your startup because they will serve as a stepping stone to reach your target eventually. Some return value must be offered to the investors for startup seed funding to be considered acceptable. When considered, “seed funding” describes the initial sums of funds a startup raises.

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Entrepreneurs Are Needed To Make Web Searches Smarter

Startup Professionals Musings

If you are the first to deliver this, your startup might be the next Google! Technology environment savvy. Of course, many are still fighting it as well, due to privacy concerns. There are already many examples of startups edging into this space. Just think of the fertile ground all this opens for startups!

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Integrating Digital Platforms in Financial PR: Maximizing Impact in the Digital Age

The Startup Magazine

Financial public relations (PR) has moved past conventional techniques in today’s fast-paced digital environment, adopting new platforms to increase its influence and reach. In Closing While incorporating digital platforms into financial public relations has many benefits, there are challenges as well.

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Why Some Startups Win

Steve Blank

I was having a second coffee with an ex student, now the head of a marketing inside a rapidly growing startup. But my favorite was when the public relations manager told me, “We’re here to summarize the data sheets and put them in press releases and then answer the phone in case the press calls.”. All good news.

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Why are There so Many Techno-Optimists?

ReadWriteStart

Spanning from Silicon Valley to Upper Manhattan and everywhere in between, it seems this country is overflowing with tech-optimists. As you know — a techno-optimist is someone who is generally optimistic about the current state of technology and its potential future. Can Tech Destroy Us? Technological Advancements.

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PR Blockchain Matters: Media Relations Services In Blockchain Have Never Been So Important

YoungUpstarts

You and your blockchain startup staff come up with a brilliant plan to organize and hold a contest on Valentine’s Day. That is what happened to Waltonchain when an overzealous staff member took to the blockchain startup Twitter channel to announce their surprise win. Picture this. Blockchain PR for Standing Out.

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