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World with Bitcoin

The Startup Magazine

Bitcoin has become increasingly popular since its creation, with the total number of Bitcoin users around the world growing to more than 5 million today from 500,000 in 2013. Bitcoin is also a favourite of political activists in nations with restrictive economies who want to circumvent government controls on their currency.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. Even after your application is accepted, the issuing process takes a lifetime in today’s technology (4-5 years). Software technology changes rapidly.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Gust

This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. Even after your application is accepted, the issuing process takes a lifetime in today’s technology (4-5 years). Software technology changes rapidly.

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WP Engine passes $100M in revenue and secures $250M investment from Silver Lake

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

The Silicon Valley-oriented technology press outlets don’t cover us because we’re not in San Francisco, even though we’re more successful than most of the startups they cover. This week we closed $250M in financing from Silver Lake , the premier technology private equity firm. We just announced a few more things.

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This Is No Time for Scared Money

YoungUpstarts

percent in January 2013, it fails to tell the whole story and its drop does not mean that economic good times are a’ rolling. The private sector’s ability to take advantage of changing workforce demographics and technology innovations, 2. Change your paradigm by taking an outside-in review of your operations. percent to 7.8

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10,000 Startups – Startup Weekend Next

Steve Blank

Just a crazy idea two years ago, the class is now taught at Stanford , Berkeley, Columbia , Caltech, Princeton and for the National Science Foundation at the University of Michigan and Georgia Tech. More importantly, it makes no demands of you to stand and deliver your weekly customer development progress in front of your peers.

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Modi and Ma

thebarefootvc

The world has watched government policies and infrastructure spur unprecedented economic growth – from 1978-2013, China’s economy grew at an average of 9.5% This populace will also have a pent-up demand for goods and services, and an on-the-ground familiarity of market opportunities in these markets. Enter Modi.

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