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6 Startup Lessons Learned By Passionate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, most people believe that Bill Gates started with a simple purchase of a base operating system leading to MS-DOS and Microsoft, but Mars points out that Bill spent thousands of hours in some computer rooms working on software day and night. Start today building a bigger network.

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Frameworks Round 6

TechEmpower

We caution all readers to review the source code of each test when interpreting the plaintext numbers. Performance was essentially identical to the plaintext tests, confirming earlier suspicions that the impact of small JSON serialization workloads on high-performance platforms is trivial compared to the HTTP network traffic.

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The Shift from FOMO to FOLD in Early Stage Investing

View from Seed

This led to a number of repercussions that most VC’s have lamented during this time, including higher prices, larger rounds, shoddy due diligence, and many companies raising large sums of venture capital that probably aren’t suited to VC funding. In a FOLD world, this is going to continue.

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XYO Network: How Blockchain Is Navigating Location Tracking Into The Future

YoungUpstarts

That’s where a new company called XYO Network steps in. By engineering a decentralized network that builds a consensus from the data of all the physical IoT devices and technology that currently surround us, the company has created a location tracking system that is incredibly precise and secure. The problem is GPS.

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Come Join Our Investment Team in NYC!

View from Seed

You are a native of NYC tech with a strong network. You know the ecosystem and have a network that is additive to the rest of the team. You will spend 60-80% of your time helping identify new investment opportunities and expand NextView’s network and presence in NYC (and beyond). All applications will be reviewed confidentially.

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Top Financial Resources for Small Businesses in Northwest Phoenix

The Startup Magazine

They know the community, and theyre more likely to take a personal approach when reviewing your loan application. Northwest Phoenix is home to several networking groups, including local Chambers of Commerce. They give you access to a professional environment, networking opportunities, and sometimes even funding leads.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

Leverage Existing Platforms or Third Party Products - you want to test your social network, grab Drupal and whip something together, or even just use a hosted service. Review the code being built. Fake Site - you can have what looks to be a real site, even take "orders" but not actually have anything able to run it.