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Former Snap employees are launching Forge Platform for Ethereum devs

TechCrunch LA

Chris Lorenz, Geoffrey Anderson, and James Borow may have spent their days over the past few years working at Snap, but on nights and weekends Anderson and Lorenz were laboring on a different project — improving Ethereum development tools. . “This year we’ll see a lot of interesting projects get launched.” ”

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5 Startup Funding Models That Depend On The Consumer

Startup Professionals Musings

The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Concurrently, I am seeing an upswing in the number of entrepreneurs and startups, with the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the new focus on entrepreneurship in every university and every community development organization.

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5 Crowdfunding Approaches To Tempt Every Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Concurrently, I am seeing an upswing in the number of entrepreneurs and startups, with the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the new focus on entrepreneurship in every university and every community development organization.

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Will Crowdfunding Replace Angel And VC Investors?

Startup Professionals Musings

The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Concurrently, I am seeing an upswing in the number of entrepreneurs and startups, with the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the new focus on entrepreneurship in every university and every community development organization.

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IT Department and Web Teams | Who Does What Now?

Tech Zulu Event

There are various tech savvy groups of people that can assist businesses in their development, implementation and use of technology. Program and account managers are helpful especially if more than one project is open. Then, there are the creative peoples that help make the Web Team’s work stand out among others.

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Don’t Be Fooled By All The Hype For Crowd Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a variation on the two previous ones, where investors get the satisfaction of helping, and immediately get a pre-determined reward or perk of value, such as a t-shirt, or other recognition, but no equity or finished product. It has had some notable successes for entrepreneurs (over $1M in funding), as well as non-starters.

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Will the Real Crowd Funding Model Please Stand Up?

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a variation on the two previous ones, where investors get the satisfaction of helping, and immediately get a pre-determined reward or perk of value, such as a t-shirt, or other recognition, but no equity or finished product. It has had some notable successes for entrepreneurs (over $1M in funding), as well as non-starters.

Funding 96