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Business 2015 - Optimism, But Upgrade Your Strategy

Startup Professionals Musings

Fight for More Government and Policy Support: Small businesses now believe they have played a key role in the U.S. economic recovery, but in spite of, rather than assisted by, support from the federal government. A healthy manufacturing sector, likely to gain even more strength in 2015, is creating an impetus to invest.

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5 Crowdfunding Concerns Worry Professional Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Investors cannot verify accountability or governance. billion to USD 3.62

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5 Equity Crowdfunding Reflections Before You Sign Up

Startup Professionals Musings

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. Way back in 2015, the Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Investors cannot verify accountability or governance. Risk is increased.

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Taiwanese reassurances that water shortages won’t hit chipmaking show climate change’s direct threat to tech

TechCrunch LA

A weekend statement from the Taiwanese government over its ability to provide water to the nation’s chip manufacturers in the face of an unprecedented drought make it clear that climate change is a direct threat to the foundations of the tech industry. Intel alone used 9 billion gallons of water in 2015).

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The Five Major Tech Trends of 2016

Xconomy

(This growth in the take-up of cloud services reflects our own experience at MetricStream, with over 70 percent of our customers choosing the MetricStream Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) Cloud to deploy their GRC apps and solutions in 2015.).

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Professional Investors Qualms About Crowdfunding

Startup Professionals Musings

With the advent and growth of crowdfunding over the past few years, many entrepreneurs have predicted the demise of those demanding angel investment groups and venture capital organizations. In 2015, the new Kickstarter Pebble smartwatch raised $20.3 Investors cannot verify accountability or governance. Risk is increased.

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Grants May Be Free, But They Do Come at a Price

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus founders seeking funding for a good cause or a new technology often seize on grants from universities, government agencies and philanthropic organizations as free money to solve their problems. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/3/2015. In the U.S. Experts are available but expensive.

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