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10 Positive Signs For Starting Your Own Business Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services.

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Could Facebook’s Crypto Break Financial System? Congress Airs Fears

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But when the financial oversight council published its 2018 annual report, it concluded that volatility in the cryptocurrency. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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10 Business Areas Where Data Is The Key To The Future

Startup Professionals Musings

This data comes from sensors, social media posts, digital pictures and videos, purchase transactions, everywhere. Hence one segment of the opportunity is the need for new database technologies, like Hadoop , a distributed file system originally designed for indexing the Web. Social media and web data.

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Facebook’s 3Q Growth Suffices to Stave Off Another Stock Dive

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Facebook (NASDAQ: FB ) shares gained nearly 3 percent Tuesday, and ticked up further in after-hours trading following the release of a third quarter earnings report that showed some strengths as well as shortfalls. On the strength side of the third quarter report: The company’s profit of $5.14 election campaigns. election campaigns.

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10 Signs That The Age Of The Entrepreneur Is Here Now

Startup Professionals Musings

Bloomberg reports that forty-nine percent more companies went public in 2017 versus 2016. I can remember when creating a web site for eCommerce could easily require a million dollar investment. Now you can create a web site for almost nothing - and be on your way with your latest invention or personal services.

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Savvy Entrepreneurs Use Data Mining To Look Forward

Startup Professionals Musings

This is a whole new world for startups seeking enterprise application opportunities, as well social media trend challenges. The challenge is to increase response rates and propagate a single view of the customer, by integrating customer data from multiple Web and social media interactions. billion by 2018.

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8 Keys To Migration From A Consultant To A Freelancer

Startup Professionals Musings

The image of a self-proclaimed expert who can generate a report, make a great presentation, and leave you to do the implementation, is just not attractive when you don’t have a staff, and you are already overloaded with the crisis of the day. Use social media for more visibility. Adopt a project-based revenue model with metrics.