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Small Ideas, Big Benefits

InfoChachkie

Such ideas require little-to-no capital, usually last for a relatively short duration and are of nominal size. Note that I am not purporting that these are particularly amazing or unique ideas. From Small to Tall. Investors invest in people, not ideas. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

With the new capital, SpotOn has raised $628 million since its inception. The latest investment is being used to finance the acquisition of another company in the space — Appetize, a digital and mobile commerce payments platform for enterprises such as sports and entertainment venues, theme parks and zoos.

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8 Keys To The Winning Mix Of Full-Time and Gig Talent

Startup Professionals Musings

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Conventional hiring strategies usually follow a vanilla approach to talent acquisition. Some projects are big and long-term, while others are small and more tactical.

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Non-millennial Bootstrapping – These 50-Something Entrepreneurs Rejected VC $ And Nailed It

InfoChachkie

Without taking a dime of outside capital, the company has achieved impressive success in a competitive, SaaS market segment, landing companies such as Nike, Intuit, NASA, AutoDesk and PBS. Greathouse: I’m familiar with product roadmaps, but what’s the big problem you’re solving? Semick: It wasn’t our first idea.

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8 Steps To Assembling The Most Talented Startup Team

Startup Professionals Musings

The author outlines eight necessary steps for every business and entrepreneur to capitalize on this movement to on-demand project teams, versus permanent hires. Conventional hiring strategies usually follow a vanilla approach to talent acquisition. Some projects are big and long-term, while others are small and more tactical.

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How ContractSafe Wants To Help You Get Your Legal Docs In Order, With Ken Button

socalTECH

For a lot of companies�and their management and legal teams-- managing the reams of paperwork involved with legal contracts is a big, disorganized mess. ContractSafe is a solution for companies that can benefit from having documents organized, and don't want to spend lots of time and money getting there. It's not what people need.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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