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10 Tips On Due Diligence On Any Startup Funding Offer

Startup Professionals Musings

But people are still begging for more technology or laws, often to protect them from themselves. Most of these are easy to avoid if you do your homework up front, but can cost you dearly if you get sucked in. If you feel confused by conflicting time zones, differing currencies, and up-front costs, it’s time to run the other way.

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6 Reasons Technical Expertise Does Not Make A Startup

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The E-Myth (“Entrepreneurial Myth”) is the mistaken belief that most businesses are started by people with tangible business skills, when in fact most are started by “technicians” who know nothing about running a business. Perhaps an innate business savvy is no longer a requirement for starting a successful business.

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Local Roots Shows Off Mobile, Indoor Farming Technology

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Los Angeles-based Local Roots Farms , a startup located at the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), says it is showing off a traveling, indoor farm at SXSW, which showcases its hydroponic technology. Local Roots says it is developing technology for its "TerraFarms" to help encourage high quality, locally-grown produce.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

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The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Healthvana’s digital COVID-19 vaccination records are about communication, not passports for the immune

TechCrunch LA

As the vaccination campaign to counter COVID-19 gets underway (albeit with a rocky start), a number of companies are attempting to support its rollout in a variety of ways. times more likely to show up for their next follow-up appointment versus patients who received follow-up information and appointment notices via traditional methods.

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5 Stages of Disruption Denial Cause A Startup Dilemma

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How many times have investors heard startups start their pitch by touting that their technology is “disruptive?” The concept of disruptive technology was first introduced by Clayton M. Unfortunately this “quickly” may be too slowly to save initial startups in the space. We don't quite get it. Repudiation.

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UCSB Tops Harvard & Wharton In Startup Wars

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According to a recent Forbes article , UC Santa Barbara''s Technology Management Program offers students a superior startup education over the University of Pennsylvania (home of Wharton), as well Harvard, Northwestern and even its acclaimed southern neighbor, the University of Southern California. Organic Academia.