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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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The UK Is a Fintech Regulatory Superpower

Andreessen Horowitz

That success has been bolstered by the fact that the UK is among the world’s most innovative financial services regulatory environments. Regulation is generally a blocker to innovation. In 2007, it became one of the first markets in the world to issue contactless (tap-to-pay) cards. (A A full 8 years earlier than the U.S.)

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Playbook, which aims to be the ‘Dropbox for designers,’ raises $4M in round led by Founders Fund

TechCrunch

Finance teams were constantly needing them for things like creating pitch decks. Or put more simply, she wanted to build a new kind of cloud storage that would serve as an alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive “built by, and for, creatives.”. On top of that, she said, designers weren’t the only ones who needed to access the assets.

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How Much Due Diligence Does An Angel Really Need To Do?

Paul G. Silva

Due diligence doesn’t completely “de-risk” a deal, but it helps eliminate deals in which there are clear problems that lead to failure – things like products with no real customers, CEOs with integrity issues, and no true right to sell the innovation. So what is the right amount of due diligence for you?

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Want to Insure Your Business for the Future? Focus on Your Customer Experience

Entrepreneurs' Organization

in 2007 during the collapse of the housing market, precisely because I believe change and chaos breed opportunity. And, according to research by Gartner , by 2017, 50% of product investment projects will be redirected to customer experience innovations. Creatively enhance. a full-service title insurance company. .

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4 Startup Myths That Hold Innovation Back (and How to Overcome Them)

StartupNation

The benefits of building a diverse startup team are overwhelming; from increased creativity and faster problem solving, to a greater diversity of thought opening up new market opportunities and more revenue streams, to better understanding the customer base and building better products… the list goes on. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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Benchmark’s New General Partner: Scott Belsky

abovethecrowd.com

Scott remained at Adobe, managing the deep integration of Behance into the Adobe Creative Cloud and leading Adobe’s innovative mobile product efforts. In 2007 he founded 99U, an annual conference attended by thousands of design leaders and creative professionals.