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Friend.tech hype grows, Tornado Cash founders go for a spin and FBI’s monitoring North Korean hackers

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The company was founded in 2014 and has its own sidechain technology, Liquid Network, as well as bitcoin mining operations and hardware wallets for Bitcoin and other assets. Erik previously worked on Wall Street as a VP for AIG investments and was a co-founder and consultant of other startups.

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How Can Entrepreneurship Become More Inclusive?

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She is also a woman entrepreneur and the founder of Moving Mood , which started as a clothing line for people with reduced mobility and turned into a research and consulting partner for the fashion industry on the topic of inclusive fashion. . And we are focused on research, product development, consulting and education. .

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Maven’s comprehensive approach to women’s health earns it unicorn status

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Ryder was then a Maven “customer” for her following three pregnancies, using the platform for after-hours advice, virtual access to specialists or, more recently, guidance on how to prepare for a breech birth. The company was founded in 2014 to help working women plan and start families.

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What Future for Accelerators?

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Adam had a full time startup and then was doing consulting (he later raised a VC fund). But by 2014 much had started to change. We are happy to now support every & all accelerator in town that provides capital and office space and we want to focus on mentorship, coaching, advice, community building, etc.

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Why generic marketing approaches don’t work on software developers

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The idea for this book dates back to my time at ProgrammableWeb (2009-2014). Do you have any final piece of advice to share with developer-focused companies? DuVander was recommended to us by Karl Hughes, the CEO of Draft.dev, which specializes in content production for developer-focused companies. Sponsor or even acquire them.

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Here’s How to Do PR on a Budget

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So my simple advice is to start PR as early as possible (and certainly earlier than most of your investors will advise) when you have your head around your product plans and are well into execution (or ready to launch) precisely because your recruiting, seed funding and initial user base may depend on it. I see too many people who do that.

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The Midwest’s Top Female Founders to Watch in 2021

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Lori’s advice to women entrepreneurs seeking funding? They launched the product on Kickstarter in 2014, and since then, the company has seen a ton of success, bringing in tens of millions in annual revenue with little outside investment. Don’t let venture capitalists deter you from opportunity.

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