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How Founders Can Master Mental Resilience to Stay in the Game Long Enough to Win

Entrepreneurs' Organization

But now on the main stage at the biggest competition of the year, the audience is peering and the judges are scoring — and everything feels different. But now on the main stage at the biggest competition of the year, the audience is peering and the judges are scoring — and everything feels different. How will she handle the pressure?

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What Is Peer-To-Peer?

Feedough

The IT world witnesses two significant types of network architectures: the client server-network and the peer-to-peer network. Hence, peer-to-peer network architecture came into existence. What Is Peer-To-Peer Network? These computers are called peers or nodes , and they upload the file on demand.

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SoLo Funds settles lawsuit over predatory lending accusations in District of Columbia

TechCrunch

The District of Columbia Attorney General today announced an agreement with SoLo Funds, a fintech company that enables peer-to-peer lending, to settle a lawsuit that alleged SoLo Funds engaged in predatory lending practices. SoLo sought to disguise exorbitant interest charges by deceptively calling them ‘tips’ and ‘donations.’

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

Both Sides of the Table

You can of course view the presentation in SlideShare above or download it directly for free here. Why is Collaborative Consumption Becoming a Hot Trend for Startup Companies? I described that phenomenon in this post. Declining prices & margins in a small market is much less interesting. Add unemployment to debt.

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Monzo Makes Money Work For Everyone

Y Combinator

Scaling a consumer-focused financial platform—that is also now the primary bank account for millions of UK consumers—in the midst of a once in a century pandemic is close to impossible. In April 2020, British banking startup Monzo’s revenue fell by almost 50%. This did not happen by magic. Banking is a ubiquitous but hard to crack industry.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

Every year I try to answer the question of “what has changed in the Venture Capital industry” and this year my colleague Chang Xu and I took a deep dive through the data and called many of our peers for confirmation. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. More on that later.

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Alternative VC Tech Stack: Chisos structured finance

David Teten VC

My role (& company) is a reflection of my passion for enabling people to pursue their dreams combined with my background of structuring deals to achieve the goals of both the investor and the investee. Q: Who are your closest peers, and how do you differ? Q: Please give us an overview of Chisos. Q: What’s your background?

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