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Getting kids online when there is no online access

Innovation 2 Enterprise

By Scott Meacham. Last spring when the pandemic hit, about one in four Oklahoma students did not have internet access at home. Students did not have devices. School districts did not have additional budget for remote learning. Families stretching to cover rent and buy food didn’t have the money for internet fees — and even if they did, many areas of Oklahoma lack internet coverage.

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Why Poor Students Make Great Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur's Handbook

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Bootstrapping vs Raising Out of the Gate: The Six Questions to Ask Yourself

This is going to be BIG.

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Why IPOs, Direct Listings, and SPACs Will Flourish in Startupland

Tomasz Tunguz

Most high-growth software investors value public companies on enterprise value to forward revenue multiple. But investors in private companies use a different metric, enterprise value to forward annual recurring revenue (ARR).The private markets project the ARR a year from now. The public markets project revenue for the next 12 months. What if we could compare the relative valuation multiples of public and private high growth software companies?

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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How Much Clothing is Enough? A Personal Experiment

Continuations

One of the core ideas in my book The World After Capital is that we have sufficient physical capital in the world to meet everyone’s needs. To help establish this I provide a fairly detailed analysis of what our needs are. Now today’s post is about clothing. Some people would say that clothing is a need, but that’s a conceptual mistake. Clothing is not a need, rather it is a solution for two actual needs: temperature regulation and bodily integrity.

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E-Commerce Fraud: How it Happens and How You Can Stop it

StartupNation

E-commerce fraud comes in many forms, all of which are extremely dangerous to consumers and online businesses alike. E-commerce fraud is widespread: according to econsumer.gov , in just three months, between January and March 2019, there were 5,305 e-commerce fraud reports in the U.S. In addition to being rampant, e-commerce fraud is constantly evolving, as cybercriminals develop new techniques to sidestep the security measures deployed by online businesses.