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Tech Companies Are Hiring Staff… Then Rescinding the Offers

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A number of tech companies have made the headlines this week for hiring new members of staff, only to rescind such offers before they start. Get all the latest tech news straight to your inbox. The Wall Street Journal reports that Twitter, for instance, has refused to take on new staff it previously offered jobs to. “My

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

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Marc Friedmann: SciVee serves the STM - Science, Technical, Medical - market. However, it's a very large market--we peg it at around $11 billion a year, and some estimate it to be as big as $20 billion a year, including scientific journals, academic journals, scientific societies, and conferences.

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Entrepreneurs Love Celebrity Investors While VCs (Usually) Hate Them

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A version of this article previously appeared in The Wall Street Journal. However, such alignment is missing at most tech startups, and thus there is little causality between a celeb’s investment and their ability to drive meaningful product adoption. What’s the cause of this incongruence? Share and Enjoy.

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How Do I Feel About the Snap IPO Given I Didn’t Invest?

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Every tech or major news journal in the country is preparing to write their Snap, Inc (creators of Snapchat, Spectacles, etc) stories and many of them seem to want a “How does it feel to have missed this investment story.” I hear tons of ideas for early-stage apps. Another firm funded them. That’s a benefit for us as a local VC.

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7 Reasons That Investors Won’t Fund Inventions Alone

Startup Professionals Musings

According to an old Harvard Business Review article, many people in history, famous for their inventions, like Thomas Edison, were entrepreneurs who only later were remembered as inventors of the products they commercialized. Of course it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business.

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5 Tech Trends Startups Are Adopting In 2017

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It’s not about checking off as many technology trends, it is about finding useful and valuable trends that align with your goals and strategy for the rest of the year. Blockchain Technology. The Harvard Business Review recommends two low-risk applications of blockchain technology that startups can try.

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US Economic Risks (Sept 2010): Impact on Investors & Entrepreneurs

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This post was originally published in a shorter (more sensible) format in the Wall Street Journal online. We as a country are suffering from what is known as “ structural unemployment &# where jobs have disappeared from certain segments forever due to technological or structural obsolescence.