The Shut-In Economy

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Angel the concierge stands behind a lobby desk at a luxe apartment building in downtown San Francisco, and describes the residents of this imperial, 37-story tower. “Ubers, Squares, a few Twitters,” she says. “A lot of work-from-homers.”

Warming Up to the Manager’s Schedule — Medium

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In Paul Graham’s 2009 blog post “Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule” he explains why programmers dislike meetings so much. As a technical cofounder who no longer codes, it has been a long transition to the manager’s schedule.

The Fuzzy, Insane Math That's Creating So Many Billion-Dollar Tech Companies

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Snapchat, the photo-messaging app raising cash at a $15 billion valuation, probably isn't actually worth more than Clorox or Campbell Soup. So where did investors come up with that enormous headline number?

Facebook's Tool That Speeds Up Apps Is Now for Everybody

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Facebook wants to bring fast internet to the entire world, whether that means partnering with global telecoms or deploying drones to the most remote regions of the planet.

As 49 startups para ficar de olho em 2015

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SÃO PAULO – Durante a Campus Party, muitas startups aproveitam para tentar buscar mentores, aceleradoras e investidores para tirar o seu projeto do papel e tentar aumentar a base de clientes.

The Ultimate Growth Hacking Sourcebook

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Take all of those fancy menus and buttons in your nav pane. Now ‘strip’ them out as if you were turning an old rust bucket into a hot rod Because that’s what you’re doing.

A Clever Way to Tell Which of Your Emails Are Being Tracked

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While you’ve likely never heard of companies like Yesware, Bananatag, and Streak, they almost certainly know a good deal about you.

Latam Founders

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Latam Founders Network is a private community comprised of the top executives, lawyers, investors and funded startups in Latin America. As a way to help the growing ecosystem in Latam we have launched Community to bring our members expert knowledge and insight to the ecosystem.

Save Our Inboxes! Adopt the Email Charter!

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1. Respect Recipients' Time This is the fundamental rule. As the message sender, the onus is on YOU to minimize the time your email will take to process. Even if it means taking more time at your end before sending. 2. Short or Slow is not Rude Let's mutually agree to cut each other some slack.

PetAnjo conecta cuidadores treinados a donos de animais de estimação

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Com investimento inicial de R$ 150 mil e meta de faturar R$ 300 mil ainda em 2014, a PetAnjo acaba de entrar no concorrido mercado de animais de estimação.

BEATS Brasil compra Startupi

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A organizadora dos eventos DEMO no Brasil, Latam e Europa, liderada pela empreendedora Beatriz Nunes, anuncia a compra do Startupi, blog pioneiro criado em 2008 pelo investidor Michael Nicklas e editado ao longo desses anos pelo jornalista Diego Remus.

A tributação do ágio nas limitadas – Estadão

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Boa parte das operações de investimento em startups são feitas por meio de empréstimo conversível (convertible note), em vez de participação direta no capital.

16 Common Questions About Fundraising

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For most companies, fundraising isn’t about $100-million rounds and “unicorns”. It’s often an anxiety-ridden, lonely, frustrating process filled with uncertainty and self doubt. Despite the stories out there, raising venture capital isn’t easy for most startups.

Ways to think about market size. — Benedict Evans

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