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Key Man Life: Your VC Wants Key Man Life Insurance on You and Why It’s Not ‘Weird’
Often times, Key Man Life is a requirement from institutional investment firms as part of their investment in a company. There was a similar scenario in the movie Along Came Polly if you have seen it. Some startup CEOs often wonder why this could be required. In this...
Best practices for Outsourcing Podcast
Calavista CMO, Sloan Foster interviews Lawrence Waugh, Co-Founder of Calavista and Russ Finney, CIO and CTO of itmWEB, discussing best Practices for Outsourcing Software Development and how to get the most out of virtual teams. Globalization continues to open up...
Decoding Tariff Impacts on US Electronics Manufacturing
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the impacts of the recently proposed tariff changes by the US Administration on Chinese goods. As we approach the up-and-coming implementation date of July 6th, 2018, the questions we’re getting from customers about...
New Member Spotlight: GCS Recruitment Specialists
GCS specializes strictly in IT, GCS has grown to become a global technology recruitment specialist supplying skilled contract and full-time professionals to some of the world’s most innovative employers. https://us.gcsrecruitment.com GCS has offices in London,...
New Member Spotlight: Gitty Inc.
We are a group of Computer Science, and Staffing experts who built Gitty™ – an AI tech sourcing bot. Gitty™ uses proprietary algorithms, open-source data, and creativity to search and invite people who can tell a computer what to do, a.k.a. Software Developers. Our...
Who’s Writing About Startups? Blockchain
You’re ready for epic media coverage. You’ve got big news brewing, you’re ready to startup fundraising, or you simply know you need to start early to build the type of relationships that generate impactful coverage. That’s all great – you’re ahead of the curve....
5G and the Future of Wireless in Austin
Join the Austin Tech Alliance and the Texas 5G Alliance to discuss the future of Austin and wireless technology. To Register visit the Facebook event page or view on EventBrite. - About this Event - Groundbreaking 5G technology will transform the landscape for...
D&O: Why Underwriters Care about Your Financial Runway?
For startups, an underwriter asking for financial statements can seem invasive when searching for D&O (Directors & Officers) Insurance. So why do they ask? I talked to a few of my favorite underwriters to learn more about why the financial health of any...
Medical Device Manufacturing
Any business person, undoubtedly, wants their company to be successful, profitable, even booming. Those in the Medical Device Manufacturing industry are no different. However, Medical Device Manufacturers have some looming profitability pressures on the horizon. The...
Employment Practices Tips for Tech Startups
In general, this is one of the heavier topics we will cover, but I felt it was necessary given the recent headlines involving Travis Kalanick of Uber, Dave McClure of 500 Startups and Justin Caldbeck of Binary Capital. The mainstream news outlets are in no shortage of...