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Startup Financing for Founders: Your Companion Checklist
Attention on the financial aspects of startups tends to focus on the external measure of fundraising. Yet before this, there are many aspects for an entrepreneur to consider regarding setting their business up for financial success.
In this article, we address eight vital considerations to take around the equity, budget, and valuation components of a startup.
Carolyn Deng, CFA
A Wharton MBA and CFA, Carolyn has executed 20+ VC/PE deals, managed a $700M portfolio and is a fundraising, growth and M&A specialist.
Wearable Technology: How and Why It Works
The wearable technology revolution is shifting our long-established patterns of how we utilize data in our daily lives and social interactions. In many ways, it’s a lot more personal.
Antonio Autiero
Antonio is a digital art director and UX designer with experience in information architecture, brand development, and product design.
A Practical Approach to Gamification Design
Successful products and experiences offer more than pure functionality. They are designed to engage human emotions and motivate users to forge ongoing interactions that are both meaningful and memorable.
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How to Build and Utilize a High-Impact Advisory Board
Advisory boards are undoubtedly controversial. While many articles sing their praises, others condemn them as mere headshots in pitch decks. The truth is that advisory boards are usually not silver bullets. Still, they can be powerful tools and yield strong ROI—if executed properly.
This article includes an overview of advisory boards, their economics, when they can and should be used, and a step-by-step guide to building one.
Patrick E. Donohue
Patrick is a 5x serial entrepreneur accross finance, healthcare and energy. He specialises in capital raising, client networks/partnerships.
An Angular 5 Tutorial: Step by Step Guide to Your First Angular 5 App
Angular 5 is a new version of the Angular framework developed by Google. Angular 5 comes with improvements including optimized builds and faster compile times, but in this Angular 5 tutorial, we are going to build a notes app from scratch. If you’ve been waiting to learn Angular 5, this tutorial is for you.
Sergey Moiseev
Sergey is a full-stack software engineer with experience developing complex web projects. He has extensive skills as an analyst.
Blockchain, IoT, and the Future of Transportation: Understanding the Motoro Coin
Open-source, IoT, and Ethereum smart contracts work together with a new utility coin to make transportation more accessible and reduce vehicle waste. In this article, Toptal Freelance Ethereum Developer Michał Mikolajczyk explains the motivations and methodology behind his startup’s latest initiative.
Michal Mikolajczyk
Founder/CEO of a blockchain IoT startup and community leader for Toptal Warsaw, Michal has a wide range of full-stack experience.
Principles of Organizational Design and Optimization: Lessons From The Great Recession
In 2006, Ford Motor Company’s losses came in at a staggering $12.7 billion; but four years later, profits had rebounded to $6.6 billion. At around the same time, Carlos Brito’s “one firm, one culture” optimization policy delivered $2.3 billion in synergies, exceeding pre-merger projections for Anheuser-Busch’s combination with InBev by 50%.
Both Ford and AB InBev’s CEOs achieved these results by adeptly applying the principles of organizational optimization—concepts explored by Toptal Finance Restructuring Expert, Christopher Hearing, in this article.
Chris Hearing
Chris comes with 25+ years of large-cap finance, operating and restructuring experience accross marketing, CPG and live entertainment.
The Comprehensive Guide to Information Architecture
As a standard part of the UX process, designers create information architecture when building products. Learn about information architecture—how designers and product managers build an IA using design principles, as well as IA tools and best practices.
James Pikover
James has written about consumer tech and video games for over 6 years including VentureBeat, IGN, and Gizmodo.
Designing a VUI – Voice User Interface
Discover why conversational UIs and voice apps are surging in popularity and learn how to design voice user interfaces (VUIs) for both mobile and smart home speakers.
Frederik Goossens
Frederik is a certified UX designer and product owner. He is a creative thinker experienced with user research and business analysis.
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