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How to deal with the challenges of a distributed team

Tips that will help you avoid the main challenges of a distributed team and move on to startup success By Christin Baumgarten on April 11, 2017. Originally published on Startups.co– the world’s largest startup platform, helping over 1 million startup companies. More from Startups. Remote work. Work from home. Telecommuting and teleworking. Whatever you call […]

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AR has not yet arrived for e-commerce, but boy is there reason for excitement

The new iPhoneX promises to improve how we use augmented reality in our lives. So how does this impact e-commerce? Lost in the hullabaloo over the iPhoneX FaceID screen was the annual reveal of, “what is important to Apple at this given moment in time”. In 2015, the Tim Cook revealed — via its focus […]

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Bitcoin, Blockchain, and why it makes sense for Southeast Asia

Along with transforming a lagging financial system, Bitcoin and Blockchain represent the opportunity to build trust in financial institutions and create structures to accelerate economies Editor’s note: e27 publishes relevant guest contributions from the community. Share your honest opinions and expert knowledge by submitting your content here. As Southeast Asia is poised to become even more of a global powerhouse, […]

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Here are the 12 startups in Techstars NYC’s Summer 2017 class

 The 12 startups of Techstars NYC‘s latest class are taking over tonight’s NY Tech Meetup. This “community demo day” is part of Managing Director Alex Iskold attempt to rethink the traditional accelerator demo day. (Don’t worry, the startups will get to meet with investors too, through one-on-one sessions during Techstars’ investor week.) I recently visited… Read More

Accela gets acquired by Berkshire Partners as it looks to move govtech services to the cloud

 Boston-based private equity shop Berkshire Partners announced this afternoon that it is acquiring Accela — a nearly 20 year old startup that sells regulatory management solutions to government clients. Accela has gone through a troika of CEOs in the last year. Previously acting CEO Mark Jung replaced Maury Blackman last October who had managed the company for about a decade. We… Read More

American Airlines teams up with Casper to offer new in-flight sleep products

Casper American Airlines American Airlines and Casper are announcing a new partnership that could help passengers (like me) who have trouble sleeping on flights. They’re not going as far as putting Casper mattresses on planes. Instead, they say they worked together to create eight new sleep products designed to improve in-flight slumber. Those products include a mattress pad that fits over your seat, a… Read More