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Business Startup Support

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Launching a new business can be a lonely journey and if you have a lack of support in your household, it can feel even lonelier. I’ve seen a greater number of brand new small business owners, who feel as though they are all on their own, even though they have a family and are in partnered relationship. Even if you are not presently in a personal partnership you may feel the need to seek relationship support from close friends and family members. In either case you may be been surprised by what appears to be the lack of unconditional support.

The key to a successful startup may be in lining up your support and solidifying a structure of support before your small business launch. It’s challenging enough to fight the many battles of entrepreneurship. Thus it can be completely draining to come home to your sanctuary and have to further defend your business to those who care about you.

If you need relationship help now, you’ll still need it while building your business but then there will even more pressure on all fronts. Everyone is familiar with a couple that tried to solve their relationship problems by having a baby. Did it work for the couple you knew? No? Then why would birthing a new business improve your relationships?

If you have weak personal relationships that drain your energy, then your focus will be lacking. Without a strong focus, your decision-making, personal productivity and inspired actions will all suffer.

What can you do? Talk about the challenges pre-startup and ask for the support of those who love you. Be very specific in asking for that support by making agreements.

Relationships are built on agreements kept.

For an agreement to be kept it must serve all parties, be clear understood by all and be written down for clarity.

If you don’t have strong spousal support or unconditional support in your close relationships, you first need to understand them from their perspective.

When a life partner cautiously advises you not to venture out on your own, they are not questioning your ability or resolve to succeed.

They are only speaking from the perspective of their own fears.

They could fear having less time with you. Your initiative could be forcing them to face their own fears of success, of failure or of never being authentically fulfilled in their work. And of course they could be thinking about having less money and how that affects the household budget.

Good personal relationships are essential to making good business decisions. If you are fighting battles both at home and in the marketplace, you will lose on both fronts.

If you’re considering starting a small business, first repair or end non-supportive relationships.

Make agreements that serve you both and honor them.

Contact StartUp Coach Tom Volkar to make the successful leap to the freedom of self-employment. Go to http://CoreU.com or his blog http://www.delightfulwork.com/ for a FREE Email Course Project Blast Off. The world awaits your unique business and Tom is inspired to guide you to a successful launch.

weMultiply and LSAN Announce Strategic Partnership in Support of the Life Sciences Angel Networks Third Annual MedTech Conference

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(PRWEB) June 18, 2013

weMultiply, a New York-based angel investment and business acceleration group, has partnered with the Life Sciences Angel Network (LSAN) to support LSAN’s Third Annual MedTech Conference, and provide ongoing strategic and operational backing. Through its relationship with LSAN, weMultiply provides its engaged ventures with access to the region’s most diverse, active group of life science and Health IT angel investors and investment groups.

Launched in 2010 by Dr. Milena Adamian, LSAN funds, mentors, and provides operational support to funded companies within the life sciences and Health IT sectors. The Conference, “Build or Flip: Why and When? A Unique Look at the Medical Devices and Healthcare Services Sectors,” focused on key issues facing investors and entrepreneurs today – whether to build early-stage ventures for the ‘long haul’ or a quick sale; how to best attract and successfully engage with exit partners; and, trends and developments within the rapidly-changing markets for healthcare device and service technologies. Panelists included founders of successful Health IT and life sciences ventures, as well as industry heavyweights from organizations including Johnson & Johnson, McKinsey, Bain Capital, Bank of America, Becton Dickinson, Telcare and more.

“Partnering with LSAN offers an opportunity to be a part of the most dynamic industry conversations, as well as direct access to a wide network of active investors,” said weMultiply Managing Director Lena Feygin. “Milena’s team, as expected, has created an engaging program featuring some of the top names in the industry.”

“The markets for Health IT and life sciences technologies have seen remarkable growth in the past few years, and as these segments scale we are focused on driving the industry forward and sourcing the highest-quality opportunities,” said LSAN founder Dr. Milena Adamian. “Strategic partnerships with groups like weMultiply directly enhance our ability to target the ventures most likely to succeed in the current market climate.”

“By leveraging its network of active sales channels, weMultiply identifies and invests in ventures with a high probability of rapidly securing institutional clients,” said weMultiply Managing Director Jesse Williamson. “This approach both accelerates the implementation of innovative health technologies, and mitigates a key risk associated with early stage healthcare investments. LSAN has developed a uniquely efficient program to engage, identify and place targeted investments, and we are excited to support it.”

Backed by the 9.8 Group of Companies, weMultiply seeks out, validates, and invests in emerging health & wellness technology ventures which can benefit from its network of active institutional sales channels. The weMultiply S.A.L.E.® program provides early stage and startup companies with direct investment, access to capital through the company’s angel and venture capital networks, as well as the strategic tools, leadership, advice and health industry regulatory and compliance expertise required to ensure the proper roll-out and successful growth of each venture.

Companies accepted into the S.A.L.E.® program are provided with an aggressive development and launch program designed to prepare them for market competition and success on the global stage.

For more information on weMultiply and the S.A.L.E. program, please visit http://www.weMultiply.com.

For more information on LSAN, visit http://www.lsanfund.com.

About weMultiply:

A subsidiary of the 9.8 Group, WeMultiply empowers game-changing Health & Wellness technology innovations with the capital and strategic resources to lead in tomorrow’s market. Our program invests directly in each accelerated venture, and pairs each investment with marketing and development resources from the 9.8 Group of health care advertising agencies, its mentor network, and subsidiary businesses. Learn more at wemultiply.com.

About LSAN:

Founded in 2010 by Dr. Milena Adamian in New York, LSAN was built with the understanding that to help our portfolio companies succeed, we needed to provide them with funding as well as operational support and an access to a broad network of healthcare investors, key opinion leaders, corporate players and other entrepreneurs.







A Map for Computer Support Services: How to Start and Grow (Screencast)

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http://HowToStartAnITBusiness.com Computer support services companies can make use of free advice to start and grow the business. Copyright (C) SP Home Run Inc.

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Fleksy Keyboard App Now Available on Google Play, Updates Beta with Multiple Language Support

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San Francisco (PRWEB) December 05, 2013

Fleksy, the future text input company, today launched the Android version of its virtual keyboard out of beta on Google Play. The company also released a new Android app in beta to support new languages, as well as released a major iOS update in its race to be the first third-party keyboard on the Apple platform.

Available on Google Play for $ 3.99 with a 30-day free trial, Fleksy lets individuals type faster than any other virtual keyboard by not having to concentrate on hitting specific keys that are often too small for their fingers. Through a set of patent-pending Artificial Intelligence algorithms, Fleksy looks at the relative locations its users touch the screen, and interprets the word they want to type. This approach frees users to type without having to look at the screen, ultimately letting them type faster than they would otherwise. This unique approach is what allowed Fleksy to be the first virtual keyboard to work on a smartwatch, the Omate TrueSmart, which has an even smaller touchscreen surface area than smartphones.

Fleksy also released today a new version of its Android beta that supports new languages. Additionally, Fleksy made a recent update to its iOS app in preparation for the upcoming Fleksy SDK release. The new update includes a faster engine, new user interface and an option to minimize the keyboard or have it completely invisible. The upcoming SDK release will allow iOS developers to implement Fleksy in their app, allowing users to replace the standard iOS keyboard for the first time.

“When we started Fleksy we wanted to bring the best typing experience to all smart devices with a touchscreen,” said Kosta Eleftheriou, Fleksy founder and CEO. “Our team has been working extra hard to get to this moment. Exiting beta, launching the new languages and preparing for our iOS SDK puts us in a great position to accomplish our vision on both Android and iOS.”

Fleksy can be downloaded on Google Play here and the App Store here. Individuals interested in joining the Android beta to test the new languages can do so here. Developers interested in learning more about Fleksy’s SDK should contact the company here.

About Fleksy

Fleksy revolutionizes typing on smart devices through patent-pending predictive text technology that works on all device sizes. Fleksy is the first keyboard app to be demonstrated on a 3D gesture system (Leap Motion); the first to be demonstrated on a smartwatch (Omate) and the first to arrive to iOS. Fleksy’s award-winning design and technology is backed by venture capital firms like Highland Capital Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

Press Contact:

Hadara Alook

hadara(at)fleksy(dot)com

press.fleksy.com







"Black Girls CODE" Earns $100,000 in Crowdfunding Support For African American, Latina, and Native American Girls to Become Programmers of Tomorrow

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San Francisco (PRWEB) July 24, 2013

With four days to spare, a young technology nonprofit broke through their $ 100,000 crowdfunding goal on Indiegogo, thanks to a wave of major support from tech entrepreneurs and companies including: Craig Newmark of Craigslist, Mitch Kapor from The Kapor Center for Social Impact, Rackspace, TripAdvisor, and Zendesk. Other leaders who gave personal contributions to the campaign included Alexis Ohanian (Reddit, Breadpig), Robin Chase (Buzzcar, Zipcar) and Kathryn Finney (digitalundivided).

At 9:10 PM on Monday, July 22nd, the campaign was pushed over its goal by David S. Rose, Founder & CEO of Gust and one of the country’s leading angel investors.

“Gust was delighted to be able to put the ‘Summer of CODE’ campaign over the top with a significant contribution,” said Rose. “Black Girls CODE is showing the world that girls of every color have the skills to become the programmers of tomorrow.”

These leaders have collectively pledged over $ 50,000 to the campaign, joining nearly 900 giving in the range of $ 5-500.

Black Girls CODE Founder Kimberly Bryant said, “The response from both the tech industry and our grassroots supporters has been amazing. Crowdfunding is inspiring, because every gift, be it $ 5 or $ 10,000, really does make a difference when they come together for collective impact. Our campaign shows the growing support we have in the community at large for our work to diversify the tech industry by introducing girls of color to computer programming.”

The funds raised will provide student scholarships, instructor stipends, and laptops. Contributions will also seed funding for Black Girls CODE chapters in eight markets nationwide, which will provide ongoing educational opportunities.

In 2011, Kimberly Bryant founded Black Girls CODE to increase the number of women of color in the digital space. Black Girls CODE is the only program targeting African American, Latina, and Native American girls in cities nationwide with training in mobile app development, game and web design. Black Girls CODE has already served more than 1,200 girls in cities across the United States and in South Africa.

Black Girls CODE will host a crowdfunding countdown mixer at tech space Hub Oakland Friday, July 26th 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM located at 1423 Broadway Street Oakland, CA 94612. Community members and techies are highly encouraged to attend the mixer to continue rallying during the last hours of its campaign: http://bgccountdown.eventbrite.com/

The Indiegogo campaign page is available at http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/black-girls-code-summer-of-code-2013-the-remix.

EDITORS NOTE: The following statements may be attributed to significant supporters.

“I figure that everyone should have a fair chance to learn tech, particularly coding. It results in better job opportunities, and can give people a chance to be heard.”

Craig Newmark, founder, craiglist and craigconnects.

“The Kapor Center is excited to invest in Black Girls CODE as a dynamic movement opening the gateways for girls of color into tech. Ultimately the entire nation can benefit from this nurturing of new talent.”

Mitch Kapor, Co-chair, Kapor Center for Social Impact.

“Given Zendesk’s position as a tech company, located in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood, we have a very personal connection to Black Girls CODE’s mission and are honored to call them a partner and friend.”

Tiffany Apczynski, Director of Public Affairs, Zendesk

“Rackspace supports the work that Black Girls CODE does because we believe that creativity, education, and technology can empower and transform our community.”

Bekki Bolthouse, Project Manager, Rackspace.

Contact information:

Kimberly Bryant, Tel: (415) 860-0637 | Mobile: (415) 860-6387| future(at)blackgirlscode(dot)com

http://www.BlackGirlsCode.com

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Translia.com Offers Support for Crowd-Sourced Game Translation and Localization

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Hong Kong, CN (PRWEB) May 14, 2013

Translia.com offers cost-effective game localization services that enable developers to enlist the support of their own user base to make their games available in many different languages around the world. It means that developers no longer have to rely on translation agencies or game localization companies that both are more expensive than crowd-sourcing translation services and with limited resources are more likely to take a longer time. Translia.com’s game localization and translation services offer developers the chance to both control their costs and to make their games available in a wide degree of languages as quickly as possible. This will enable them to reach previously untapped markets for their games around the world.

Increasingly, game developers and publishers seeking to market their games to multilingual audiences have been recognizing the value of an untapped resource that can aid in game localization: their own community of users. Even games that are published only in English can attract a user base from around the world due to the widespread knowledge and usage of the English language. What developers realize is that however effective game localization vendors or translation companies are at their work at the end of the day they are going to charge more and be less involved with the product then the company’s own users. This is why game developers have sought to crowd-source translation services.

When a company makes the decision to rely on their own user base to translate their games, they need to do several vital tasks. They need to assemble a group of dedicated multilingual users who are fluent in the target language, and they also need to have a system for managing the translation process.

This is where Translia.com’s collaborative translation offerings come in. Translia.com offers a power patent-pending collaborative translation platform that allows game developers and publishers to organize their translators and implement the workflow of the game localization and translation process. This streamlined workflow can ensure that the work is completed as quickly and efficiently as possible, with multiple translators working on the job at the same time, greatly accelerating the speed of the turnaround cycle.

The Translia collaborative platform offers many features including ease of ability to post work, communication tools, community resource management, as well as the ability to calculate the compensation for translators, whether it is cash, in-game rewards, prepaid game cards, or a combination of all of them. Translia.com’s revolutionary platform allows developers to quickly and efficiently market their games in numerous different languages around the world.

Translia.com was founded in 2009 and is located off of Hong Kong, China. They are an online translating company that focuses on providing accurate and timely translation for their clients. They are a privately owned company and are growing as a successful online translating service. They re-launched in March 2013, and now offer a ton of new features and benefits.







Study: Chatwing Releases Online Widget to Support Any Marketing Move

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