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Startup Institute Has Raised $3 Million and Is Eyeing Smaller Markets

Original post by Galen Moore via Bostinno Startup Institute has raised $3 million from Silicon Valley Bank–funding the company’s head of product design and operations said will be used to take the startup job-training program into smaller markets. Spun out of Techstars Boston in 2012, Startup Institute operates in Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London and New York. “We […]

8 Tips for Finding Fintech Startup Success

Original post by IAN KAR via BankInnovation While there seems to be a new fintech startup every day, some of the industry’s expert have been studying and analyzing the market for years now. Which means their opinions matter. Bank Innovation spoke to a number of thought leaders in financial technology and asked them for advice for future fintech […]

Find Your Next Great Hire on Twitter

Original post by Josh Tolan via Entrepreneur Social media is increasingly becoming a popular tool for recruiting talent. In fact, Twitter is one of the best social networks for recruiting bright and savvy professionals. Twitter is more than a network for talking about trending topics and interacting with high-profile brands, it’s also a tool for recruiting candidates […]

Did Bankers And Lawyers Make FinTech The Darling Of London’s Startup Scene?

Original post by Edmund Ingham via Forbes What’s in a name? FinTech was once a quick way of saying Financial Technology, but now it has become an industry in its own right. Disruptive, dynamic, and capable of attracting large sums of both client and investor money, FinTech has been on the march for some time, and London […]

Five Tips for Hackathon Participants

Original post by Michael Bleigh via Intridea This past weekend I participated in Hack the Midwest, a Kansas City hackathon. The event was a huge success drawing a crowd of around 100 developers. As one of the visiting developer evangelists said, it was a great turnout for a New York hackathon, much less one in the midwest. At […]