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"DevCoin" ICO White Paper V. 0.01

Whitepaper Draft  Version 0.01 Introduction:             Project DevCoin is a blockchain based decentralized system for both students and technology developers. The purpose of this coin offering is to raise money for developing infrastructure and capable developers for future markets in exchange of a future contract made against investments. This contract of one coin can be redeemed with one hour of development work of technologies included but not limited to: ·          Mobile and web Development ·          Blockchain & Decentralized Apps (Dapps) ·          Internet of things (IoT) ·          Data Science & Big Data ·          Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AL/ML) etc.         Market Description: 1)     Market Participants : a)       Investors/Clients b)       Students c)       Project DevCoin Team 2)     ICO Program Flow: Upon coin offering, the money raised will be used to invest in infrastructure and training and developme

What is the difference between validated learning and wastage? A case based approach to answer

A couple of years ago, an idea spring out of nowhere in my mind. It was a business idea which resolves around scientific papers' editing. Although, it was not novel but it still manage to allure me towards doing it. There was a unique selling point. At least in my perception. I was ambitious as any other startup owner and put in it my months of planning effort and invested heavily in website development. I knew absolutely what i was doing, had a strong initiation & execution strategy, and a viable product. I was motivated, passionate and stubborn. Exactly, i am no different from other entrepreneurs. I was doing everything i felt right at that moment and was HOPEFUL it would work. I had everything: a vision, a mission, a strategy, tactics to work around problems and most importantly an online product that was supposed to work but it was all in my ASSUMPTIONS and data that i gathered from competitors. We solicited almost a thousand consumers identified dur

Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?

"Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?" is the most common question usually asked about and answered. But before jumping on to making an opinion and answering this question, lets have a look at what exactly an Entrepreneur is? According to Wikipedia, "an entrepreneur is an individual who design, launches and organizes or operates a business". According to Investopedia, "an entrepreneur is an individual who rather than working as an employee, founds and runs a small business, assuming all the risks and rewards of the business." If we were to consider both the definitions conjointly, we can infer few common points on which both the definitions developed a consensus: a) there is a person who initiates a business, b) And there are risks and rewards for business. We can safely assume in the light of these definitions that an entrepreneur is a person who undertakes the responsibilities of business(es) for given risks and rewards. Th