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The 2025 Fundraising Guide - Backed by Research, Facts & Figures
The article provides a comprehensive guide for startup founders on fundraising strategies, emphasizing the evolving capital requirements across different growth stages and the importance of aligning financial goals with investor expectations.
LinkMy anecdotal evidence generally seems to support the idea that group sizes will usually plateau at a number lower than 150 participants. This comes from 20 years of doing facilitation both on and offline, running several software companies, and running various forums at America Online. In particular, many online communities provide good evidence... See more
Christopher Allen • The Dunbar Number as a Limit to Group Sizes
Programming as Theory Building
Peter Naur's "Programming as Theory Building" discusses programming as a knowledge-building activity, emphasizing the importance of tacit knowledge, collaboration, and effective documentation in developing and maintaining software systems.
ratfactor.comAre Blockchains Decentralized? Unintended Centralities in Distributed Ledgers
The report investigates the true decentralization of blockchains, highlighting various forms of centralization, vulnerabilities in consensus protocols, and the implications for security and immutability in networks like Bitcoin and Ethereum.
blog.trailofbits.comHe staggered along up Union Street past the old Grammar School a beautiful ornate property and now a satellite campus of Preston Polytechnic. During the hot summer it had witnessed a college student sit-in protest, the building occupied on an organized twenty-four hour schedule and even now as Bob trudged by, the ancient exterior was still littered
... See moreK.E. Heaton • She's Missing
the people adopted just enough of the majority stance to be seen as acceptable members of the town.
Todd Rose • Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
William E. Byrd
webyrd.netUsing Design Fiction to Negotiate Political Questions
The report explores using design fictions to creatively engage politicians and community groups in envisioning future policy implications, particularly regarding ageing in place and isolation, through collaborative workshops.
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