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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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Working for Verizon Ventures, Pitts learned about Hamilton’s startup and met with her, thinking the fledgling company would be a perfect match for Verizon’s strategic focus on diversity. That didn’t work out, but in August 2017, Pitts left Verizon to become Hamilton’s full-time partner.

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Common Cyber Security Practices You Should Never Miss

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billion records were compromised in only the first half of 2019. According to the 2020 Data Breach Investigation Report from Verizon, 70% of the breaches were caused by outsiders, and 86% of the breaches were financially motivated.… The security threats in the industry are immense and can be estimated from the fact that 4.1

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