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CONGRATULATIONS TO CONTROL LTD – THE LATEST WINNER OF BEN FRANKLIN’S PITCH EVENT!   

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, beginning at 2:00 PM, the teams pitched their business concepts to a panel of independent judges for a cash prize of $10,000! The team of Seth Pheng and Soph Horn at Control LTD, took first place with their concept for a patented, healthy dosing system for patients using cannabis.

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Alternative VC Tech Stack: Chisos structured finance

David Teten VC

Q: What are the tools you’re using for your front office: sourcing , LP relations, investing analysis, etc.? Calendly speeds up scheduling for pitch call Q: What are the tools you’re using for your middle office: tracking, risk management, etc.? Q: Do you see any room to use AI to exploit your dataset? Yes, absolutely.

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Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks

Both Sides of the Table

” The ultimate measure of success for a journalist is viewership so if nobody cares about your shitty little company and the story you’re trying to pitch then the journalist doesn’t want to publish. Let me be sure to use me some Luma Partners. A journalist has a visual chart they can use. More strategic.

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How Duolingo became a $2.4B language unicorn

TechCrunch

The product-led growth behind edtech’s most downloaded app (3,000 words/12 minutes). Literally moving us along: Can solid state batteries power up for the next generation of EVs? GM CEO Mary Barra wants to sell personal autonomous vehicles using Cruise’s self-driving tech by 2030. Why did Bill.com pay $2.5B Around TechCrunch.

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Twig takes $35M to turn stuff you own into a way to pay

TechCrunch

The startup was only founded in mid 2020 — launching its service in the UK last July — but it touts rapid domestic growth (100,000+ monthly downloads of its apps; reaching sixth position in the iOS App Store’s top finance apps); and is already gearing up for international expansion. On the contrary; it may do the opposite.

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The Future of Music: How Generative AI Is Transforming the Music Industry

Andreessen Horowitz

Soon after, Google unveiled MusicLM, a text-to-music tool that generates songs from a basic prompt; Paul McCartney used AI to extract John Lennon’s voice for a new Beatles track; and Grimes offered creators 50% of the royalties for streams of songs that used an AI clone of her voice. into another person’s voice.

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Spending $280k on MicroAcquire

Entrepreneur's Handbook

I used to run sales for Vonage, I have built applications on Twilio and Nexmo, and my startup is tailored to a very niche market in the VoIP industry. So I immediately requested more information and dropped a little sales pitch as to why the owners should meet with me. NO DOWNLOADS, NO INVITES, NO INSTALLS, NOTHING!

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