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How We Amplified to Go Bolder: EO XCentric 2023 Recap

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The echoes of inspiration are still reverberating after the US Central region hosted its annual regional event, EO XCentric 2023 in Detroit, from 2-4 October 2023. Under the theme of “Amplify”, EO members were encouraged to go bigger, bolder and better as disruptors and doers as they explored the heartbeat of the Motor City that birthed Motown. “You can’t replace the magic, spontaneity and connection that happens when EOers get together at in-person events,” said Andrew Kuhn of EO Detroit, who s

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9 Key Financial Metrics for Startups: What to Track and Why

Startup Blogpost

9 Key Financial Metrics for Startups: What to Track and Why To shed light on the crucial financial metrics startups should track, we’ve gathered insights from nine top startup leaders, including CEOs and Founders. From understanding the importance of tracking burn rate for strategic planning to enhancing customer retention and revenue by monitoring churn rate, discover the metrics these experts deem vital for startup success.

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Carro’s Road to IPO: Singapore Unicorn Eyes $100M Funding Boost

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Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based Carro , a prominent online automotive marketplace in Southeast Asia, is actively engaging in discussions with potential investors to secure a funding round exceeding $100 million. According to a senior executive from the unicorn, the move is strategically timed as the company contemplates a potential listing in the United States within the next 18 months.

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OpenAI’s initial new board counts Larry Summers among its ranks

TechCrunch

Meet OpenAI’s new board of directors: Bret Taylor, Larry Summers and Adam D’Angelo. Or, more precisely, the board for the time being. We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam Altman to return to OpenAI as CEO with a new initial board of Bret Taylor (Chair), Larry Summers, and Adam D'Angelo. We are collaborating […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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The Secret to Overcoming Startup Anxiety and Inertia: Unemployability

Entrepreneur's Handbook

A successful pre-entrepreneurship career could be stifling your startup success. Here’s how (and why) to ditch the shackles ASAP.

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[Klook In DNP India] Klook collaborates with Google to bring AI into its platform

OurCrowd

Google Generative AI: Klook, the world’s leading travel and service booking platform has announced a new collaboration with Google to integrate Generative AI into its platform. According to the collaboration, Klook will use Generative AI with the help of Google Cloud to make its platform more engaging and interactive.

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Elon Musk says X will show headlines on the platform again

TechCrunch

Elon Musk said that X, formerly Twitter, will start showing headlines in preview cards with URLs on the platform again after removing titles last month. In a post on X, Musk said in an upcoming update, the company will overlay the title in the upper portion of the image of a URL Card. He didn’t […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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[Plenty in Business Insider] I visited an indoor farm in Compton that’s growing leafy greens for Walmart and Whole Foods using robots — and it gave me a peek at the future of farming

OurCrowd

The post [Plenty in Business Insider] I visited an indoor farm in Compton that’s growing leafy greens for Walmart and Whole Foods using robots — and it gave me a peek at the future of farming appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Forget Siri. Turn your iPhone’s ‘Action Button’ into a ChatGPT voice assistant instead

TechCrunch

With news that OpenAI’s ChatGPT Voice feature is now available to all free users, you can ditch Siri as your main voice assistant on your iPhone — well, specifically on your iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, that is. Apple’s latest smartphones support the ability to configure the new Action Button, which replaces the Mute button […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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[Kando in Signals] Phoenix Turns to Artificial Intelligence for Improved Wastewater Monitoring

OurCrowd

From self-driving cars to automated services, artificial intelligence has been influencing every aspect of day-to-day life – even in ways we can’t see. In Phoenix, artificial intelligence is helping the city from underground. Read more here.

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Google Meet can now detect when you raise your hand IRL

TechCrunch

Google launched its hand gesture detection feature on Google Meet that recognizes when your physical hand is raised and triggers the hand raise icon to notify participants in the video call that you have a question. The AI-powered feature was initially announced back in March. Google Meet only detects your hand when it is visible […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Instagram now allows anyone to download public Reels

TechCrunch

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said Wednesday that the app now allows all users across the world to download public Reels to their devices. Prior to this rollout, you could only save Reels to the Instagram app for viewing them later. Mosseri said on his broadcast channel on Instagram that downloaded Reels will have an Instagram […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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How to talk about the OpenAI drama at Thanksgiving dinner

TechCrunch

You’ve just landed in Dayton, Ohio after a long, overnight journey from SFO. While you were waiting in Denver on a layover, you checked your phone to see the news: After almost a week of confusion and uncertainty, Sam Altman has been reinstated as CEO of OpenAI. The good news is that the Slack workspace […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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India seeks to regulate deepfakes amid ethical concerns

TechCrunch

India is drafting rules to detect and limit the spread of deepfake content and other harmful AI media, a senior lawmaker said Thursday, following reports of proliferation of such content on social media platforms in recent weeks. Ashwini Vaishnaw, India’s IT Minister, said the ministry held meetings with all large social media companies, industry body […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Pakistan-based BusCaro is providing safer transportation options, especially for women

TechCrunch

When Maha Shazhad was 19, she was force to drop out of university in Pakistan because she couldn’t find safe and reliable transportation. Shazhad explained to TechCrunch that 85% of working women in the country have faced sexual harassment at least once on public transport. Then when she started working, she spend more than half […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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North Korea-backed hackers target CyberLink users in supply-chain attack

TechCrunch

North Korean state-backed hackers are distributing a malicious version of a legitimate application developed by CyberLink, a Taiwanese software maker, to target downstream customers. Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team said on Wednesday North Korean hackers had compromised CyberLink to distribute a modified installer file from the company as part of a wide-reaching supply-chain attack.

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Mastodon tackles the problem of ‘reply guys’ with its latest feature

TechCrunch

Mastodon’s latest update is tackling a problem Twitter users know all too well: the scourge of the “reply guys.” A colloquial term for the men who regularly reply to women’s posts in an overly familiar fashion, often to “mansplain,” tone police, offer unsolicited advice or gaslight the original poster, reply guys have been a longtime […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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Non-unicorn insurtech Luko urgently needs a buyer, but will it be Allianz?

TechCrunch

Luko's parent company, Demain ES, will be put for sale via a legal notice in the newspaper after Admiral abandoned ship. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Singapore-based Climate Alpha analyzes the impact of climate change on real estate

TechCrunch

Founded by an expert on geography and globalization, Climate Alpha’s AI-based platform helps real estate owners and investors analyze the impact of climate change on their portfolios. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Jungle Ventures through its new First Cheque@Jungle program for second-time founders and operators […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Elon Musk says xAI’s chatbot ‘Grok’ will launch to X Premium+ subscribers next week

TechCrunch

Shortly after screenshots emerged showing xAI’s chatbot Grok appearing on X’s web app, X owner Elon Musk confirmed that Grok would be available to all of the company’s Premium+ subscribers sometime “next week.” While Musk’s pronouncements about time frames for product deliveries haven’t always held up, code developments in X’s own app revealed that Grok […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Google’s Bard AI chatbot can now answer questions about YouTube videos

TechCrunch

Google has announced that its Bard AI chatbot can now answer questions about YouTube videos. Although Bard already had the ability to analyze YouTube videos with the launch of the YouTube Extension back in September, the chatbot can now give you specific answers about queries related to the content of a video. “We’re taking the […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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OpenAI, emerging from the ashes, has a lot to prove even with Sam Altman’s return

TechCrunch

The OpenAI power struggle that captivated the tech world after co-founder Sam Altman was fired has finally reached its end — at least for the time being. But what to make of it? It feels almost as though some eulogizing is called for — like OpenAI died and a new, but not necessarily improved, startup […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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No, you can’t lie to your board of directors

TechCrunch

If there’s anything I’ve learned from building companies, it’s that you’ve got to be straight and honest with your board. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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In Australia and New Zealand, a venture downturn isn’t the end — It’s time to shine

TechCrunch

The geographic isolation of Australia and New Zealand creates a sense of hustle, if not urgency, around raising funds and building a global product. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Bruised Cruise shifts gears in scaled-down robotaxi comeback plan

TechCrunch

Cruise executives are taking a measured business approach that preserves cash and improves safety culture in an attempt to put GM’s troubled autonomous vehicle subsidiary on the right path. The first steps in this rebuilding plan, which includes pausing production on its Origin robotaxi, were laid out in an internal email sent to employees by […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.