Wed.Nov 15, 2023

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The One Question That Saved My Business

Entrepreneurs' Organization

“During this recession, a third of your businesses will die, a third will barely survive, and a third will thrive.” I heard this in an Entrepreneurs’ Organization Portland chapter monthly learning event with keynote speaker Mark Moses of Make Big Happen in 2008 at the beginning of the Great Recession. The room was laser-focused on what he had to say and let out a collective gasp as the reality of the statement hit the 60 business owners in the room.

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MYbank showcases digital solutions for SME financing at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2023

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register At the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) on November 16, 2023. MYbank, a leading internet bank in China and an associate of Ant Group , showcased digital solutions with the goal of improving accessibility to financial services for small and micro-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the agricultural sector.

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Racing Against Time: Why Scientists May Use AI ‘Research Assembly Lines’

HPA

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly outpacing scientific research due to the latter’s inherent limitations. Addressing this issue is crucial to seize significant opportunities. Failure to do so may result in the United States falling behind scientists from other countries. America’s scientists and researchers must harness the power of AI.

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How to Speed Up Product Development with Design

Entrepreneur's Handbook

New frameworks that tech leaders are leveraging to accelerate the development process Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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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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AI Safety Between Scylla and Charybdis and an Unpopular Way Forward

Continuations

I am unabashedly a technology optimist. For me, however, that means making choices for how we will get the best out of technology for the good of humanity, while limiting its negative effects. With technology becoming ever more powerful there is a huge premium on getting this right as the downsides now include existential risk. Let me state upfront that I am super excited about progress in AI and what it can eventually do for humanity if we get this right.

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Circularity tales: Accelerating green impact in Barcelona

Impact Hub

Circularity tales: Accelerating green impact in Barcelona The inaugural edition of “Raíz,” organised by Impact Hub Barcelona, showcased a diverse cohort of innovative startups committed to integrating circularity principles into their business models. The five participating startups of the programme were provided valuable training and facilitated meaningful connections, contributing to the overall success and impact of these ventures.

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Strong Foundations: Venture Capital Legal and Accounting - Approaches, Tools and Software [Part II]

The Seraf Compass

In Part I of this article we discussed the major topics covered by the legal documents that set up a venture fund. Now let's address the limitations placed on investors in funds, governance standards, and key accounting issues.

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Circularity tales: Accelerating the transition in Rwanda

Impact Hub

Circularity tales: Accelerating the transition in Rwanda Impact Hub Kigali is a dynamic and forward-thinking innovation hub in Rwanda, dedicated to fostering sustainable business practices and social impact. As part of the global Impact Hub Network, it actively engages in promoting circular economy principles, evident in its successful conclusion of the Circular Economy Acceleration Program.

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[D-ID in PR Newswire] D-ID named a CES Innovation Awards Honoree

OurCrowd

TEL AVIV, Israel, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — D-ID, the leading AI-powered content creation solution is proud to announce that it has been named a CES® 2024 Innovation Awards Honoree for its Creative Reality Studio Mobile App.

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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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Circularity tales: Piloting implementation in Zimbabwe

Impact Hub

Circularity tales: Piloting implementation in Zimbabwe In a global effort to promote circularity for a sustainable future, Impact Hub Harare successfully executed a six-month circularity programme. The initiative involved the careful selection of 11 ventures, predominantly comprising social enterprises at different stages of development. Impact Hub Network Global team Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Play Circularity possesses the transformative potential to shape a more sustainable present an

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[Launchpad in Business Wire] Launchpad.build secures strategic investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures

OurCrowd

IRWINDALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Launchpad.build, a cutting edge U.S.-based technology company using AI to deliver next-generation capabilities in robotics and automation, has closed a strategic funding round with an investment from Lockheed Martin Ventures, the venture arm of Lockheed Martin. Read more here.

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Circularity tales: Environmental entrepreneurship in Dakar

Impact Hub

Circularity tales: Environmental entrepreneurship in Dakar In Senegal, the surge in environmental entrepreneurship among the youth is evident through projects addressing sanitation, pollution, and plastic waste. Impact Hub Dakar’s circularity programme, “Wërngël-Bi,” has been pivotal in nurturing these initiatives. Josephine Tine, co-founder of ART-Pesoung, Hadji Malick Sagne, of Cactus Innovation, and Adja Aissatou Diallo, founder of Galle epitomise the transformative potenti

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Understanding Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Measurement Part 2: What to Measure

Source Link

This four-part series addresses why tracking and measuring the activity of your entrepreneurial ecosystem is crucial to its long-term sustainability and the economic success of your community.

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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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[Zippin in Stadium Tech Report] Faster paths to food and drink: Broncos, Aramark team up on concession-technology innovation

OurCrowd

The post [Zippin in Stadium Tech Report] Faster paths to food and drink: Broncos, Aramark team up on concession-technology innovation appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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How Much Does it Cost to Use an LLM?

Tomasz Tunguz

How much does AI cost? It depends on a a few different dimensions, but for a typical use case where a user enters a query & expects about a 200 word response, the cost varies from $0.03 to $3.60. Different models cost different amounts. Also, the size of the context window is an important factor. The context window is a fancy way of saying the quantity of background information the user can provide to the AI.

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4 Incredible ROI Projects for (Most) Subscription Products

Entrepreneur's Handbook

2023 is a different year, your projects have to make money now and not 3 years down the road Image: Unsplash If you run a product team with 5 engineers, 1 engineering manager, 1 designer, and 1 PM, a 2-week sprint probably costs you around $50k to run if everyone is in the US. The projects that you ship need to pay multiples of that money back. Ideally quickly.

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The 10-Year “Overnight” Success Story of Casetext

Y Combinator

Casetext started out in 2013 as a crowdsourced law library — a sort of “Wikipedia meets reddit” for the law. Ten years later, Casetext is one of the biggest mega wins to date in AI, capable of turning weeks of arduous legal work into hours or minutes. Just months ago it was acquired for $650 million dollars. What happened between those two points?

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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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[Carrar in the algemeiner] Israeli startup carries on despite Gaza War hitting business sector hard

OurCrowd

The resilience of the people of Israel has taken many forms during the current war with Hamas. With more than 50 percent of the population volunteering since Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre, Israeli civilians have been working hand in hand with the war effort. Read more here.

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[Cybersixgill in Accesswire] Examining the threat Landscape: Cybersixgill predicts the top cybersecurity trends in 2024

OurCrowd

The post [Cybersixgill in Accesswire] Examining the threat Landscape: Cybersixgill predicts the top cybersecurity trends in 2024 appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[Corelight in PR Newswire] Corelight is a proud participant in the Microsoft Security Copilot Partner Private Preview

OurCrowd

The post [Corelight in PR Newswire] Corelight is a proud participant in the Microsoft Security Copilot Partner Private Preview appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[QuantLR in PRLOG] QuantLR and PacketLight announce successful integration

OurCrowd

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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.