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Celebrating 25 Years Supporting Innovation

Innovation 2 Enterprise

As I reflect on the past two and a half decades, I am filled with immense pride and gratitude for the journey that i2E has embarked upon. Our 25th anniversary is not just a milestone – it’s a testament to the unwavering dedication of a community committed to innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. To mark this important occasion, we recently held an event that brought together many of our partners, entrepreneurs, supporters, and friends.

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How to create a 1M+ views Instagram Reel for your startup

NZ Entrepreneur

Matt Miller, founder of BrakeAce , made a Reel for his startup that got 1M+ views in ten days. He shares his learnings for startup founders here. 1. Making a dope Reel was a good investment of time Between recording, editing and publishing I only spent one hour. There was time to develop the vision of the piece before implementing it, but that’s harder to quantify.

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5 Lessons on Career Growth From a Google Exec

Entrepreneur's Handbook

There is no easy path. The elevator is broken and you need to take the stairs and climb fast. For the past 10 years, I have been on an accelerated career growth path. I went from Jr. Engineer to Engineering Director, navigated through 2 acquisitions, held over 1000s interviews, and built teams and engineering organizations. From my own experience and from the experience of helping other people develop their careers, I wanted to share 5 lessons that I found very useful and that will hopefully hel

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Hiring global talent for new-age startups in South Korea

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register In recent years, South Korea has emerged as a vibrant hub for new-age startups, powered by technological innovation and entrepreneurial zeal. However, these companies face an uphill battle, including one due to the country’s aging population and the resulting talent shortages.

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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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ispace unveils new lunar lander that will fly to the moon in 2026

TechCrunch

Japanese space company ispace has invested over $40 million in its new U.S. subsidiary to-date, as it looks to take advantage of growing investment from NASA and the Pentagon in technologies for the moon. The level of investment is a mark of ispace’s “strong commitment to the U.S.

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There’s One Question Every Entrepreneur Needs to Be Able to Answer for Investors

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Learning to structure your pitch around this one question is the key to raising capital.

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How to Balance Retirement Savings With Other Financial Goals as an Entrepreneur

Startup Blogpost

How to Balance Retirement Savings With Other Financial Goals as an Entrepreneur Balancing retirement savings with other financial goals is a common challenge for entrepreneurs. To provide guidance, we’ve gathered eight insightful tips from co-founders and financial market strategists. From the importance of paying yourself first and diversifying investments, to considering your business type in your retirement strategy, these experts share their best advice.

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How Real-Time Payments Alleviate The Credit Crunch for Small Business Owners

Entrepreneurs' Organization

It’s been a tough few years for the U.S. economy, especially for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Rising interest rates and a tightening credit market are making it difficult for some businesses to access capital. Banks granted about 18.8% of loan applications in June , down sharply from early 2020, before the pandemic, when they approved nearly half of all loan requests.

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[CropX in AgriNews Network] Zuari FarmHub collaborates with CropX Technologies for advanced farming solutions: Introducing smart agronomic farm management systems to provide a boost to precision farming in India.

OurCrowd

The post [CropX in AgriNews Network] Zuari FarmHub collaborates with CropX Technologies for advanced farming solutions: Introducing smart agronomic farm management systems to provide a boost to precision farming in India. appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs

TechCrunch

Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. In 2023, layoffs have yet again cost tens of thousands of tech workers their jobs; this time, the workforce reductions have been driven by the biggest names in tech like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Meta and Zoom. Startups, too, have announced cuts across all sectors, from crypto to enterprise SaaS.

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Introducing the a16z Global Payments Hub

Andreessen Horowitz

a16z’s Fintech partners analyze Intuit’s new AI assistant, JPM’s partnership with Gusto, and mark a recent embedded fintech development.

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Federal agency sues Tesla for racial discrimination of Black workers

TechCrunch

The EEOC filed suit against Tesla, accusing the automaker of violating federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees.

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Are you meeting your customer’s expectations?

Berkonomics

First customers are critical. Greatly exceed expectations at all costs. There is so much history behind this insight, and so many stories that illustrate this point. Your first customers for any product or service form your reference base, the important group of allies that your marketing and salespeople rely upon when attempting to create buzz and make a mass market for a new product.

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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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Your website can now opt out of training Google’s Bard and future AIs

TechCrunch

Large language models are trained on all kinds of data, most of which it seems was collected without anyone’s knowledge or consent. Now you have a choice whether to allow your web content to be used by Google as material to feed its Bard AI and any future models it decides to make.

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[BioLumic in iHeart] Bill Gates award for New Zealand sustainable rice production

OurCrowd

Around a year ago, we interviewed the founded of Palmerston North company BioLumic. They’re increasing the yield and productivity of crops with light treatments. At our current rate, many crops won’t be able to keep up with feeding the planet. Listen here.

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Judge upholds $18 minimum pay for NYC delivery workers

TechCrunch

In a blow to Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub, a New York judge on Thursday ruled to allow the implementation of the minimum pay rate of $18 per hour for New York City’s food delivery workers.

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[OurCrowd in Bloomberg] AI is Everything: Medved

OurCrowd

Jon Medved, OurCrowd Founder & CEO has the latest in Saudi-Israel normalization talks and believes AI is everything. He speaks with David Westin on “Wall Street Week Daily.” (Source: Bloomberg) Watch here.

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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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Review: Tablo DVR gives users a major upgrade with its free ad-supported TV offering

TechCrunch

Tablo has always been a niche product, Grant Hall, founder and CEO of parent company Nuvyyo, admitted to TechCrunch. However, as more cord-cutters become frustrated with streaming services raising their prices, OTA (over-the-air) DVRs and TV antennas are making a comeback. The Consumer Technology Association reported that 36 million U.S. households own an antenna.

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[The EVERY Company in Food Navigator] The EVERY Company champions precision fermentation, hires new VP of R&D

OurCrowd

The post [The EVERY Company in Food Navigator] The EVERY Company champions precision fermentation, hires new VP of R&D appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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On TikTok, videos promoting steroids are exploding — and at times targeting teens

TechCrunch

In a new report, a social media watchdog group details how steroid content is exploding in some TikTok communities, promoting potentially dangerous and often illegal substances while propagating unattainable body image ideals to boys and young men.

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[DailyPay in NBA] Charlotte Hornets and Spectrum Center partner with DailyPay to offer employees on-demand pay

OurCrowd

The post [DailyPay in NBA] Charlotte Hornets and Spectrum Center partner with DailyPay to offer employees on-demand pay appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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ChatGPT: Everything you need to know about the AI-powered chatbot

TechCrunch

ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm. It’s able to write essays, code and more given short text prompts, hyper-charging productivity. But it also has a more…nefarious side. In any case, AI tools are not going away — and indeed has expanded dramatically since its launch just a few months ago.

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Medium hints at a nascent media coalition to block AI crawlers

TechCrunch

Web publishing platform Medium has announced that it will block OpenAI’s GPTBot, an agent that scrapes web pages for content used to train the company’s AI models. But the real news may be that a group of platforms may soon form a unified front against what many consider an exploitation of their content.

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The generative AI boom could make the OS cool again

TechCrunch

New AI tech could upend the status quo, and I think that Microsoft adding AI at the OS level could be a big step in that direction.

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Honda forms largest EV partner network in the US despite not yet selling an EV in the country

TechCrunch

Honda is touting today that drivers of its EVs will soon have access to the most amount of charging locations in America. This is thanks to just-announced agreements with EVgo and Electrify America, two of the largest EV charging networks in the States.

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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.