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How do startup Accelerators work?

Gust

Accelerators are as diverse and varied as the start-ups they serve. While there are some universal features, such as an application and selection process and educational programming, the specific offerings can differ widely. Most, but not all, will offer networking opportunities (with the exception of programs that focus heavily on one-on-one mentorship) and most, but not all, will offer some form of funding opportunities, either through direct investment or by leveraging their network of invest

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Signs We've Touched the Bottom

Tomasz Tunguz

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. Yesterday, Microsoft & Google announced earnings. Amazon, Cloudflare, & Mongo announce soon. At last, we see a change in slope in the annual growth rates of the cloud services. Both Google & Microsoft announced growth rates in GCP & Azure that held steady from one quarter to the next.

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How to pick the right startup Accelerator?

Gust

As the Growth Manager at Gust, one of my responsibilities is to evaluate accelerator programs on the Gust Accelerator Platform to determine if they are a good fit for our community of founders. The guidelines we use for this, which were built by the Gust team, leveraging the collective decades of experience we have working with startups, can also be used to help founders determine which accelerator is best for them.

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Venture Capital Firm Goodwater Secures $1 Billion in New Funding

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Venture capital firm Goodwater has concluded its latest funding round, raising $1 billion in capital commitments for its fifth early-stage and third opportunity-style funds. With this successful raise, the firm now manages $3.3 billion in assets.

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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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For customer engagement Emotional Value beats Functional Value

NZ Entrepreneur

There is irrefutable evidence that, even in the age of instant online purchasing, customers who emotionally connect with a business or brand purchase more, stay longer, and provide hundreds of percent more lifetime value. Yet when you look at the way most businesses market themselves, you’d think this was radical, reckless thinking. Despite emotional connection having proven bottom line impact, most businesses default to conversations around function: price, value for money, and what competitors

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7 Skills Every Founder and Solopreneur Needs to Master to Succeed

Entrepreneur's Handbook

These 7 skills can both save you millions of dollars (in costs you won’t incur) and make you millions of dollars in sales and profit.

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Anjney Midha

Andreessen Horowitz

We’re thrilled to announce Anjney will be joining a16z as a general partner to lead our growing AI efforts. It’s clear we are at the start of a new technology supercycle driven by foundation models and generative AI. But very … The post Anjney Midha appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.

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[CarDekho in Inc42] Shark Tank judge Amit Jain’s CarDekho posts 2X jump In FY22 revenue to INR 1,597 Cr

OurCrowd

Automobile marketplace unicorn CarDekho’s insurance arm InsuranceDekho has acquired Sequoia and LightSpeed-backed SME insurance distribution company Verak over a month after raising $150 Mn in its Series A funding round. Read more here.

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[Sfara in PR Web] RapidSOS and Sfara partner to offer enterprises crash detection and emergency-response for easy integration into mobile apps

OurCrowd

The post [Sfara in PR Web] RapidSOS and Sfara partner to offer enterprises crash detection and emergency-response for easy integration into mobile apps 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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[ThetaRay in FinExtra] South Africa’s Clicksendnow selects ThetaRay for transaction monitoring

OurCrowd

Clicksendnow, market-challenger in African remittance payments, and ThetaRay, a leading provider of AI-powered transaction monitoring technology, announced today the implementation of ThetaRay’s SONAR platform to provide automated transaction monitoring and sanction screening to support ClickSendNow’s company growth. Read more here.

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[Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] Stellar Cyber extends partnership with Hitachi Solutions’ HIBUN to deliver open XDR integration ensuring quick detection of threats and minimizing information leakage

OurCrowd

The post [Stellar Cyber in Business Wire] Stellar Cyber extends partnership with Hitachi Solutions’ HIBUN to deliver open XDR integration ensuring quick detection of threats and minimizing information leakage appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[Airobotics in Accesswire] Ondas Holdings’ Airobotics expands into Indian market through strategic partnership with Aero A2Z

OurCrowd

The post [Airobotics in Accesswire] Ondas Holdings’ Airobotics expands into Indian market through strategic partnership with Aero A2Z appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[JumpCloud in MENAFN] Jumpcloud recognized by expert insights as top solution for summer 2023 in five categories

OurCrowd

The post [JumpCloud in MENAFN] Jumpcloud recognized by expert insights as top solution for summer 2023 in five categories appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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[Appdome in PR Newswire] Appdome upgrades its new Build2Secure plugins for CI/CD pipelines to improve DevSecOps

OurCrowd

The post [Appdome in PR Newswire] Appdome upgrades its new Build2Secure plugins for CI/CD pipelines to improve DevSecOps appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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[BeetleSat in Consultancy.uk] BeetleSat appoints H&Z Management Consulting as procurement lead

OurCrowd

Founded in 2009, BeetleSat (formerly NSLComm) is a provider of satellite communication technology and services.

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[Oshi in Calcalist] BIRD Foundation invests $8 million in 9 new projects

OurCrowd

The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has announced that it has approved $8 million in funding for nine new projects between U.S. and Israeli companies. Alongside grants from BIRD, the projects will access private-sector funding and boost the total investment in all projects to $23 million.