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The bright side of fintech funding results

TechCrunch

CB Insights released its global State of Venture report last week, while PitchBook issued its own U.S.-focused On a high level, it’s no surprise that funding flowing into fintech startups was down both globally and in the U.S. The corporate spend category continues to evolve. focused venture report. And it wasn’t only funding.

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Preparing Your Startup for the Next M&A Wave

Revolution

Startup founders can start positioning themselves now to be acquired in that wave. The last category is most actionable. Beyond educating potential advisors, these discussions often yield valuable industry insights. This article originally appeared in Harvard Business Review on September 28, 2022. “

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Even decacorns have their challenges

TechCrunch

Last week’s big news was corporate spend management startup Brex’s announcement that it was laying off 11% of its staff , or 136 people. It was also revealed that the startup’s CFO, Adam Swiecicki, is departing to join Rippling as its CFO. I am doubtful that I could ever be a venture-backed startup founder. Soooo exciting!

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Putting Data in a Corner: LLMs and Financial Services Data

Andreessen Horowitz

In doing so, each built the beginnings of what are now category-defining businesses. Here we’ve pulled out several instructional lessons for startups, as well as posed a few questions about issues that you should be thinking about. Questions for startups: What data is Bloomberg not capturing properly today?

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How to Win Consulting, Board, and Deal Roles with Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds

David Teten VC

Asian Venture Capital Journal (free trial). Expert Network firms source subject matter experts from various domains and pair them with clients seeking topical or industry insights. Guidepoint services 6 major categories of clients globally, across several industries. connects startups to experts in building new businesses.

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What does "thinking big" really mean?

The Zapier Blog

In this article, I'll offer the crowdsourced definition I've come up with, share some of the great insights I received, and give you some strategies for thinking big. From the replies I got, the benefits of thinking big fell into three categories that I'm calling the 3 Ps: purpose, prioritization, and pushing yourself.

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Early-stage fintech startups just got a new funding source

TechCrunch

Christine and I have actually known each other for 19 years, having used to work together at the Houston Business Journal. Based in the United States and Israel, the fund has so far backed five startups, including Coast , Cyrus , Grain , Equi and Proper. Without that deal, CB Insights said funding would have amounted to $8.5

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