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Taking advantage of Latin America’s market downturn

TechCrunch

When I called my former boss Nicolas Aguzin to thank him for his support, he said he’d introduce me to Marcelo Claure at SoftBank. I started my career in private equity in 2002, but my first job at J.P. As a banker covering technology, I thought there was an opportunity to invest in the region and decided to quit my job at J.P.

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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

TechCrunch

Given the legal status of these substances, people are hesitant to call 911 if they are experiencing a crisis, many don’t have access to peer groups that can offer support and there’s not a lot of other support available either. “How can we have the biggest possible impact using the smallest amount of resources?

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Keeping It Green In 2019: How To Organize An Eco-Friendly Event

Impact Hub

Once a year, the top leaders from Impact Hubs around the world come together for the Global Gathering, where in one of our locations they review, shape, and decide on the strategy and governance of our network. Back in 2002, food transportation accounted for almost 20 billion vehicle miles. The Global Gathering. Here’s how: 1.

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Tiger Global is raising a new $3.75 billion venture fund, one year after closing its last

TechCrunch

A spokesperson for the firm declined to comment on the letter or Tiger’s broader fundraising strategy when reached this morning. billion in capital commitments. It’s a lot of capital to target, even amid a sea of enormous new venture vehicles. New Enterprise Associates closed its newest fund with $3.6 billion last year.

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Jedox raises over $100M to expand its financial modeling and analytics software to more verticals

TechCrunch

fund to help support portfolio companies through the pandemic. Jedox got its start way back in 2002, and in a way is a very typical European startup story. Expanding beyond their original verticals “is what everyone in enterprise is doing right now.” ” Insight closes $9.5B

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Benjamin Button Biohacker

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Ben is an EO New Zealand member who joined in 2002. Set a goal, choose a strategy, pick the metric and then measure and adjust along the way. I appreciate all the support, and I am inspired to see many of the people around me making changes, too. He has started five companies, each of which exceeded US$1 million in revenue.

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Lesson #335: The Death of Search Engine Optimization

Red Rocket

Google has always been a staple of any good digital marketing strategy, especially for search engine optimization (SEO), to attract free organic traffic based on the quality of the content on your page. A Quick History of Google Search Ever since Google hit the scene in 1998, Google has been a staple of any good digital marketing strategy.

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