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4 Lessons learned from building a sustainable business model

Entrepreneurs' Organization

EO has a framework for sustainability and how it will become net positive by 2030. The even bigger issue to making home automation ubiquitous is cost: Since 2000, the cost of homes has outpaced household income in all but the years 2007–2012. There is no substitute for in-depth research of the value stream to unearth opportunity.

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Headless CMS platform Kontent secures new capital to grow its customer base

TechCrunch

Kentico was the brainchild of Petr Palas, who saw an opportunity to build a content management system (CMS) for developers using Microsoft’s.NET framework. has been a first mover and innovator in the space.” This represents a potential switching opportunity to modern CMS solutions.” “Kontent.ai

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Gig and Take Raises $1.5 Million Pre-Seed Round!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

It is imperative that they find tech-based solutions that will broaden the talent pipeline, help foster an inclusive culture, and create on-going upskilling programs as well as opportunities for the digital future of manufacturing. As the debate about the gig-economy rages on, alternative, innovative employment frameworks are emerging.

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African payments company Flutterwave raises $170M, now valued at over $1B

TechCrunch

The proliferation of fintech services across Africa remains in full swing as investors remain bullish about the opportunities that abound in the sector. There are so many trailblazing innovations that we don’t talk about a lot about Nigeria, like the BVN and the NIP system. On exits, acquisitions and the billion-dollar club.

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SightCall raises $42M for its AR-based visual assistance platform

TechCrunch

Co-founded in 2007 by Cottereau and Antoine Vervoort (currently SVP of product and engineering), the two are long-time telecoms industry vets who had both worked on the technical side of building next-generation networks. ” 7 investors discuss augmented reality and VR startup opportunities in 2020.

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Aspire Impact and global leader Impact Hub to launch the Impact Startup Support program in India

Impact Hub

and opportunities for impact focused start-ups in the current ecosystem, at the Resurgence TiEcon. 46% of the survey respondents felt that a globally accepted Impact-measurement framework. ecosystems to drive collaboration and entrepreneurial innovation around the UN’s Sustainable. Delhi-NCR event. Impact Hub builds.

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What is Product-Market Fit? How to Leverage Customer Development to Move Your Business Forward

StartupNation

Wildly successful venture investor Marc Andreessen famously stated in a 2007 blog post that product-market fit is “ the only thing that matters.” Customer development is a framework for extracting this information from people. Start with some exploratory customer development to uncover opportunities. What is product-market fit?