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Payments company Paystone raises $23.8M to help service-based businesses engage with customers

TechCrunch

The Canada-based company got its start in 2008 as the payment processing company Zomaron, and rebranded itself as Paystone in 2019. million in a mix of debt and equity. The company has 150 employees currently, and another 50 are expected to come on board by the end of the year. It raised $54.9 million in revenue this year.

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The Doom Loop

Entrepreneur's Handbook

The inflation is entrenched because a large number of jobs are now being done from home, and the wealthy computer desk jockeys working these jobs now require a different mix of goods. It is trivially easy to spot a policy that uses confidence intervals rather than outcomes at the extreme. More users, more owners, token number go up?—?wash,

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

Rather than reinvent the wheel, I would point readers to Martin Kleppmann’s useful blog post with graphs illustrating the effects of a valuation cap on entrepreneurs, seed investors and later-round (typically VC) investors. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.)

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Micromax, smartphone sales stalled, eyes a steer into electric vehicles

TechCrunch

But a mix of stronger (and cheaper) competition, coupled with the rapid pace of technology development and the ongoing market slowdown , have left it spinning. And basic searches on the Micromax brand on Google from 2008 — its first year in mobile — lay bare the general decline in chatter about the company.

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How Ecosystem-Led Growth Unlocks the Next Generation of GTM

Andreessen Horowitz

In this conversation, a16z Growth general partner Sarah Wang speaks with Crossbeam CEO Bob Moore about his new book, Ecosystem-Led Growth: A Blueprint for Sales and Marketing Success Using the Power of Partnerships. But how do you actually make use of that data that’s now available? Bob Moore: Yeah, great question.

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23 Profitable Recession-Proof Business Ideas

OkDork

Content strategy consulting: When you get good at content remixing and know which type of content performs best on which channels, you can consult creators. Airbnb was made during the 2008 recession, and this is very similar. Whatever space they have that they don't use—you can rent it out on their behalf and split the profit.

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Max Bidding

Entrepreneur's Handbook

However noble this pursuit, it typically leads to me rushing my shots and using too much power. In fact, the more power you use, the more time you give to your opponent. but I have a few favourite patterns I use to get my opponent out of position. but I have a few favourite patterns I use to get my opponent out of position.

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