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Two Local Erie Startups win Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator Business Bootcamp

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

The program helps entrepreneurs explore the likelihood of success, discuss business models and financials with experts, expand their network, engage with other entrepreneurs, and develop a pitch deck for funding opportunities. cnp.benfranklin.org/techcelerator.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Finding the right LPs, ocean conservation, inside Uber’s pre-seed deck

TechCrunch

A 60-minute briefing with a consultant who told me I’d be fine if I stuck to the script. Founders and investors have started to look for opportunities to conserve, and even enhance, the ocean’s resources rather than exploit them,” reports Tim De Chant. The “best” training I received?

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The Benefits of Starting a Business During a Recession

StartupNation

Induced by a pandemic and unprecedented state responses, it is even worse than the last international period of economic decline witnessed in 2008. During the period of economic turbulence in 2008, I formed my technology consultancy firm, ROCK. For most, 2008 was a time to avoid risk. Client first.

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Camunda snares $98M Series B as process automation continues to flourish

TechCrunch

Matt Gatto, managing director at Insight Partners sees a tremendous market opportunity for the company and that’s why his firm came in with such a big investment. Its history actually dates back to 2008 as a business process management (BPM) consulting firm. Camunda is not your typical startup.

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AI’s hype isn’t going to be simply star-studded 

TechCrunch

So perhaps this kind of environment presents a very scrambled opportunity , pun intended.” Also, Ehab Bandar, founder at design consultancy Bigtable.co, told TechCrunch back in September that “designers, and especially cross-functional teams, hate to switch software.

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Upfront Ventures Adds Hamet Watt as New Investment Partner

Both Sides of the Table

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. Hamet came up with this idea after 3 years consulting for Nielsen Media helping them to figure out the value of branded integration and trying to define ways to measure efficacy of the unit. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years.

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Asset Management Is a Peculiar Industry Ripe for Disruption

David Teten VC

Large hedge funds over time hit liquidity limits and start impacting market pricing when they trade, losing their ability to exploit arbitrage opportunities. This negative externality is unique to financial services and was particularly obvious in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Contributors.