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UK report spotlights the huge investment gap facing diverse founders

TechCrunch

between 2009 and 2019 — providing data on 3,784 entrepreneurs who started 2,002 companies over this period. VC total) — as a strategy to de-risk and improve the deployment of equity investment into Black, Asian and ethnic-led venture capital funds. It found that all-ethnic teams received an average of just 1.7%

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Reimagining B2B Commerce with Faire

Y Combinator

In contrast, the number of independent bookstores in the US increased 49% from 1,600 stores in 2009 to 2,500 stores in 2018 6. 3) De-densification: Data from the Brookings Institution suggest that migration in the US had already been shifting to the suburbs before COVID. million in 2012 to 1.55

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In the Vault: Placing Multiple Bets on a ‘Mosaic of Solutions’ With Former Global Payments CEO Jeff Sloan

Andreessen Horowitz

A lot of the things that we ultimately did when I was running Global Payments from 2013 to 2023, a lot of things that we ultimately did were not even like a glint in my eye back in 2009, 2010 when I was just thinking about coming over. Why did you choose that strategy? We want our customers to be delighted with what we are selling.

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History of The MP3

Unvalidated Learnings

While the former owns an older motorcycle which he is usually able to diagnose and repair himself through the use of rational problem-solving skills, the latter simply hopes for the best for his bike and focuses on being “In the moment”, and not on rational analysis. As Witt puts it: “The studio engineers hated the mp3.

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The Ideal Pitch Deck is a Story, a Science, and an Art

StartupNation

Companies like Airbnb, Intercom and Buffer have released the pitch decks they used to raise their first rounds of funding, and if you look at their structure, you can essentially find the same set of slides. We’re going to use that to distill the ideal set of slides for a pitch deck (and combine it with some storytelling ).

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Extra Crunch roundup: Influencer marketing, China’s tech clampdown, drafting growth teams

TechCrunch

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. To connect with consumers on an emotional level, “you need a mix of goodwill, what-we-stand-for ideology, social prestige and customer delight — among other affinity-building ingredients.” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members.

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Good & Bad Advertising slogans (And How To Differentiate Between Them)

Feedough

From Disney to Bira , every brand use advertising slogans. Advertising slogans are brief and catchy phrases used by companies in marketing and advertising campaigns to draw their target audience’s attention to the advertised offering. Coca Cola – “Open Happiness” (2009). What Is An Advertising Slogan?

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