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How To Use AI-Assisted Brainstorming To Boost Innovation in Remote Work

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The narrative that traditional, in-person work environments are the sole breeding grounds for innovation and collaborative breakthroughs has dominated the discourse. However, this perspective began to shift dramatically after 2010, thanks to technological advancements that facilitated remote collaboration.

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Five Lessons Learned from the Ample Hills $8 Million Raise

This is going to be BIG.

When Ample Hills first raised $4 million in 2015, people asked if it was a seed round. That happened with Ample--they found an investor who spent most of their time in adjacent spaces but didn't quite have the same risk tolerance to participate in a vision that included a big bet on a particular strategy.

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Startup Recruiting Hacks

This is going to be BIG.

One of the cool things about being a fund that works with so many early stage companies is that bringing the whole portfolio together in one place results in a lot of collaborative learning opportunities. Yesterday, First Round had its annual CEO Summit. One of the topics that was discussed in a breakout session was recruiting.

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Bending Spoons acquires Evernote, marking the end of an era

TechCrunch

This proved to be a winning strategy — at least at first. Between 2010 and 2015, Evernote raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital from investors including Sequoia, Meritech Capital and Japanese media company Nikkei. Evernote’s chief operating officer, appointed in June 2015, left after just a few months.

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Collaboration platform CloudApp raises $9.3M to enhance workplace productivity

TechCrunch

Founded in 2015, CloudApp aims to help teams share information faster through instantly shareable videos, gifs and screenshots. The round was led by Kickstart Seed Fund and also included previous investors Cervin Ventures, Bloomberg Beta and Kyle York, who was the vice president of strategy at Oracle, at the time.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

We are fortunate to have leadership that have masterminded strategies utilizing public and private funding, along with a stellar regional foundation (Danville Regional Foundation, or DRF) to slowly work this puzzle out. A small planning grant from DRF in 2015 brought many service providers together.

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Japanese Regulator Plans to Double Crowdfunding Investment Cap for Retail Investors

AsiaTechDaily

Japan initiated its startup crowdfunding framework in 2015 through revisions to the financial instruments regulation. The Financial Services Agency is taking steps to introduce financial products in 2024, following discussions held within a working group of the Financial Services Council, an advisory body to the Prime Minister.