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Road trippers can rejoice as RVshare raises over $100 million to grow its RV rental business

TechCrunch

The company’s new cash has come from the private equity firms KKR and Tritium Partners, and is intended to provide operational support to meet the booming demand for RVs as Americans hit the road in unprecedented numbers. As Americans look to escape, this peer-to-peer RV rental startup is happy to accommodate them.

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The startup landscape has shifted dramatically: Accelerators must adapt or fade away

TechCrunch

Network effects have evolved, moving away from the traditional physical spaces to digital ones. has nearly quadrupled in the same time period (investments from 2005 to 2015 and total investments through 2021 ). Amid these turbulent times, the VC accelerator industry has emerged as a stalwart player. the free YC Startup School courses).

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Monzo Makes Money Work For Everyone

Y Combinator

When Monzo launched in 2015, the big six banks in the UK had more than 85% market share. In 2015, Monzo founders Tom Blomfield, Jonas Templestein, Gary Dolman, Jason Bates, and Paul Rippon launched a digital finance platform with the slogan “Make Money Work For Everyone.” This did not happen by magic. trillion in deposits. Splitwise).

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Meet Tatiana Glad, our New Global Executive Director

Impact Hub

Tatiana, current Co-Founder and Director of Impact Hub Amsterdam, takes over from Gabriela Gandel, who led the network for the past 10 years. We sat down with Tatiana to learn more about her as a human, her ambitions for the network – and her own entrepreneurial action. A: A pragmatic visionary! Why this role?

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Venture Outlook 2016

Both Sides of the Table

On the one hand innovation is clearly at an all time high unleashed by smart phones, fast telecom networks, social networks that spread commerce and the fact that we are all one click away from buying things on Amazon, Apple, Google or PayPal. Boom and bust. The cycle before that was Google, Salesforce and LinkedIn, amongst others.

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Racing Against Time: Why Scientists May Use AI ‘Research Assembly Lines’

HPA

To delve into these questions, I interviewed Dr. Notably one of the pioneering institutions in this field since its establishment in 2015, MIDAS also stands as one of the largest data science and AI institutes, proudly boasting a distinguished roster of approximately 530 esteemed faculty affiliates.

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The hidden cost of being a founder

TechCrunch

James Sutcliffe is the founder and CEO of The Founding Network , a collaboration platform for high-growth founders. A similar study conducted in 2015 by Dr. Michael A. James Sutcliffe. Contributor. After all, creating your own company is an ambition many of us harbor. This compares to 48% of the general population.

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