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Finding your brand identity in 4 steps

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Many YLAI Network members have found creative ways to make their businesses and organizations stand out from the rest and have used their branding to create a strong following. That being said, we have seen many examples of large companies that get disrupted by smaller, scrappier startups.”.

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FundersClub Weekly Newsletter - June 1, 2017

FundersClub

" KiwiCrate opens a new fulfillment warehouse in Lathrop that is approximately eight times the size of the previous facility, which will be used to complete 100% of their fulfillment services in " KiwiCrate brings jobs to Lathrop, creativity to life. " Investor Thoughts.

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Moonshots, Momentum, and Legislative Tailwinds Beyond Silicon Valley

Revolution

marking its highest level since 2017. Executing on opportunities at the intersection of utility and disruption allows for exponential innovation. Consequently, the Bay Area experienced a surge, capturing over one-third of all early-stage venture funding in the U.S., Cultivate a super team, not a superstar.

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Meet E-liza Dolls, the startup that’s building dolls to help young girls learn to code

TechCrunch

The company, which exhibited as part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, builds dolls that include programmable computers that girls can code through an app. Kosoy originally coming up with the idea for the dolls in 2017 while she was working at MIT in an AI lab that was mostly made up of men.

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Sebastian Spitzer: Empowering the Future through Tech Investing and Intrapreneurship

Jason Malki

Sebastian led Innovation Management in 3 verticals before becoming a corporate intrapreneur in the automotive industry in 2017, where he created numerous in-house startups, going through ideation to scale-up stages. The current pace of disruption and technological advancement is incredible. As technology evolves, so does your vision.

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Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers

TechCrunch

Boston-based AppMap , going through TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield this week, wants to stop this bad code from ever making it into production. Prior to founding AppMap, she founded DevOps security startup Conjur, which was acquired by CyberArk in 2017, and served as chief data officer for Generation Health, later acquired by CVS.

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Japan’s B2B ordering and supply platform CADDi raises $73 million Series B funding

TechCrunch

With COVID-19 disrupting the entire manufacturing supply chain including semiconductor shortages, companies across multiple industries have been struggling to seek a procurement solution that can rebalance the gap between supply and demand. CADDi was founded by CEO Yushiro Kato and CTO Aki Kobashi in November 2017.

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