American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 29, 2023

Gen Z and Gen Alpha Consumers are Requiring Companies to Reinvent their Digital Commerce Strategies Over the next decade one billion digital-first consumers are expected to join global ecommerce in eight countries. Companies will need to be digital-first, leapfrogging older legacy approach.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

Business cards feel almost as outdated as Victorian calling cards, but they are still a networking staple. Founder and CEO Jarrod Webb was an early Uber Eats operator and software engineer when he created Blinq in 2017 as a hobby. Blinq relies on a product-led growth strategy. million USD) from Blackbird and Square Capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2023

It has acquired Splyt , a startup out of London that works with apps in areas like travel, ride-hailing and finance to help them build out “super app” strategies by integrating other services. But last year Kakao had to shelve plans to sell part of that stake to a PE firm after pushback from drivers and employees.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

TTTech Auto — which came out of TTTech Group, a provider of safe networked computing platforms across automotive, aerospace, mobile machinery and automation industries — announced on Thursday its $285 million Series C raise, led by Aptiv and supported by existing investor Audi.

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Impact Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

After 10 years of leading the Impact Hub Network , Gabriela Gandel will move into a new role on our global board of the Impact Hub Association in 2022. When I joined the ‘Hub Network’ back in January 2011, I had no idea I’d still be here 10 years later, but I knew it was the right place for me to be! Here’s her story.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This article offers a rare glimpse into the strategies, philosophies, and milestones that have made SoGal Ventures a driving force behind the next-gen billion-dollar businesses. She created the SoGal community in LA, one of the largest global networks for women entrepreneurs and investors.

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American Entrepreneurship

JANUARY 18, 2024

A bonus grant is available to teams located in designated opportunity zones. By granting the fellows the financial freedom to focus entirely on their businesses, NJIF is providing an opportunity to accelerate their success.” Each team receives an income replacement grant of $200,000. said NJII President, Michael Johnson, Ph.D.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. Traditional seed funds have gotten bigger, many armed with opportunity funds on top. In 2017, Softbank rounds caught folks’ attention.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 13, 2018

Given the success of her investments she was on the 2017 Midas List of top 100 venture capitalists. Pitch your startup for an opportunity to meet with Floodgate. When evaluating opportunities, great leaders can articulate the risks of a given bet and the reasons why they can be overcome. Execute on the strategy to win.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In 2019, Italian startups attracted $850 million, compared to just €140 million in 2017, as the VC ecosystem became less insular and more international investors arrived. It has also launched two different acceleration projects aimed at supporting SMEs and startups with mentoring, networking and support services.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 14, 2022

That’s why we are currently on a mission to mainstream circular principles across our global network. Basically, since we started in 2017, we have had a circular approach to all aspects of our venture. Line Didelot: I enjoyed the networking opportunities and the possibility to connect with other inspiring ventures.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 29, 2019

So in 2017, we launched the Rise of the Rest Seed Fund , a $150M fund backed by an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs, investors, and executives that are publicly standing behind the idea that great companies can start and scale anywhere. (A: Is Steve running for president? (A: Can you bring the bus to my city? (A: A: Tell us more!).”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

The opportunity that the company sees has really forced us to reallocate resources and strategy,” said Brown. Battery Ventures has backed Databricks since 2017, so Alex Wilhelm interviewed General Partner Dharmesh Thakker to understand why he thinks the company may be undervalued. “So the TAM is massive.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

My journey and how I came to this decision My journey into crypto began in 2017. I ended up taking a job at a SaaS startup called Troops after graduating, but I had already been orange-pilled back in 2017. 2017 versus 2020: Live Use Cases Everything was looking very different from the 2017 bull market. The 2020 Effect?—?Institutional

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 23, 2024

Srijita Ghosh Represented East Central University in 2017 Love’s Entrepreneur’s Cup 2 nd place in Small Business category and Pitch Competition winner Currently Venture Advisor at i2E Please provide a few details on your winning Entrepreneur’s Cup business idea. What key learning experiences did you take from the Entrepreneur’s Cup?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The concierge service is part of AvantStay’s strategy of complementing its rentals with as many amenities as guests might have in high-end hotels — and among its tech investment plans, it wants to continue extending the services that can be offered on it. But to be clear, it does not own properties itself.).

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 12, 2020

It’s been incredibly difficult for both professional and personal reasons—and if I hadn’t met my wife Aja in late 2017, this would have all been a pretty dismal time, to be honest. There aren’t going to be any flashy announcements of a big new fund to go after bigger opportunities. Let’s start with my fundraising timeline.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

They can accrue huge value by reducing friction and aggregating supply and demand — particularly because they have the ability to build network effects and economies of scale. There is a clear opportunity to upend the status quo, but its intricacies have made freight one of the toughest sectors in which to build an online marketplace.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2018

In addition, Joel instills an entrepreneurial mindset in his kids by sharing insights and strategies he learns through EO. Adrian started on 9 December, 2017, and is more than halfway to his goal. The Entrepreneurs’ Organization is the premier global network for founders, entrepreneurs and pioneers. And it works both ways.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

Changing the economics of wearing a designer outfit opens up a whole new set of opportunities for dressing up, especially for budget-conscious younger shoppers who seem increasingly comfortable giving fashion rentals a whirl — fuelled by concern over the environmental and ethical costs of fast fashion.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 12, 2022

However, few investors can directly impact the value of the underlying asset, except for private equity and venture capital investors with portfolio acceleration strategies. Rolling ten-year returns have steadily declined across hedge fund strategies. Blue Line: Barclays Hedge-Fund Industry; 2017 . Green Bar: Bloomberg.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Negotiation is a means of obtaining, through persuasive approaches and strategies, wants and needs from others. The best strategy is to avoid both extremes, thus promoting flexibility between actors. Good negotiations must be opportunities to secure business in the future between equal partners. government. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier today, we talked with Phil Haslett, the cofounder and now chief strategy officer of EquityZen , a 10-year-old, New York-based secondary marketplace that connects accredited buyers with privately held company shares that their owners — including founders, employees, and VCs — are looking to sell. A little under $7 million.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The team behind the app, which is comprised of 30% PhDs, has been working on the core privacy vs convenience problem for some six years (though the company was only founded in 2017); initially as an academic research project — going on to offer an open source framework for masked federated learning, called XayNet. But we are different.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 12, 2017

In addition, 75% of companies with student intern programs say the program’s goal is to increase talent pipeline, a fact supported by the 2017 job offer rate for interns reaching 67% with a 76% acceptance rate, according to a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. The answer may be because different employers enable?or

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Founders : Before beU delivery, Hao Zheng, who leads the team as chief executive, was the founder and CEO of Yooul, a social networking app in China. ” Founders : Henry Mascot started a company in 2017 to help hospitals digitize records. Website : getnashglobal.com/. Founded in : 2021. Team size : 11. Location : Nairobi, Kenya.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

In 2019, the Malaysian government also issued its Shared Prosperity Vision 2030, a 10-year framework for restructuring its economy that includes building an Islamic fintech hub as a key part of its strategy. The first, issued in 2017, is about Islamic perspectives on practices related to e-money.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

The challenge was the driving force behind Ordr, a startup focused on network-level device security. Pandian Gnanaprakasam and Sheausong Yang — who between them had tenures at Cisco, Aruba Networks, and AT&T Bell Labs — co-founded Ordr in 2015 to address what they call the “visibility gap” in enterprise networks.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 22, 2022

Originally designed in Paris, the app was acquired by Snap back in 2017. This isn’t a social network. Here’s what Zenly looked like when Snap acquired it back in 2017: Image Credits: Zenly. Like in strategy video games, it displays your footprints — it shows where you’ve been and where you haven’t been yet.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Some of the opportunities involve machines, while an equal amount of opportunity lies in the software behind the machines. As of February 2017, nearly 200,000 construction jobs were left unfilled across the U.S., Labor shortage/understaffed: The labor shortage in construction is a rapidly growing problem that isn’t going away.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

21 companies have passed through the incubator since 2017, attracting some $160M in further investment and at least one major acquisition: XNOR, an AI acceleration and efficiency outfit that was subsequently (and I like to think as a direct consequence of TC coverage ) snapped up by Apple for around $200M.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

But, most funds raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Capria leads the “largest network of collaborating fund managers in emerging markets” Their product Edge enables you to benchmark your internal processes against other investors.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The broad-brush goals for the strategy are to increase growth in startup investments; attract and retain talent; promote scalability; and inject innovation into the public sector so it can bolster and support Spain’s digital development. “What we do is that work of coordination with all the ministries.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

PV Grows A collaborative network dedicated to enhancing the ecological and economic sustainability and vitality of the Pioneer Valley food system. 2017 Relativity6 AI for Insurance Advisers, Brokers and Agents helps enable your sales and accounts teams to service and retain clients smarter. management.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Part 2: Product-led growth strategy “ The product-led growth behind edtech’s most downloaded app ” (3,000 words/12 minutes) — analyzes the tactics and tradeoffs that an edtech company has to evaluate as it grows from thousands to 500 million registered learners. 4 strategies for building a digital health unicorn. billion by 2026.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

Please contact us if you are deploying capital using this strategy. In addition to a fund, the overall Capacity organization provides direct mentorship, consulting and connects founders to a broad network of talent, diverse forms of capital, and existing resources focused on the post-startup stage of growth. Revenue-Based Flexible VCs.

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