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“Sanzo is at its best when we serve as a bridge across cultures for both AAPI and non-AAPI.” CEO Sandro Roco on building a beverage startup, what to avoid in influencer deals, & protecting the brand.

Hunter Walk

Sandro Roco: I had the idea for Sanzo in 2018. At the same time, 2018 was the summer of LaCroix and other flavored sparkling water brands across a larger $45 billion carbonated soft drink category that has been in decline in the U.S. Here are Five Questions with Sandro. Hunter Walk: Backstory time! Crazy Rich Asians became the No.

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Adobe makes $20B bet on a collaborative future with Figma acquisition

TechCrunch

billion Marketo acquisition in 2018. It could be that — like IBM buying Red Hat for $34 billion in 2018 or Salesforce acquiring Slack for almost $28 billion in 2020 — Adobe’s executive team saw a company that could fundamentally alter their organization. For IBM, the Red Hat acquisition was about the hybrid cloud.

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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. August 2018 saw an exodus of top execs, including Evernote’s chief technical officer, chief financial officer, chief product officer and head of HR. ” Small, the former CEO of platform-as-a-service company TokBox, came on in 2018. .”

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What Happens When Startups Turn from Their Innovation Stage to Operational Excellence?

Both Sides of the Table

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.). No prizes for guessing what some of MakeSpace’s innovations will be in 2018 and 2019.

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21 Ways to Grow Your New Business Online in 2021

StartupNation

How might you create a prolific content strategy which resonates with your audience at a higher level? Just as with Google and Pinterest, your content can still be found years after posting, so get creative and look for ways to include YouTube in your ongoing promotion strategy. Build a content website or add a blog.

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5 Things Veterans Should Know About Starting a Business

StartupNation

A 2018 study by the the Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Advocacy reported that there were over 379,000 veteran-owned employer businesses in the U.S. , The 7-week program helps veterans create a business model and develop a funding strategy, and it enables them to collaborate with other veterans. and overall, 6.8

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5 key innovations taking e-scooters to a half-billion rides in 2021

TechCrunch

took nearly 39 million trips in 2018 and another 86 million the following year. 2: First custom-designed shared scooters released (fall 2018). That’s why Bird’s vehicle team unveiled the industry’s first custom-designed e-scooter, the Bird Zero , in October of 2018. After an encouraging start, shared e-scooter riders in the U.S.