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Staax thinks peer-to-peer payments can onboard a new generation of stock investors

TechCrunch

What sets Staax apart, though, is that it allows for peer-to-peer payments in stock. For better or for worse, Robinhood helped inspire a new generation of investors to enter the stock market. Oftentimes, the barriers to investing are logistical, she explained. Image Credit: Haje Kamps / TechCrunch.

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How to Manage a Startup Through Troubling Times

Entrepreneurs' Organization

The pandemic of 2020 has tested most sectors of the economy. Join a CEO peer group. If you are in a peer group with other CEOs , it’s much easier to get perspective on what’s happening to you. Contributed by Rizwan Virk , author of S tartup Myths and Models: What You Won’t Learn in Business School.

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Today’s entrepreneurs weigh in: Is entrepreneurship a lonely journey?

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Insights and lessons from peers around the world are the key benefits of EO membership. . The opportunity to meet personally (or virtually in 2020) with a group of trusted entrepreneurs who run a variety of businesses, to be able to share experiences, and to be able to learn from each other in a safe and trusted environment is second-to-none.

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My Pandemic Pivot: From 0 to 130

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In March 2020 when the pandemic hit and the US shut down, the events industry was completely disrupted. These ups and downs impact us deeply because we are so close to and personally invested in our businesses. I am an avid entrepreneur and have now been in the events industry for 15 years. The entire industry ground to a halt. Leaning In.

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Entrepreneurs Around the World Make the No Layoff Pledge

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In early April 2020, larger financial institutions including Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citigroup, vowed to hold off on making layoffs. In April 2020, Alex Yastrebenetsky and fellow leaders at his organization, InfoTrust , decided to launch a No Layoff Pledge which will last through 1 July 2020. The effects amplify.

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Fintech startups and unicorns had a stellar Q4 2020

TechCrunch

The fourth quarter of 2020 was as busy as you imagined, with super late-stage startups reaching new valuation thresholds at a record pace, and total venture capital funding in the United States recording its second-best result of all time. We need to narrow our lens and peer more deeply into standout categories to understand how the U.S.

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Chipper Cash gets $2B valuation with $150M extension round led by FTX

TechCrunch

Serunjogi founded Chipper Cash with Maijid Moujaled in 2018 to offer a no-fee peer-to-peer cross-border payment service in Africa via its app. With that said, Serunjogi says peer-to-peer money movement from the U.S. With that said, Serunjogi says peer-to-peer money movement from the U.S.