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Great Question gets $2.5M seed round to make customer research easier

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The startup, which was part of Y Combinator’s winter 2021 program, announced today that it has raised $2.5 Great Question launched in February 2021, and its clients include Linktree , Honeybook , O’Reilly Media and MainStreet. million in seed funding.

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My big jump: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy’s CEO journey

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Resolved to give myself a “blank slate” before making a final choice, I left Google when I was three months pregnant and joined Accel Partners, a top Silicon Valley venture capital firm and an investor in my previous startup, in a temporary role as CEO-in-residence. Copyright © 2021 by Sukhinder Singh Cassidy. All rights reserved.

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Regulators appear to be growing increasingly wary of banks and fintech startups getting too cozy

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At the end of last week, venture-backed robo-adviser Wealthfront snuck in an announcement that the deal in which it was to be acquired by Swiss banking giant UBS for $1.4 billion were also scrapped in January 2021 after running into a regulatory wall. Another week down in the books. billion was scrapped. billion.”.

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Startup Community Engagement During Covid

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Looking for some good ideas for 2021 from our group!”. These were viewed and attended by over 500 ventures globally. We have the zero-sum mentality Brad Feld speaks of in his recent book in spades. A Pandemic Playbook for 2021. 8 and above. It will take time to shift to a more positive-sum mentality.

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Inside the secretive Silicon Valley startup trying to save the oceans with tech

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They’ve been absolutely a dream funder.”. That makes Oceankind one of the biggest non-governmental funders of ocean science in the world. Moreover, Oceankind itself is not a nonprofit, which are required to open their books every year in public filings to the IRS. Until this week, Dunbabin was not allowed to mention Oceankind.

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