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NEC X Accepting Applications for Elev X! Ignite Venture Studio

American Entrepreneurship

The Venture Studio program provides founders with resources and up to $200K of equity funding to develop their vision into a business with substantial market impact. empowers ambitious founders with bold ideas to create a lasting impact,” said Shintaro Matsumoto, President and CEO of NEC X. Venture Studio.

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GEN NZ Unconference and Workshops for Entrepreneurs, Auckland 7-8 August 2025

NZ Entrepreneur

The GEN NZ chapter was recognised as Country of the Year at the 2023 Global Entrepreneurship Congress, hosted annually by GEN. Tickets are available at: [link] Workshop List (as at 22 July) Colin Magee : Realising a Return on Your Startup – For Founders and Investors. Dan Thurston Crow : Motivation – What Lies Beneath.

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Mercury’s $300M Series C Doubles Valuation to $3.5 Billion Fueled by Powerful “One Banking Account” Model

American Entrepreneurship

This round is about seizing the opportunities ahead for our next phase of growth, including driving innovation with new products, exploring acquisitions, and ensuring long-term financial flexibility, said Immad Akhund, co-founder and CEO of Mercury.

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LUUM’s Eyelash Extension Innovation Garners $30M Series A Round

American Entrepreneurship

The technology-driven beauty company also announced the appointment of Jo Lawson as its new Chief Executive Officer and the transition of co-founder Nathan Harding back to the role of CTO. Heublein remained with LUUM until early 2024 and is now the founder and CEO of Sk inSpirit , an award-winning medical aesthetics brand.

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Max MRR: Your growth ceiling

A Smart Bear: Longform

After seven years of healthy growth, revenue topped out (before COVID) and then shrunk (during COVID), reaching a new, lower plateau in 2023. In 2023, Buffer founder and CEO Joel Gascoigne wrote a strategy letter saying the same thing. What was happening in the customer base during those years when growth stopped?

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QuSecure Names Rebecca Krauthamer as CEO, Gains Series A Funding

American Entrepreneurship

The requirement to upgrade enterprise technologies to post-quantum cryptographic standards is one of the most significant undertakings facing enterprises this decade, saidMike Goguen, founder and managing partner of Two Bear Capital. It is expected to grow exponentially.

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Five Questions with a Founder – An unfiltered look behind the scenes of launching a company.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Company: KEVO | Founder: Paul McMahon | Hometown : Mercer County From tinkering in his garage to refining cold brew coffee for the masses, Paul McMahon the founder of KEVO, is on a mission to make better coffee more accessibleand healthierfor everyone. What was your first big mistake as a founder? But hindsight gave him clarity.