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4 Steps to Launch Your Startup’s First Product on a Shoestring Budget

Entrepreneurs' Organization

In the rocky economic climate of 2024, creativity fuels entrepreneurial success more than deep pockets. With passion, hustle, and these thrifty startup strategies, you can transform your vision into a viable product without relying on loans or financing.

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Expeto, a startup selling tools to manage private cellular networks, raises $13M

TechCrunch

There’s a growing market for private cellular networks, or dedicated cell networks configured to support a company’s specific requirements within a confined area (think a warehouse or wind farm). But that hasn’t stopped new ventures from cropping up to challenge the incumbents.

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Serena Ventures backs SoLo Funds as finance platform tops 1M registered users

TechCrunch

million downloads to make it “the largest and first Black-owned personal finance platform” to do so, Rodney Williams, co-founder and president of SoLo, told TechCrunch. The community finance company defines the claim “as a business-to-consumer personal finance banking solution, U.S.-based

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NJEDA Hosts Diversity Finance Advisory Board Meeting, Convening Diverse Group of Entrepreneurs and Investors

American Entrepreneurship

March 5, 2024) – The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) held the first in-person meeting of the Diversity Finance Advisory Board (DFAB) last week, bringing together a diverse group of investors, entrepreneurs, and mentors for presentations and networking sessions.

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MFast Secures $6 Million in Series A Funding to Expand Financial Access Across Vietnam

AsiaTechDaily

The fintech platform has effectively built a robust network encompassing over 160,000 agents nationwide. The startup intends to leverage these newfound resources to extend its reach beyond Vietnam’s borders, aiming for an international presence by 2024.

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Google and Snap in talks to invest in India’s ShareChat

TechCrunch

ShareChat, an Indian social network that added Twitter as an investor in 2019 , may soon receive the backing of two more American firms. Twitter-backed Indian social network ShareChat raises $40 million. billion revenues by 2024,” they wrote in the equity research report, obtained by TechCrunch. Facebook invests $5.7B

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Governor Murphy Announces Proposed Fintech Accelerator in Hoboken

American Entrepreneurship

Plug and Play’s network consists of 50,000 startups, over 500 leading corporations, and hundreds of venture capital firms, universities, and government agencies. Plug and Play was founded in the 1990’s and saw early success from investments in companies like PayPal and Dropbox. SICs can be accelerators, incubators, or research centers.