NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

De-brief with your team as soon as possible after the event, to record all the learnings. Stay focused on your follow-up plan to win the opportunities that others give up on. Next steps to maximise ROI Are you ready for your next trade fair or expo? Good planning takes time, especially if different parts of your business are involved.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 10, 2025

Clean-tech investors look for when backing de-risked, fast-growth manufacturing plays. That assurance is exactly what: Automakers need to satisfy Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) “made-in-America” battery credit rules. Defense contractors require under Buy America mandates.

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Revolution

JUNE 9, 2025

A more efficient model: By acquiring Phase II-ready assets, Pathos can apply its insights where most drugs stumble, rescue high-potential compounds, and out-license therapies after de-risking them. Here’s why that’s huge news: Unparalleled data access: Tempus’s de-identified oncology dataset provides breadth and depth no other biotech offers.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The de-carbonization of the economy is a megatrend that is already underway and is highly investable because the unit economics of renewables and energy efficient electrical equipment is now superior to the unit economics of carbon and mechanical equipment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 12, 2024

And of course, to actively engage with the students and put to work the EO values we often regard as “theoretical.” — Gabriel Kropsch, EO Rio De Janeiro “Being an EO GSEA coach allowed me to connect deeply with young, passionate entrepreneurs. Get involved!

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Revolution

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Lewis; and CAVA CEO, Brett Schulman The conversation: The new work normal: examining post-pandemic tech economy and labor market trends The takeaways: Tech is de-clustering, private and public investment dynamics are shifting, and place-based industrial policy is having a moment.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 23, 2020

The effort involves several EO members, including Jose Alberto Berrondo , EO Queretaro and Alex Mehedff , EO Rio de Janeiro, in addition to members of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), and representatives from other leading institutions. Although it began with a cohort of HBS students, it quickly expanded.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

These activities are guaranteed de-stressors for me. In addition to getting plenty of sleep, the lack of which, says Brad Feld, “can lead to bad decisions,” be sure there are things you can do and places you can go to destress. My personal mantra was “Watch Star Trek, Do Yoga, and Walk on the Bay.”.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

These operating models can drive the collaborative footprint of roles to a level that is unsustainable.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

I feel strongly that lowering the bar for risk-taking in all of its forms: liabilities, work-force flexibility and de-stigmatizing of businesses that don’t succeed would inevitably lead to more innovation and more job creation. I was interviewed recently by Inc Magazine and they have been publishing snippets of this interview online.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

On the VC side, I got in touch with Amy Cheetham , a partner at Costanoa Ventures , whose recent investments include Rio de Janeiro-based Plug ; and Alma Mundi Ventures ‘ Javier Santiso for additional thoughts on insurtech. Opportunities abound.

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Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 24, 2020

Video might quicken the de-urbanization of the US. I wonder if we will get to a point where we are routinely selling and deploying costly and complicated enterprise software entirely remotely. We already do this today for software with contract values at $50k. Could we do it at $500k or $5M?

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Dream It

MAY 18, 2020

About Wellth Wellth is a digital behavior change company that creates de novo motivation in the highest-risk, least engaged segment of the chronic disease population. “Wellth’s platform has the potential to enable new models of patient engagement and drive further transformation for the 200,000 patients we serve.” ? ?

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There’s a reason venture capital is considered “risk capital,” but there’s also ample opportunity to look beyond the typical diligence checklist to find factors that de-risk an investment. For investors, expanding horizons beyond traditional tech hubs can uncover promising opportunities that capitalize on regional strengths.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 23, 2021

De Santis Breindel asked CEOs what was the top evaluation criteria when choosing a VC firm. Some capital will flow faster than others and investment terms must be considered, but assuming all things are equal, the real value lies beyond the capital. It lies in the knowledge, network and support an investor brings to the table.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Mobility reporter Rebecca Bellan recently published a nuanced interview with Ample co-founder John de Souza, who was born and raised in Ethiopia. If you can stem the people leaving you can grow the company very efficiently, and so we realize the way to keep people is not just to pay them to stay, but to create company culture,” said de Souza.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

That’s why the agritech launched Kraken, its static palm nut de-sheller machine built to process this crop and efficiently extract “high-quality” vegetable oil for farmers. Kraken II is a mobile and less expensive version of the palm nut de-sheller, costing half as much and eliminating over 80% of margin-eroding costs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

Its rental platform is live in 40 cities across Brazil, while its home-buying marketplace is live in four (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Porto Alegre) and seeing more than 10,000 sales in annualized terms. Today, the company has more than 120,000 rentals under management and about 10,000 new rentals per month.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

Another company I spoke with in the diagnostics space de-risked their offerings by demonstrating great progress and more favorable data. For example, a company I knew in the beverage space had a valuation of $45 million when valuations were sky high. A year later, when the economy was quieter, its valuation was at $10 million.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Moreover, the platform will be backed by an additional $50 million from the Blended Finance Facility of the International Development Association’s Private Sector Window, which helps de-risk investments in low-income countries.

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AsiaTechDaily

JANUARY 22, 2023

After the competition of series B, Veradigm and Holmusk now plan to enter into a data partnership to bring cohorts of behavioral health and related de-identified patient data from Veradigm to the NeuroBlu Database, significantly adding to Holmusk’s real-world clinical data asset.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 30, 2021

Red de Talentos Mexicanos. The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) (Southeast Asia). Advance , “Connecting Global Australians”, based in New York. C100 , focused on Canadian tech leaders. GlobalScot Network. Irish Executive Mentorship Program. Investment (almost entirely in the home country).

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Within Google, Facebook, and other data leaders bespoke systems remain de rigeur as a core strategic advantage. ML specific feature stores can be managed through data lakehouse technologies like Nessie and Parquet, just as regular data ought to be. These stacks will begin a convergence. The spirit of Silicon Valley continues a spread outward.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Ninja Struye de Swielande , partner, Lakestar. Lucian Wagner, partner, Privilège Ventures. Maximilian Spelmeyer , partner, SIX Fintech Ventures. Olaf Hannemann, partner, CV VC AG. Andreas Iten , partner, F10. Michael Blank , partner, investiere. Jasmin Heimann, partner, Ringier Digital Ventures.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Moderne’s unique platform de-risks venture, an inherently risky asset class, while producing top tier returns,” said Freedman.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 25, 2022

During the pandemic, virtual meetings became the de facto method of collaborating and connecting — both inside and outside of the workplace. CEO Julian Green said that the proceeds will be put toward product development and expanding the company’s workforce. The momentum isn’t slowing down.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

We currently de-risk nearly 3 million transactions valued at nearly $1.5 Signal today is moving out of beta, during which Robinhood was a pilot customer. In addition to Robinhood, fintechs like WeBull and Uphold have incorporated Signal into their risk models “to unlock instant ACH,” Anderson said. “We billion each month,” he said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Kenya’s growth was strongest in Africa’s VC market; clean tech, e-commerce pulled in most of the funding SunFi creates value for these clean energy investors by de-risking the technical and credit risk involved in financing portfolios of solar solutions, opening avenues for lending as a service play for clean energy providers.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

” Steinberger teamed up with Sebastian De Ro to found Magic, an AI-driven tool designed to help software engineers write, review, debug and plan code changes. This would be extraordinarily useful for companies and developers.”

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Before Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) co-founded Marcy Ventures in 2018, he was involved with other businesses such as the legacy entertainment company Roc Nation and champagne brand Armand de Brignac.

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Samuel Van De Velde , CTO, Pozyx Be a Host, Not Just a Leader One invaluable leadership lesson I gleaned came from Brian Chesky, the co-founder of Airbnb. If the team stays engaged, they will ultimately improve the idea themselves to even higher levels. Therefore, the best course of action is to encourage these ideas and give them your trust.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Trial the relationship One way to de-risk it is to allocate a block of time where you can work together on something. Personality and culture fit So now you’re at the point where you’re getting interest or maybe even found a potential co-founder, now you need to figure out if you both want to start a company together.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2024

Merian Ventures : founded by Alexsis de Raadt St. Mergelane is a venture capital firm co-founded by CEO, Sue Heilbronner. The firm focuses on investing in high-growth startups with at least one female leader.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This phenomenon was discovered by de Moivre, and made famous by Wainer’s article, “The Most Dangerous Equation.” This is why the best (and the worst) hospitals in the country or the best (and the worst) places to live often are small hospitals and small towns. Not being aware of this concept can indeed be dangerous.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

Tim De Visser , Founder, Karpatia Trucks In-depth risk evaluations have shown considerable investment concerns in my experience.Our business advisors advised against it, noting the risk-management benefits of not investing. This strategy emphasizes our company’s stability and future.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

After 2 months in an underground shelter they have also used their technology to register evidence of war crimes and provide the ability to immerse oneself into Ukraine to experience it, it’s now developing applications for psychological trauma treatment, VR medical trainin, combat surveillance systems and making the de-mining process safer.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 29, 2024

Thank you to Chris DePatria, Roby Farchione, and Alex King from Setpoint, Valentina Valencia, Juani Calivari, and Juliana Gomez from Vaas, Jeremy Tsui, Josiah Tsui, and Mary Fischetti from Finley, Kevin Hsu from Lumonic, Kwaw de Graft-Johnson from ATLAS, Drew Pelletier from Upper90 for contributing to this piece, and to Atalaya, Stifel, Victory Park, (..)

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