TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Generally speaking, it’s a nod to the digital nomad lifestyle, but in some cases, hacker homes feel closer to Hype House, a TikTok mansion laden with sponsored indulgence and wealth. Now that they can work from literally anywhere, many entrepreneurs are forming homes with other founders.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

However, “while I am more than content to nod along to Jack stirring the web3 pot, I don’t agree with his general philosophy.”. His comment didn’t go over well with some prominent crypto enthusiasts who insisted that web3’s decentralized nature is one of its core features. “Is Is Jack wrong? No, he is not,” wrote Alex.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 19, 2022

If you are nodding your head in approval right now, then it’s time to hire your first remote employees. Are you overwhelmed by all of the daily tasks you need to do to keep your enterprise running smoothly? Would you really like others to take some of your daily duties off your plate?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

And with a nod towards the creator economy, it’s established its own “accelerator” — called Out of the Box — where it offers (extra) support to the most talented students to help them monetize their digital creations by turning them into “real-life” products.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

You’re probably tired of hearing about the metaverse every day,” laughs Rhee, eliciting an honest nod from your correspondent. For some companies, we may even make outright acquisitions. CVC is very much a financial play; we are more a business creation play. “LG Electronics is one of the largest manufacturers of appliances and so on.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Per a number of investors who had seen NewCampus’ pitch deck, the university licensing move is a nod to NewCampus’ initial bet: that it could become an alternative to the MBA. Fan likened it to how fintech startups acquired banking licenses half a decade ago, in an attempt to build brand awareness and trust.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 9, 2019

Our organizations are metrics-driven. We do not limit our benchmarking to contiguous states. Nor do we focus only on states that are comparable in size or geography, nor states with economies that, like Oklahoma, disproportionately depend on natural resources.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

While a cloned celebrity might just sound like a bit of fun, there is huge potential for misuse and abuse via individual voice cloning — from phishing scams and identity theft to emotional manipulation and blackmail. Copyright is another consideration.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2022

It was a not-so-subtle nod to how top institutions are trying to be accelerators, discovery engines, content marketers and check-writers all in one. In July, I wrote about how Y Combinator is building a Product Hunt, Product Hunt is building an Andreessen Horowitz and Andreessen Horowitz is building a Y Combinator. Enter the latest.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

“What you want as an entrepreneur is funders nodding in agreement with your pitch before you even have a chance to finish it,” write Fingert and Foster. Since housing accounts for as much as 18% of the U.S. economy, “these are problems that everyone can understand.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

As a nod toward the beginning of this newsletter, ChatGPT could be looked at as yet another way that venture tries to automate itself. It just depends on if investors think it is smart enough to reject startups, or if feedback is valued as the key currency of network building.

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I don’t just nod and move on; I empathize with their experiences. I’ve incorporated this into my own leadership style, particularly at Technews, by being upfront about my challenges and really listening to what my team is going through.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Of course, the term encapsulates more than just Zoom, it’s a nod to how schools had to rapidly adopt enterprise video conferencing software to keep school in session in the wake of closures brought on by the virus’ rapid spread.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 13, 2021

FDA nod for Alpha Tau’s DaRT tumor treatment. FDA nod for Alpha Tau’s DaRT tumor treatment OurCrowd portfolio company Alpha Tau Medical has secured breakthrough device designation from the FDA for its Alpha DaRT – an advanced technology that irradiates solid tumors. Startup of the Week: Sfara telematics for safer driving.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

You’ll get and keep their heads nodding throughout your pitch. Deliver the information they want, keep to a structure/format they’re used to seeing, and you’ll build rapport, relationship, connection, and confidence. Robert Foney , CMO, Healthmetryx, Inc.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

He was at a low point: overwhelmed, sleep deprived, stressed… I listened, nodded, and said, “I remember those days.” What advice would you give your past self? I recently caught up with a friend who’d founded a company. And I do remember them. It took years before my startup Anchor began to gain real traction.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2024

It’s a signal of confidence in your product’s value and a nod to its continuous improvement. Pricing adjustments help to reposition your product in the market. It’s important to communicate price changes effectively — but only if they impact existing customers.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

Here’s what to know: Parkin outlines four ways that martech will shift in 2021 , strapped with anecdotes and a nod to the importance of investing in influencers. Differentiation has never been harder, but also more imperative. Customer care as a service: Outsourcing can help your startup wow clients 24/7.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Yes they will put on a brave face, yes they will smile and nod when you tell them they “have an ugly baby”, and when you ask them how things are going they’ll default immediately to the answer they think they are expected to give… “Yes everything is going great thanks.”

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

FDA nod for BrainQ’s breakthrough stroke therapy. FDA nod for BrainQ’s breakthrough stroke therapy The FDA has awarded Breakthrough Device designation to stunning new technology from BrainQ that offers new hope for stroke victims. ByondXR powers Lancôme virtual stores. No, we are not going back to the future. SALT Talks, Feb.

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This is going to be BIG.

AUGUST 4, 2024

Knowing that, they dare to suggest that tax incentives for long-term investment should be a concern for anyone that, oh… to pick a completely random example out of thin air… cares about the homelessness problem, since bad policy would cause people not to want to build new housing for people.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 27, 2011

I find myself nodding – even when the topic is one I don’t expect to agree with such as “fail fast.” There are very few people in Silicon Valley who have such a precise grasp on what defines success of early-stage startup companies than Eric Ries. ” This week was no exception.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

And when asked who has inspired him he of course gave a nod to Nikola Tesla. I think the zeitgeist in the room was that we were seeing the successor to Steve Jobs in terms of inspiring us to think big. This made my friend Dorrian Porter ‘s KickStarter initiative to create a statue of Tesla in Silicon Valley even more poignant.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman. If you follow the Twittersphere you may have noticed several people weighing in on this recent piece by Mike Isaac of the NY Times, asking “ How Many Angels is Too Many?

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Gust

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

It’s always a good idea to be able to approach someone with whom you’ve had at least a nodding relationship, because that immediately differentiates you from a pure, over-the-transom funding request, and you are much more likely to at least get an answer.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

So while I am more than content to nod along to Jack stirring the web3 pot, I don’t agree with his general philosophy. And web3 is greed , a way to financialize everything online in a manner that allows traditional investors to own toll booths and tax collectors throughout the decentralized landscape.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Taking a nod from brands that paved the way by providing imperfect or “ugly” fruits and vegetables, Fritjofsson and Morris decided to do the same, but with pantry staples like cookies, coffee, baking ingredients and snacks.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Although the firm says it can invest in almost anything, businesses solving problems around food, education, healthcare, financial services, commerce and logistics will most likely get a nod before others. “We can invest in everything but we’re staying away from is extractive industries,” the founder said.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

It’s the first EMR company founded in the past two decades to get the nod, due to its standardized healthcare API, which means it can work with federal programs like medicare and it puts the company ahead of the upcoming API enforcement by the 21st Century Cares Act.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 17, 2023

It is also a nod to our New Zealand origins. The name Sandfly was given to the product because we use swarms of investigation modules that go onto a host to hunt and attack hackers. The name came to me when I was sitting in Fiordland being attacked by sandflies. It was a perfect metaphor to how our product works.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

While the team chose the name to nod toward its focus on art, the name also has negative connotations. Still, the knowledge from working in the field continues to be useful. The startup’s name has evolved: born as SketchyMedical, it has since rebranded to just Sketchy. Expect a rebrand in the future.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2022

The company’s name itself is a wonderful nod to the prototyping process. .” The company’s ultimate goal is to make Five Flute the default collaboration platform for developing physical products. “Everything from can openers to satellites, and everything in between,” Burke laughs.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2023

And while the firm has certainly cashed in on that early track record – raising a $225 million second fund last year – the duo behind it thinks it’s time to launch a nod toward their roots. Better Tomorrow Ventures tells TechCrunch that it is launching a fintech accelerator, this time under its own roof, called The Mint.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

which saw a bump in activity after regulators long skeptical gave them a provisional nod last year , citing the need for more individualized transportation options in a pandemic-hit country. This has played out in other arenas, too, such as the electric scooter market in the U.K.,

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TechCrunch

APRIL 29, 2023

Jokes aside, maybe it’s a nod to what Amazon tried to do with Whole Foods and One Medical, Instacart edition. That news makes it all the more interesting that Instacart’s current CEO, Fidji Simo, co-founded a healthcare clinic, according to Fortune. Big apologies: to those who I missed in Boston last week.

pitching

TechCrunch

JULY 6, 2021

I also ask for feedback, observe if people are nodding, etc. In my sales demo, I talk about the narrative before going into the demo. If people ask for a copy of my deck, I know it’s hitting home.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 2, 2019

This groundbreaking OurCrowd-backed company is paving the way to save more lives… Zebra Medical gets FDA nod for device that detects water in lungs. New clinical trials are planned for pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer and vulva cancer. Startup Nation and beyond.

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