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Validate Your Startup Idea Like a Pro: My 4-Step Framework

Entrepreneur's Handbook

To address my own need to validate these opportunities, I built an internal framework to: Identify notable problems and challenges within an industry. Distribution: what existing networks can we latch onto for easier distribution (i.e., Define which problems are most acute and worth solving. Easy to sell to? Shopify app store)?

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4 Benefits of a Branded Podcast and Why Now’s The Time to Launch Yours

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Moreover, podcast guests often share the podcast and website with their own network, expanding the company’s reach and visibility to potential new leads. Use a podcast readiness framework Think you’re ready to launch a branded podcast? and more articles from the EO blog.

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Daily Crunch: ‘Network issue’ causes cloud outage that takes down multiple Microsoft services for 4+ hours

TechCrunch

That’s what Microsoft is saying after some of its services, like Outlook, Xbox Live and Teams, went down during a “change made to the Microsoft Wide Area Network,” Ivan reports. — Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 And we’re back! What you text is what you’ll see : We’ve been hearing about text-to-image lately, and today is no different.

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EO Members Share Their Favorite In-Person Moments from 2022

Entrepreneurs' Organization

I think that’s the most important thing in both those events: Thanks to EO, you are immediately connected into a network of people whom you can trust and rely on without having to look for it in a foreign country.”. This framework has really worked well for us! and more articles from the EO blog.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: 7 VCs who are taking pitches, AI best practices, zero-based budgeting

TechCrunch

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription Before Silicon Valley Bank crashed, I asked seven VCs about the startups they’re interested in backing right now, how they prefer to be approached and whether they could share any tips for first-time founders.

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10 entrepreneurial superpowers at work in Eastern Europe

Entrepreneurs' Organization

EO members are tapping their networks to outfit Ukrainian classrooms with equipment, supplies and laptops. Work your network. Now, those networks have become a way to help people impacted by the conflict in Ukraine. And someone in the network responds and delivers. and more articles from the EO blog. .

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Jina.ai raises $30M for its for its neural search platform

TechCrunch

CEO and co-founder Han Xiao , who co-founded the company together with Nan Wang and Bing He , explained that the idea behind neural search is to use deep learning neural networks to go beyond traditional keyword-based search tools. “In this case, it’s mostly a mathematic vector — 100-dimensional vectors. ”