TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2022

Exotel said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in a financing round, just three months after securing $35 million in funding, as the Bangalore-based startup demonstrates growth for its full-stack customer engagement platform in emerging markets. Indian ride-hailing giant Ola uses Exotel’s platform to send text messages to its customers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

A successful entrepreneur, businessman and EO Bahrain member, Suhail Algosaibi had long thought about how he could use his position and his company—FALAK Consulting—to make real, radical and sustainable change in his corner of the world. Too much of today’s economic growth comes from unsustainable models using limited resources.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 3, 2016

While firms define platforms differently, let’s just say they are the services that a VC offers outside of investment capital and partner time on boards or providing intros. They offer leadership conferences, regular content articles on leadership, board pack templates and the like. That certainly works well for some.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In other words, the tools that it has built are there to help companies have a presence and stack up against the rest of the online landscape, but they are built with a view to making them easy enough for non-tech companies and their partners to use. Wand and CETP director Constantin Boye are joining Shopware’s board with this round.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

There’s been a profusion of startups emerging in the last year around the concept of rolling up smaller e-commerce businesses — operations that mainly sell and distribute their products on marketplace platforms like Amazon’s — using economies of scale to bring them together to run and grow them more efficiently.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 7, 2022

Bob Ruark, principal and banking and fintech strategy leader for KPMG US, noted that pricing is difficult now given the rapid decline in valuations. Looking ahead, KPMG’s view on the prospects for financial services M&A over the next six to 12 months is mixed. ” Image Credits: Paystand/Yaydoo.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 28, 2022

The inflation is entrenched because a large number of jobs are now being done from home, and the wealthy computer desk jockeys working these jobs now require a different mix of goods. It is trivially easy to spot a policy that uses confidence intervals rather than outcomes at the extreme. More users, more owners, token number go up?—?wash,

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Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Some executives think they can mix business with pleasure, with inter-office relationships. Lastly, make good use of your Board Members. High three-digit intelligence has value.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Garrett built Twitter’s communications team and helped the company develop a marketing, public affair and government relations strategy. He also advised the Obama White House on digital strategy and communications, Slack, and created two other communications consultancies.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Who are the best search partners to use, and let then letting you and that search firm run with the execution. Can you just describe the MOC to our audience, what it is, and why you guys are so passionate about using it? How can we help the team get calibrated on the role? The mission is the elevator pitch.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.) Read on for a fuller explanation.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. Previous companies using the IdeaPAD scaled their product by 10x or became leaders in their space. Each criteria was weighted at either a 1 or 2, though any multiplier could be used.

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Berkonomics

JANUARY 20, 2010

Some businesses require very little capital and the founder is able to self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). You will have more control over strategy and execution than with an outside board overseeing planning and performance.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. We think it’s a matter of products, but history shows us it takes more than just products and technology to create the sweeping changes. One of the big mistakes I used to make (and still sometimes do, frankly) was to negotiate piecemeal.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2023

But a mix of stronger (and cheaper) competition, coupled with the rapid pace of technology development and the ongoing market slowdown , have left it spinning. But the deal never closed reportedly due to disagreements between Micromax and Alibaba over future strategy for the business. billion from Alibaba. of its phones in India.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 16, 2023

I’d be lying if I told you that every week was an embarrassment of riches here at Actuator HQ (a one-bedroom in a Queens office managed by a mischievous lionhead rabbit mix), but I’ve thus far been happy with the flow of news. Murielle Thinard McLane, Intuitive Ventures: Robotics capitalization strategies will shift.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

Part 2: Product-led growth strategy “ The product-led growth behind edtech’s most downloaded app ” (3,000 words/12 minutes) — analyzes the tactics and tradeoffs that an edtech company has to evaluate as it grows from thousands to 500 million registered learners. Within 24 hours, tens of thousands of people had used it.

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Forward Cities

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You’ll work with the CEO to filter and translate ideas into the functional plans and fiscal strategies of the organization. . Integrating all major operating functions of the organization using the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) and adapting it along the way for use in our equity-focused and mission-driven organization.

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Dream It

APRIL 7, 2020

Kathryn (attorney from PilieroMazza) : Most banks are opening applications today, though a few rolled out last Friday with mixed success. The whole program has been designed to provide financing as quickly as possible. blocking a quorum, or preventing a shareholder/board action).

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 16, 2021

How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? Platforms that are transforming how people and businesses operate, go about their business or leverage their core assets, using superior products, data and AI. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

You’ll find dozens of articles on keeping your deck to 10 slides or how you must have a board of advisers slide, but we base our thesis on some more tangible examples. We’re going to use that to distill the ideal set of slides for a pitch deck (and combine it with some storytelling ). Who doesn’t love a good story?

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

I imagine everyone at this point has used a Zoom Webinar, so we don’t need a full demo, but just so you know, please use the chat to connect with your fellow attendees. So I definitely used it with the self-driving cars team, and got feedback like, was this accurate? I hope it works for you. Tomasz Tunguz: Yeah.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

The mix of positives such as a fast-growing population–the youngest globally–, solid smartphone penetration, increasing crypto adoption, and negatives like low GDP per capita across board and unemployment makes Africa the next ripe ground for web3. For instance, users can save their data spend when they use Jambo.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Martin Bell, who sits on Arowana’s advisory board, founded 100tasks.com to democratize entrepreneurship and is an expert in launching and hyper-scaling companies. Finances, production, and thus investor confidence bounced back, allowing Musk to shift into hyper-scale mode. This hyper-turnaround quickly bore fruit.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 6, 2022

However noble this pursuit, it typically leads to me rushing my shots and using too much power. In fact, the more power you use, the more time you give to your opponent. but I have a few favourite patterns I use to get my opponent out of position. but I have a few favourite patterns I use to get my opponent out of position.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2021

Use discount code HALLO to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two. How has COVID-19 impacted your investment strategy? This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two. and Nomono.

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