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OTA Insight books $80M for its hospitality business intelligence tools, used by 55K hotel properties globally

TechCrunch

“One of the unique things about the hotel and hospitality industry is that generally tech providers focus a lot of their energy on the larger chains, because that’s where they believe the opportunity is,” he said. Part of the Series B will be used to continue investing in OTA Insight’s technology stack. .

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Coming out of COVID, investors lose their taste for board meetings

TechCrunch

Two weeks ago, longtime venture capitalist Chris Olsen, a general partner and cofounder of Drive Capital in Columbus, Ohio, settled into his seat for a portfolio company’s board meeting. ” He also says that it isn’t the first time a board meeting hasn’t happened as planned lately. They stopped having them.”

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EmpowHER Your Mindset: How Women Entrepreneurs Can Overcome Negative Thoughts To Stay Motivated

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Miranda is Board Director of CRDB Bank Plc and Board Chair of the African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative that empowers hundreds of women from across the continent. She is Board Vice Chair of CCBRT Hospital and an active member-leader of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization where she serves as Chair of Global Learning.

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The Future of the Workplace is Flexible

Revolution

providing companies with premium hospitality and the hybrid technology they need to grow. As board members, there were many hard conversations and no easy answers. We leaned in during weekly board meetings and reinvested when others left the cap table. From day one of our partnership, we believed in Ryan’s vision.

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How a Little Bit of Fear Breeds Innovation

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Co-founder of Owned Outcomes Krupa Srinivas explores the value of fear in an entrepreneur’s journey as she describes partnering with a US healthcare intermediary to solve the problem of cataloguing hospital supplies. The US hospital supply chain is one of the largest supply chains in need of an overhaul.

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We’re Entering the Stay-Home Economy. Here are 10 Industries That Will Be Winners

Entrepreneurs' Organization

While some of the hardest-hit industries such as hospitality, travel and entertainment industries are sure to come back to life, other changes might be longer lasting. Meditation apps like Headspac e and Calm will provide opportunities for users to unwind after a long day of solitary work or managing a household full of kids off school.

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She Matters app now helps Black women with a variety of postpartum health issues

TechCrunch

She said that the original focus of the app was on postpartum anxiety and depression in Black women, and connecting these women with culturally sensitive therapists, but she saw an opportunity to help across a range of postpartum issues. “We’ve On average, when a hospital works with us, that contract is about $1.2 Today’s $1.5

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