TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

” Despite the hype about ease of use, enterprise companies always ask customers to abandon familiar tools so they can learn something new. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. It’s nice to see some other cities put points on the board. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin/TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

Now that you have said subscription, head on over to Haje ’s story about your pitch deck needing an operating plan. Here’s the short, short version of other stories: Powering job boards : While the tech sector is seeing layoffs, Kyle reports that Gloat grabs $90 million to build better internal job boards. The TechCrunch Top 3.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2017

Because I’ve observed this process dozens and dozens of times both as somebody who has had to raise capital for nearly 20 years himself and as an investor on the board of companies where we’re raising money — I thought I’d jot down some thoughts for those who will raise in the years ahead. So GET BACK IN FRONT OF THEM!

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. LG continued pushing envelopes — albeit to mixed effect. Omoigui advocates for founders to develop their own All-22 tape — a tool used by professional football coaches that allows the viewer to see all 22 players on the field at the same time.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Think again, especially if you’re looking for investment. Unfortunately, the venture capital scene is embarrassingly backward in terms of diversity, and women and ethnic minorities are shockingly underrepresented among investment decision-makers. Only 10p goes to mixed-gender teams, and less than 1p goes to all-female teams?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Its software is used across some 130 countries, although the majority of the consumers engaging in the events themselves are based out of North America and Europe, Simpson said. investments at Alibaba. Zeisser is also joining the board.). Since closing a seed round of $4.5 ”

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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

MAY 20, 2021

Investor interest in the company is coming in part because of what Dooly is adding to the bigger mix of sales tools; and in part because of the traction it has already picked up for that. Ironically, now that its model has been well proven out, it will quite possibly be using its own tools to expand its reach even more.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 8, 2017

It might be useful to list some of the ways in which you can raise money for growth with and without outside investors. Email readers, continue here…] Bootstrapping: This term describes your ability to start a business with little investment and grow it using internally-generated funds.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

And when they leave, that investment goes with them. These are just a few broad reasons, and the reality is often a mix of several factors. Cost Analysis: New Customers Getting a new customer on board isn’t a walk in the park. And don’t get me started on sales pitches. No expensive ad campaigns or rigorous sales pitches.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2021

Unit itself is not a labor union, but instead helps worker-organizers set up, affiliate and manage a union with a mix of software and human resources. The startup has a step-by-step process of how to virtually unionize a workplace that it offers for free public use on its website. Janitorial entrepreneurship.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

I didn’t invest in any of their fine competitors either like Lyft, Sidecar, Hailo, etc. I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night. I was at the first pitch meeting they ever did to raise capital.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Invested Interests. I used to think you could use convenience and common sense to predict markets. Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. Somewhere in the mix, timing matters a great deal and first isn’t often the most significant mover advantage. Power Pitches.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 8, 2019

In the first of a three part series on early stage business investment, we asked serial entrepreneur and investor Josh Comrie what three key things New Zealand entrepreneurs must get better at when it comes to seeking angel investment. I made my first investment in the stock market when I was 12 years old.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In in the early 90′s I was in my early 20′s and I programmed on mainframe computers using COBOL, CICS and DB2. We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. GRP Partners last fund is the single best performing VC fund in the US (prequin data) for its vintage year). They did it by creating a blog, discussion board and hub for eCommerce advice and information. I use WordPress.

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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? The mission is the elevator pitch. Kelli Dragovich: And using back channels wisely, to the dating example.

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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. I asked a few investors, “How will the SVB events impact robotics investing and startups?”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2022

market in June last year , later going on to add a free “basic” tier to the mix with certain restrictions in place. “It’s a part time job — I advise them on investments; it’s very light,” Ramaswamy said. Neeva search engine. Tripadvisor. Image Credits: Neeva.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

At least, that sales pitch from Hippocratic AI , which emerged from stealth today with a whopping $50 million in seed financing behind it and a valuation in the “triple digit millions.” ” AI in healthcare, historically, has been met with mixed success. Babylon Health , an AI startup backed by the U.K.’s

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Existing investors SignalFire, GLP Capital Partners and Google Ventures also participated in the round, in addition to a new minority investment by strategic partner Volvo Group Venture Capital. Ervin Tu, managing partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers, will join Flock Freight’s board.

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TechCrunch

MAY 7, 2021

How to attract large investors to your direct investing platform. Many fintech startups have tried to become a market-maker between investors and investment opportunities. How to attract large investors to your direct investing platform. Within 24 hours, tens of thousands of people had used it. Thanks for reading!

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Quantified health activity is all around us these days, as scores of people use mobile sensing technologies to keep an eye on their well-being by tracking their steps, workouts and even how long and deep they sleep — so why shouldn’t women who cycle (as in menstrual cycle) track monthly changes to their hormone levels?

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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? ” That’s reported to the board.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

government’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), and a host of additional investors. Use-cases may include accelerating new drug discoveries, or powering the vast amount of data processing required for AI applications. quantum computing company Quantum Motion has raised £42 million ($50.5

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

For a good long while, it seemed like a fund-returning investment. It looked like I had invested in a company making a generational impact. It always made more sense as a way to mix it up away from another workspace you were more anchored to—the “third place”. Thought I'd share.” She knew I was a seed investor in the company.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 30, 2021

A separate measure, of total value of paid-in investment, revealed 1.67x returns for other hubs versus 1.60x in the main Silicon Valley and Bay Area tech cities. The data is based on a sample of 2,500 companies that have used AngelList to syndicate deals from 2013 through 2020. per year on syndicated deals elsewhere versus 17.5%

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