TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

This morning Mural , a startup that builds digital collaboration software with a focus on visual presentation, announced that it has closed a $50 million Series C. Mural’s product focuses around a visual collaboration space, akin to a digital whiteboard. Visual collaboration startup MURAL raises huge $118M Series B.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

This means that you can do extremely powerful batch photo editing that is kind of like a mash-up between Snapchat’s photo filters, Adobe Lightroom’s batch editing features, Photoshop’s flexibility and the collaborative powers of Figma and the like. An example of the Facet interface. Image: Screenshot from the Facet tool.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

HUSSLUP , currently an invite-only beta, is a job search and networking app for creative professionals in the media and entertainment industry to connect with studios and production companies looking to hire talent. Image Credits: HUSSLUP Unlike the majority of professions, there’s no rule book for how to get a career in entertainment.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Consider collaborating with influencers. Now it’s time to get creative with your customer acquisition. Here are 10 ideas to get your creativity flowing. Design a creative card, use “forward to a friend” links in your marketing emails, etc. Expand it into a blog post or an e-book. 10 customer acquisition tactics.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 17, 2023

Incorporating coding training, book reading, and AR education technology, this innovative content is making a mark among learners in Asia, the Middle East, and beyond. Empowering Individuals to Uncover their Creative Potential with the ‘Creator Series’ Q. That’s why we started developing our creator series.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The amazing brand that MakeSpace has built today was the collaboration of our passionate founder, Sam Rosen, who espoused our brand values but also one of his earliest hires, the creative genius Rion Harmon who led all of our visual work and creative subway campaigns, videos, online acquisition imagery, etc.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Through the Gable portal, employees can search for and book a spot at a locally available workspace in 26 different countries and employers can manage payments. The portal doesn’t just show which nearby workspaces in a company’s budget have available slots — it also indicates if colleagues are booked in to work there, too.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Creative arts, such as music, photography, etc. Do they need tips to scale content creation efforts or to find brand collaboration opportunities? Step 5: Search Kindle for books on your chosen topic. Kindle has a number of e-books on various topics written by niche experts. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter!

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

The main driver for me to go into music was reading a book called ‘Empire State of Mind’ about Jay-Z,” Mr. Eazi told TechCrunch on a call. “I Ajebutter22 , a Nigerian-based music artist and rapper whose real name is Akitoye Balogun, agrees with Mr Eazi’s philosophy of investing in creatives.

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Many companies are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with a hybrid work model, meaning some employees will return to the office at least part-time, but others will collaborate remotely. Members frequently collaborate, hire one another or refer work through our community. When — and where — can your team get together?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Software development at its best is a creative endeavor. In Daniel Pink’s book “Drive,” he covers how autonomy, mastery and purpose are the main drivers of motivation. Source control and collaboration tools are more than a mailing list now, and we can all be constantly in contact by text chat, audio or video call.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

At a product lab called Adept that emerged from stealth today with $65 million in funding, they are — in the founders’ words — “build[ing] general intelligence that enables humans and computers to work together creatively to solve problems.” ” It’s lofty stuff.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Facilitators rate teams in the following categories: Open/Closed; Focused/Scattered; Aggressive/Passive; Active/Reactive; Deductive/Creative; and Independent/Dependent. They are closest in the deductive versus creative area. Employers should take note of the characteristics of the members of the top 2% teams vs. the bottom 2%.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

It was only when we were on-site that we realized we could have one-on-one mentor sessions with industry professionals, but by then it was too late to book.” OurSong and Kimbra’s successful collaboration has also built up the startup’s reputation within the US music community. . “We were frantically looking for contacts.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

.” He described it as a progression along the same trajectories of “what Twilio did by coming in with APIs for communications, and Figma did with its concept of collaboration.” These days, the medium, as they say, is the message, and in that regard “publishing” has taken on a new meaning in the digital age.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

At the time of that Economist article, I was on leave from UC Berkeley to run a lab for Intel Research in collaboration with the campus. The poking around remains creative work because the space of ways to use the data is just so big and the metrics of what success looks like are so varied. What does that mean for our data world now?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Creative arts, such as music, photography, etc. Do they need tips to scale content creation efforts or to find brand collaboration opportunities? Step 5: Search Kindle for books on your chosen topic. Kindle has a number of e-books on various topics written by niche experts. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter!

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TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

It currently partners with more than 70 content creators and publishers, including FanFan, Image Comics, Kodansha USA, Kuaikan, Mr. Blue, SB Creative, TokyoPop and Toons Family, and has more than 800 titles so far, including manga, webtoons and graphic novels. Amazon Acquires Digital Comic Book Store Comixology.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JANUARY 25, 2024

Everyone can now be a programmer, a producer, a designer, or a musician, shrinking the gap between creativity and craft. Many creative projects require more than one type of content. We’ve already seen this with products like Midjourney and ChatGPT’s Code Interpreter. Multimodal (and multimedia!) combinations.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 27, 2023

At these shows-within-our-show, you’ll engage with smart, driven founders, and investors and members of your community, and have the opportunity to cross-collaborate with leaders from other industries. Early Bird tickets are now on sale through May 12 — book your pass here. See you there!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

But some reviewers, whether out of genuine concern for their fellow shopper or an effort to get the creative juices flowing, put time into crafting reviews that not only inform, but entertain. Summaries of these reviews would do them an injustice — and miss the point entirely. Perhaps you’ve stumbled upon these gems.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

All of this is done within an interactive code editor extension, which AppMap designed with the help of comic book artists and musicians in order to make it as easy to use and intuitive as possible. . I’m a data scientist, so I know how overwhelming data can be,” said Lawler.

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OkDork

JANUARY 9, 2024

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify Today Noah sits down with Tahl Raz, the best-selling author and renowned ghostwriter, the secret sauce behind Noah’s new book, “Million Dollar Weekend.” Tahl delves into the intricacies of crafting a book that stands the test of time. Buy the new book ‘Million Dollar Weekend’ !

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JUNE 21, 2021

In i2e1, though I was hired as a UX designer, I collaborated with other teammates and took care of the branding, print design, offline and online marketing collaterals, marketing strategy, pitch presentations, and more. Cross-team collaboration The open floor comes with an added advantage: talk with everyone.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Suddenly, companies had empty space for which they had to find creative uses. What Occupier does is allow brokers and heads of real estate to sign a lease agreement, then automate the management of critical dates and clauses, while the accounting team compliantly recognizes that lease then closes the books, all on one platform.”.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Asynchronous collaboration "In today's fast-paced work environment, utilizing asynchronous collaboration has become increasingly important to save time and promote deep work within teams. Asynchronous tools like Mural, Figma, and Loom are excellent options for teams to collaborate.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2020

What’s required this decade is to start to encroach on the harder questions, topics like how we build a better society, make people more empowered to do deep and creative work, and how we can build a more resilient and sustainable planet for all. Outschool itself has surged over 2,000% in new bookings, and recently turned its first profit.

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Ian Hathaway

JANUARY 20, 2020

Last Sunday I hit send on my first book manuscript for review by the publisher. If you don’t know already, it’s a book on entrepreneurial ecosystems co-authored with Brad Feld. My favorite shorthand definitions of these terms are as follows: complexity = the science of interactions; emergence = unpredictable creativity.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Creative arts, such as music, photography, etc. Do they need tips to scale content creation efforts or to find brand collaboration opportunities? Step 5: Search Kindle for books on your chosen topic. Kindle has a number of e-books on various topics written by niche experts. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter!

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Finally, always agree on a clear set of objectives and key results (OKRs) to ensure focus, prioritization and collaboration. For example, for Airbnb that may be the number of nights booked; for Spotify, minutes listened to. Amex has shown how a brand and business can reinvent itself many times over.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Nowadays, we try to solve problems by negotiating; many books and experts still compare business to war. Competition can drive creativity if we look at it healthily. Of course, it’s not pure altruism, and both sides usually get something out of the collaboration. Who’s the real enemy? But what does healthy competitiveness mean?

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

By placing an importance on building relationships, there is an opportunity to partner with major players now — many of whom likely might not have collaborated with you during a different economic climate. If your business is struggling, be an open book about it. The worst thing you can do in a crisis is act distant.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

I have a daily writing practice and do something creative/ artsy during the week, take walks and no screen days help,” says Cecilia. I book many meetings in 45 min increments so I have a stretch or bio break,” said Cecilia. Then, add a calendar event for a half day or full day that says “DO NOT BOOK.”

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 16, 2023

I just read Jay Shetty’s book and he tells people to be like salt, ‘Salt is so humble that when something goes wrong, it takes the blame, and when everything goes right, it doesn’t take credit.’ Breaking out of a routine uninhibited our thinking and collaboration in magical ways. Don’t beat yourself up about them.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

But the book of Hopin has just begun. Not only does this greatly reduce your marketing spend, it also forces the marketing team to be more creative, more generalist. Overcommunicate and collaborate with short toes. Everyone shares in these responsibilities and they should all be tackled with collaborative autonomy.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

And also in collaboration with Microsoft, we built some of the largest online stores back then in the U.S. But then at the core, the functionality, it’s something that you can leverage to make sure that you’re removing this undifferentiated heavy-lifting in a way and really focus on things that are creative to your business.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JANUARY 29, 2021

While some have scaled back significantly and are focusing their energies elsewhere, others have been very creative and resourceful, pivoting and standing up new programs to connect and engage the startup community. We have the zero-sum mentality Brad Feld speaks of in his recent book in spades. The responses varied considerably.

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