StartupNation

DECEMBER 15, 2020

We studied that very challenge while researching our new book, “The Entrepreneur’s Faces.” Below, we profile five of the 10 different types of entrepreneurs we discuss in our book, and why these are the key people you want on your side from the start. We found that new ventures require radically different talents and skills.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 8, 2022

Launched in 1987, the company provides hundreds of transportation and hospitality providers with inventory management and booking services. If you can map every oasis in a desert, you’ve created a transportation network. Dear Sophie: Supporting Ukrainians with H-1Bs and beyond. How can we support them?

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Calendly : The explosive growth of meeting-booking service Calendly was bound to attract competition. Transit security is big business : Flush with a $50 million Series B, Shift5 is working to build transportation security. Fantastical v. Expect to see more related competitors in time. There’s yet another round in The U.S.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It’s a big jump either way, and you’ll need extra support to give it your best shot. If any of these statements ring true, then this is the book for you and NOW is the time to take action as there will be many new business opportunities for female entrepreneurs resulting from morphing industries in the aftermath of COVID-19.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 4, 2018

I felt like we had been transported back in time. I was able to support my wonderful family and my small staff, but we always operated one project to the next, navigating a predictably unpredictable cash flow. And just yesterday, I booked a flight for a week-long trip back to Italy with Lisa. But that was just it.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The company’s new cash has come from the private equity firms KKR and Tritium Partners, and is intended to provide operational support to meet the booming demand for RVs as Americans hit the road in unprecedented numbers. The company saw a 650% increase in bookings from April to May of 2020, according to a report in The Drive.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In Amsterdam, rich people take public transport, not private buses. During COVID-19, the Dutch government has also announced support packages such as tax deferrals, temporary employment bridging schemes and other initiatives. Booking.com started in 1996 and was later acquired by Priceline Group (now called Booking Holdings) in 2005.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

So, in keeping with our mission, we present to you today a list of Ukrainian tech companies and initiatives you can support, the products you can use, and the startups which you – if you’re an investor – can look at funding. But over 90% of Ukrainian startups say they need financial support to survive the war.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 25, 2024

million in Series A funding, led by GreenPoint Partners with support from Speedwagon Capital Partners, to accelerate expansion of its managed properties and technology platform. FirstFleet, PAM Transport, Dot Transportation, Western Flyer Xpress, and Riverside Transport, as well as more than 1,500 midsized fleets and small trucking companies.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Plentywaka is primarily a bus-booking platform but, per its website, has more than 900 vehicles, ranging from cars to vans to buses. Techstars is a huge believer in the future of Africa and a proud supporter of African entrepreneurs. However , for the former, it’s in the form of an acquisition.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

million seed funding support from East Ventures and other investors to expand its operations across the region. million Seed Funding Support Fr8Labs, a startup company based in Singapore and Indonesia, is leading the digital transformation of logistics industry in Southeast Asia. The logistics startup company recently received $1.5

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

Long before COVID-19 precipitated “digital transformation” across the world of work, customer services and support was built to run online and virtually. Yet it too is undergoing an evolution supercharged by technology.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Founder Christina York created the tech to work as augmented reality for published books but quickly pivoted into health care when she found the technology could be readily used as pediatric patient distraction during medical procedures. Spellbound has gone from bootstrapped XR startup to award-winning company with a growing team.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 14, 2022

“AI and machine learning have always been at the core of our product … [it helps users] book more efficiently in terms of cost and time,” Kukreja said. “The massive dissonance between personal and business travel processes presented an interesting opportunity. Itilite’s expensing tools. Image Credits: Itilite.

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HPA

AUGUST 12, 2019

Unlike many traditional healthcare companies, Livongo helps people use less-intrusive technology and an easily accessible professional support network to change and maintain behavior that leads to healthier lives. You can read more about his insights on the topic in his book On Our Terms: Empowering the New Health Consumer.).

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Travel booking startup Hopper today announced that it closed a $96 million follow-on investment from Capital One, bringing the company’s total raised to $740 million. Evidently, the downturn hasn’t soured investors on the travel industry.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2021

Released in 2011, “Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” was a book that laid claim to the idea that Israel was an unusual type of country. Via Transportation raised $400 million in Q1. Israel’s government is very supportive of its high-tech economy. Next Insurance raised $250 million in Q3.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2022

” Bounce talks in term of a “BounceBack Program” — aka, a “pledge” to support small business to “‘bounce back’ as we continue to climb out of the pandemic”, as its marketing puts it. Travel booking app Hopper upgrades its valuation to $5B on secondary sale.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 21, 2021

We have seen this play out across several business-to-consumer verticals over the past decade: Airbnb in hospitality, Instacart in grocery, DoorDash in food delivery, and Lyft in transportation. Domestic shippers like Unilever spend nearly $800 billion annually transporting raw materials and consumer goods by truck 1.

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Impact Hub

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

To raise awareness and inspire action, we have gathered 3 initiatives that are having a positive impact on the tourism industry and supporting the industry’s efforts to operate within planetary boundaries. The Tourism Innovation Academy: Supporting early-stage tourism startups.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2021

On the user side of things, by the time they’ve begun the checkout process and are ready to finalize a booking of, say, an RV rental, DigiSure is able to offer up a dynamically priced bundled insurance product at the point of sale, making it feel like a real-time process.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

Prospective hosts can start pre-listing cars on Wednesday, and guests who want to book on Turo can start June 27, the company said. Meanwhile in France, Turo has acquired French competitor OuiCar, effectively opening up the French market and supporting broader expansion plans in Europe, the company says.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 1, 2022

I see a world where you can use a DAO for your book club, or whatever you want.”. Strong Supporter. “There will be a lot of evolution [for DAOs] as we start to fit the technology into human behavior,” Sarah Wood, head of operations at Upstream, said. “I Dear Sophie: What can we do to help employees who are Ukrainian citizens?

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OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2022

Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. NeuReality replaces the traditional general-purpose CPU-centric support system, slashing deployment costs by 80 percent and more.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 15, 2022

Artificial intelligence technology is disrupting almost every industry from agriculture to retail to transportation, but it doesn’t come cheap. NeuReality replaces the traditional general-purpose CPU-centric support system, slashing deployment costs by 80 percent and more.

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OurCrowd

JULY 22, 2019

By now it’s pretty clear that vehicles are becoming increasingly connected to the outside world, and in 10 years, most vehicles will be connected to other vehicles, surrounding infrastructure, and even pedestrians, allowing them to support driverless cars, trucks, and SUVs. If it’s a software fix, there will be an upgrade.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 2, 2020

I read a book that fit the bill: Peter Zeihan’s Disunited Nations is a political economy book, a sort of Guns, Germs, and Steel for the future. Zeihan structures the book as a series of scorecards for the major countries of the world. He starts with an explanation of the importance of transport to trade. Which fall?

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

lbs (3kg) including the drone, cloud-based software, and supporting systems. Only two other companies are aiming at backyard deliveries with this end-to-end capability: Amazon’s Prime Air, which serves only Amazon, and Alphabet’s (Google) Wing, currently focused on medical supplies and library books. Read more. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2022

However, Topship’s expectations are pretty lofty; it said in a statement that “its mission is to make the shipping experience in Africa as easy and stress-free as booking an Uber ride.” YC W22 batch nets 24 African startups, including 18 from Nigeria.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Employees can use the app to book tickets, reserve seats and track their transportation in real time. We now support over 200 cities with our partners in the U.S.” Companies can also use the platform to set vehicle capacity controls and add customized features within the app, such as health and consent forms.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2022

When not focusing on sales, marketing, R&D and customer support, Delfast’s smaller team of seven employees based in Los Angeles has been pleading with U.S. The following interview, part of an ongoing series with founders who are building transportation companies, has been edited for length and clarity. . What’s changed?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 20, 2018

It might be a Class K-2 Delahaye Postwar automobile , or it could be securing more support for your sales staff. David Disiere is the founder and CEO of QEO Insurance Group , an agency that provides commercial transportation insurance to clients throughout the U.S. Strategize what you want. Consider your end game.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

TrovaTrip , a travel planning and booking platform that lets creators host adventures with their communities, has raised $15 million in Series A funding led by Madrona. To date, more than 15,000 travelers have used TrovaTrip to book an experience. TrovaTrip offers more than 150 experiences in 48 countries. transaction fee.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 1, 2019

The clock strikes midnight on 31 December, and every store seems awash with self-help books, diet plans, and exercise equipment. Look into apps that will give you support, talk to friends and family so they can hold you accountable, and keep your employees in the loop. Written for EO by entrepreneur and philanthropist David Disiere.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

At Uber’s third annual Go-GET product event Wednesday in New York City, the ride-hailing company announced that it’ll soon launch boat travel in Greece, giving vacationers — and boat lovers — the opportunity to book a boat directly via the Uber app.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

It happened — first day in the books! Twitter makes its API free for public announcement accounts Twitter announced on May 2 that it is making its API free for verified government or public-owned services posting about public utility alerts such as weather alerts, transportation information and emergency warnings.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

During the vertiport demo, Volocopter also displayed its branded VoloIQ digital platform, which the startup says supports everything from booking to managing flight operations, and will help support the scaling up of AAM in cities around the world.

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