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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine. So women own or co-own almost 50% of all the businesses in the US. Ellen Johnston of Makr has a decade of senior creative experience.

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Maki’s Conversational AI Agents Transform Talent Acquisition, Series A Funded

American Entrepreneurship

With major global companies like BNP Paribas, PwC, Deloitte, FIFA, Abercrombie, and Capgemini in its fold, Maki is accelerating the use of its AI agents throughout companies’ human resources. Its conversational AI agents are transforming how organizations recruit and manage talent. With the announcement of its $28.6

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A Sign of the Times: Why Saving the Kentile Sign is Important #savekentile

This is going to be BIG.

Brooklyn is attracting a generation of entrepreneurs who never saw Brooklyn in its industrial heyday, but feel like the borough is uniquely positioned and a historically fitting place to produce their products and serve creative communities. Politics Venture Capital & Technology' Makerbot has a factory in Industry City.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. Both are massively funding other LA tech companies through what Fred Wilson once defined as “recycled capital.”

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Why Product Management is More Like Baking than Cooking

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Once that crust begins to harden, there’s no mixing anything into them without throwing out the whole batch. It’s fine to be a creative person when you’re coming up with a recipe, but when you’re executing on one, it’s about exact attention to detail. Tags: First Round Capital Venture Capital & Technology.

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7 Reasons You Don’t Want to Start a Business With Friends

Entrepreneurs' Organization

While you might want to launch a business because you want creative freedom, your friend may want financial success. Of course, to solve this, you can look for professionals to add to your team, but what use are your friends then? Can your friendship survive? Your Business Goals May Differ. Your Finances Will Be Quite Strained.

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

Both Sides of the Table

Your goal is to increase the top end of the funnel (more people using the free product) and increase the rate of conversion to paid. They realized for them this was dumb because people didn’t want to use up their credits so viral adoption wasn’t happening quickly enough. This video discusses issues like: 1.

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