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Island Raises $250M Series E Funding, Reaches $4.8 Billion Valuation

American Entrepreneurship

Dan Amiga, Islands CTO and Co-founder, emphasized the importance of customer collaboration in building the product: Creating and growing a new category requires deep technical partnerships and maximum trust between CIOs, CISOs, and product teams. The post Island Raises $250M Series E Funding, Reaches $4.8

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The business model of the future

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Each one might solve a problem for customers—for example, better return policies “no springs” attached, better price points, free delivery or free pickup. But do any of these companies solve the bigger issues of the mattress industry?

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Five Reasons Why We Need a More Progressive Economy for Growth

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When businesses want to reach an online customer most effectively, they basically have Facebook and Google to choose from to spend money on, creating a scenario where these platform companies have all the data necessary to pick and choose category winners. Amazon can use purchase data to create new Whole Foods brands and Amazon labels.

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Do It Right The First Time, Part II: Visit the Doctor or House Call?

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Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. Stepping off the soapbox, let’s examine the highest level “To Do” list for a new startup: Formation, Governance and Equity. Newco, Inc.”)

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Navigating Singapore’s Startup Ecosystem: Top 5 Funding Initiatives Unveiled

AsiaTechDaily

Entrepreneurs are drawn to Singapore’s comprehensive support system, which has business-incubating infrastructure, tax incentives, substantial government subsidies, and strong international connections. The applicant should not have previously registered any business entity or received funding from any other government organization.

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Christina Theodoraki

Ecosystem Builder Hub

As the ecosystem is built by a variety of population with central and peripheral players, ecosystem builders are needed in all the positions and categories in order to succeed. These can be policy makers, entrepreneurs, students, incubator managers and staff, universities, professors, educators and researchers, or just citizens.

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Data management vendor Ataccama receives $150M infusion from Bain

TechCrunch

Founded in 2007, Ataccama develops data governance, data catalog, data quality and data management capabilities for enterprises. “A second big opportunity is continuing product innovation, focused on bridging the gap between data democratization and the need for centralized data governance and data quality management.