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Startup Community Engagement During Covid

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Much of what we do as startup community builders requires in-person interactions through workshops, meetups, and other events. But the Covid pandemic pushed the big pause button on in-person events that are the beating heart of many startup communities. We’re leaning heavily on our digital platforms to keep the community engaged.

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5 Ways brands can play to win on TikTok

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Evan is the CEO and co-founder of Movers+Shakers , a creative agency with a mission to “spread joy by connecting brands to culture.” In fact, TikTok was the most downloaded and highest grossing non-game app globally in the first half of 2021. We asked Evan how brands can leverage the TikTok platform.

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JBalvin enters the digital wellness space with the launch of a bilingual mental health app

TechCrunch

The app, which seeks to support those struggling with mental health issues, was built by Balvin and his two co-founders Mario Chamorro, a creative wellness activist and acting CEO; and Patrick Dowd, a creative strategist, and the company’s COO. Users who download the app before October 31 will have access to a one-month free trial.

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Entrepreneurial Spirit Drives a Mission to Connect People With Popongo

StartupNation

In this role, I spearhead a program that helps veterans and community heroes like teachers, police, firefighters, medical professionals and social workers acquire housing. Fulfilling a need – creativity spurs inspiration. I decided to challenge my creativity and figure out a new game that would appeal to the masses.

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UK music platform for creators Uppbeat raises $6.15 million Series A

TechCrunch

It does so by offering an alternative to expensive music licensing platforms as well as free music options like YouTube’s Audio Library or Creative Commons ‘ music. mo) provides full access and unlimited downloads. (A “Since Uppbeat went live, the response from the creator community has been truly incredible.

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Facet raises $13M to add photo editing features Photoshop can only dream of

TechCrunch

Facet is particularly aimed at commercial-grade image editing where you need to prepare and present huge quantities of photos, but — as with Photoshop — it can be used in dozens of different ways, limited only by the image-makers’ creativity. Facet is about to have a big impact on the creative community and the wider web.

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Stability AI, the startup behind Stable Diffusion, raises $101M

TechCrunch

Mostaque co-founded and bootstrapped Stability AI in 2020, motivated both by a personal fascination with AI and what he characterized as a lack of “organization” within the open source AI community. We’re completely independent,” Mostaque told TechCrunch in a previous interview.

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