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Creators as Small Businesses Recognized by Visa at Web Summit

American Entrepreneurship

They leverage technology to promote their content creation, particularly the internet and social media, to reach audiences, build communities, and often monetize their work. Community Engagement : Successful creators often cultivate a community of followers, which can help them grow their influence and increase their earning potential.

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Delaware’s 5th annual Startup302 funding contest accepting applications January 2 to 26

American Entrepreneurship

December 20, 2024 ) Applications for Delawares fifth annual Startup302 funding competition will be accepted January 2 through 26 from technology-enabled startups with high-growth potential and at least one founding team member from an underrepresented group.

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Resilience in Entrepreneurship is the X Factor for Success

American Entrepreneurship

Successful entrepreneurs have a mindset that enables them to move past failure. Reframing failure helps you detach your personal identity from outcomes that enables you to focus on progress over a desire for perfection. Peer communities (online forums, founder groups, Slack channels) provide shared experiences and emotional validation.

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Gridware’s $26.4M Series A Funding Revolutionizes Power Grid Monitoring with Gridscope Technology

American Entrepreneurship

Through the use of advanced Gridscope devices and its analytics platform, utilities now have unprecedented insight into the health of their grids enabling them to have faster response times and better mitigate risks associated with outages, wildfires, and other disasters. The post Gridwares $26.4M

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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

In my experience, the best way to communicate such metrics is to present them in the form of a story. Leveraging before-and-after scenarios may help, enabling you to showcase how your solutions solved specific customer problems. Communicating the impact metrics the right way increases your likelihood of being heard and taken seriously.

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i2E Showcases Startup Innovation at Bridge2 Cohort 3 Demo Day

Innovation 2 Enterprise

Bridge2 is Oklahoma’s premier pre-accelerator for scalable, tech-enabled, early-stage startups. Highlights from Demo Day included: ProBound – An AI agent builder for sales and support, enabling businesses to deploy custom agents in under 15 minutes. Bridge2 helped us get laser focused.

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CEO Gururaj Pandurangi on How ThriveStack Redefines B2B SaaS Growth with Hybrid GTM Tooling

Jason Malki

We tried to compete, investing a million dollars in enabling self-serve products and revamping our GTM playbook. Additionally, we are dedicated to building a strong community around our brand to foster loyalty and deep engagement among our users. But it wasn’t enough. My leadership team wasn’t ready for the shift, and we gave up.

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