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Lesson #360: How to Survive a Difficult VC Funding Environment

Red Rocket

CB Insights, a leading research organization that tracks venture capital financings, recently released its report on t he state of the venture capital market in 2023. Gone are the days of “unicorn” creation (companies worth more than $1 billion), mega-sized financings, and excessive valuations.

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Captain’s contractor lending tool aims to speed up home repairs after natural disasters

TechCrunch

Smaller storms can still take up to five months for financing and repairs to be completed as the homeowner works with their mortgage company, insurance provider and contractor to get the work completed. Prior to starting Captain, Gray was an accountant in construction companies focused on insurance restoration work.

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The oh-so-biased branding risk in venture capital

TechCrunch

News broke earlier this week that Amazon is letting employees use their stock to finance home purchases and even second homes. Here’s why it’s important: It’s a creative, but also surprising, partnership. Speakers include Techstars’ Kerty Levy , Construct Capital’s Dayna Grayson and NFX’s James Currier.

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5 Important Tips For First-Time Franchise Buyers

StartupNation

While you will have the freedom to set store hours, menu prices and decide who to hire, your creative license as a franchisee is extremely limited. They can include lease costs, construction and/or renovation costs, equipment costs, purchase of inventory and the ability to cover operations for up to six months.

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3 disruptive trends that will shape marketing in 2022

TechCrunch

Growth marketers will also need to collaborate more with their internal data science teams to construct bespoke attribution models, as one size will not fit all. TikTok, influencers and the dominance of native creative. TikTok continued its meteoric rise this year, surpassing 1 billion monthly active users in September.

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We’re disrupting TechCrunch Disrupt: 8 stages, 3 days, 1 city

TechCrunch

SaaS Stage: Considers how software-as-a-service unlocks creativity and efficiency with mobile apps, cloud-based resources, collaboration tools, creator communities, developer tools, e-commerce, low code, recurring revenue and marketing tools. Sessions will include Breakthrough Energy Ventures, S2G, and the City of Atlanta.

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19 Words to Describe Your Ideal Employee

Entrepreneurs' Organization

constructive He or she works to create a quality service or product, and when they give feedback, it’s for the good of the team. creative Being creative and innovative is always a plus. earnest This person is sincere in their words and actions; they don’t pretend to be something they’re not.