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LMS365, a learning management system built into Microsoft 365 and Teams, raises $20M

TechCrunch

Embedding a learning management system directly into workers’ core everyday tools is one of LMS365’s core selling points versus incumbents in the LMS space such as Workday , Eloomi , or TalentLMS. Germany, and Australia. “We “We will use M&A strategically going forward, including in relation to product development.”

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Affirm and Klarna ramp up competing efforts to attract US consumers

TechCrunch

But it is illustrative of the measures that financial services companies — incumbents and fintechs alike — are taking to make their installment loans available to more consumers. In other words, it wants to help fintechs be in a stronger position to compete with incumbents, something it believes will benefit consumers.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

Both Sides of the Table

So when Sam Rosen came to me with the idea of disrupting storage with a product that is priced cheaper than existing incumbents and he could build a product that is a better service I was intrigued. You can enter either but your strategy must be very different and I can tell you that fragmented markets are easier to disrupt.

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Unbundling the Game Engine: The Rise of Next Generation 3D Creation Engines

Andreessen Horowitz

Brief History Of Game Engines Humans have always desired to construct and explore worlds of our own imagination. A game engine is the canvas by which these real-time 3D interactive worlds are constructed and rendered. Even Unity grew out of a failed game called Gooball.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Five Flute’s $1.2M pre-seed deck

TechCrunch

” — go-to-market strategy slide. “Our competition is structurally unable to address this niche.” One incredible thing about this deck is that, in seeing its construction, I can imagine the frustration of Five Flute’s founder. .” — product slide. Demo slide. ” — competition slide.

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Save $450,000, and Win Your Next Pitch

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Two factors often come down to how Q&A will be shared and/or if we are the incumbent. Phases: Construct the options based on the main phases involved in the assignment (e.g. Outputs: Construct options using outputs (deliverables, specific work product). There are times to ask questions and times not to.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Successful companies will need founders that will be able to raise significant funding and will need successful strategies to maintain healthy margins in the early days and while scaling. Construction vehicles (4%): Very early category with limited progress to date.

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