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Ride the Entrepreneurial Wave: How Surfing Informs Business Strategy

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Situations can change based on swell (short-term), season (midterm), and over time due to larger developments, such as sand shifts because of construction (long-term). The post Ride the Entrepreneurial Wave: How Surfing Informs Business Strategy first appeared on The EO Blog. The same is true for life.

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Formwork Labs aims to build ‘the YC of construction tech’

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Construction tech is one of those sectors that has not historically been considered “sexy” in a startup world that often favors glitzier technology. But construction fuels the commercial and real estate industries, which in turn impacts all of us in one way or another. billion and $40.5 billion , respectively.

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Graneet raises $8.7 million for its vertical SaaS for construction companies

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French startup Graneet is building an all-in-one software-as-a-service product focused on small construction companies. Due to the founder’s background, Graneet is focusing on construction companies. So Graneet is building a sort of mini ERP for construction SMBs. That’s why the startup raised a €8 million Series A round ($8.7

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Going Beyond Good Intentions: Wissam Akra’s Trailblazing Journey in Transforming the Construction…

Jason Malki

Going Beyond Good Intentions: Wissam Akra’s Trailblazing Journey in Transforming the Construction Industry It’s a strange, wonderful, and sometimes scary time for industries that are impacted by the adoption of AI into their day-to-day work. Construction is no different. I’ve dedicated my life to the construction industry.

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Bridgit secures $24M CAD in funding to provide construction companies with ‘workforce intelligence’

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Bridgit , a “workforce intelligence” technology company that is focused on the construction industry, announced today that it has raised CAD$24 million, or about US$19.4 CEO Mallorie Brodie and COO Lauren Lake founded Bridgit in late 2012 with the mission of helping construction companies maximize profits “by taking a people-first approach.

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Eano’s Stella Wu is not your typical construction tech startup founder

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Construction tech startups are poised to shake up a $1.3-trillion-dollar We love Eano’s mission — combining a similar product sourcing strategy as Wish with technology to bring a better experience to all constituents in the antiquated construction industry.”. trillion-dollar industry.

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Tiger Global leads $30M investment into Briq, a fintech for the construction industry

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Briq , which has developed a fintech platform used by the construction industry, has raised $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Tiger Global Management. Briq CEO and co-founder Bassem Hamdy is a former executive at construction tech giant Procore (which recently went public and has a market cap of $10.4