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Mosaic raises $18.5M Series A from GC to rebuild the CFO software stack

TechCrunch

While the CEO sets strategy, messages, and builds culture, the CFO needs to know everything that it is going on in an organization. Moallemi says incumbents have a couple of key challenges that Mosaic hopes to overcome. Other investors in the Series A included Felicis Ventures, plus XYZ and Village Global.

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Cultivating a Practice of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Ecosystem Building Programs

Ecosystem Builder Hub

Cultivating a culture and practice of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has become a core principle for entrepreneurial ecosystem builders. It is incumbent upon those of us working to build vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystems to put inclusion front and center, at the heart of everything we do. Ongoing third-party consultation.

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Extra Crunch roundup: StockX EC-1, Early Stage recaps, unpacking Alkami’s IPO, more

TechCrunch

Part 4: The consequences of scaling up sneaker culture. The competition intensified further last year when American incumbents Beyond Meat and Eat Just entered China. Image Credits: MaC Venture Capital. Part 2: Authentication and StockX’s global arms race against fraudsters. Part 3: Where StockX fits in the business of sneakers.

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Request for Startups: Climate Tech

Y Combinator

Other considerations include market size, incumbent strength, founder fit with an enterprise-like sales cycle, and ability to create significantly better-electrified products faster than the incumbents can modify their existing lines and supply chains. Discovery platforms for project and debt financing Leverage public funds (e.g.

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HubSpot CEO and Cofounder Brian Halligan with Wufoo Cofounder Kevin Hale

Y Combinator

14:20 – At what point did they shift entirely away from consulting? Then when I graduated, a year before he did, actually, he was on a different track than I was, and I spent about nine months in a little venture firm as a EIR, and we tinkered with it. 8:25 – Pricing in the early days. 16:00 – SEO is underrated.