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Female Founders: What the numbers mean and what they don't

This is going to be BIG.

Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. It also doesn''t take into consideration many important factors: One, venture backed companies are a tiny hiccup in the grand scheme of entrepreneurship. Most companies don''t ever raise venture capital and they do just fine.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

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Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade. However, in June 2020, the Italian government sponsored a €1 billion investment program aimed at the native startup ecosystem, creating a new venture arm: CDP Venture Capital.

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Want to know why charging $12 / year converts higher than $9.99?

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Your goal is to increase the top end of the funnel (more people using the free product) and increase the rate of conversion to paid. They realized for them this was dumb because people didn’t want to use up their credits so viral adoption wasn’t happening quickly enough. This video discusses issues like: 1.

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10 Startup Shortcuts That Will Be Back To Haunt You

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Some entrepreneurs can’t decide if they want to be a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) or a C-corporation, or they don’t have the money, so they put off doing anything until the first venture capital round, or until the first lawsuit occurs. Cultural and religious implications must be very carefully considered.

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6 Miami-based investors share their views on the region’s startup scene

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Mark Volchek, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital. Parekh, managing partner, Secocha Ventures. Use discount code MIAMICRUNCH to save 25% off a 1-year Extra Crunch membership. Mark Volcheck, founding partner, Las Olas Venture Capital. David Goldberg, general partner, Alpaca.

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Daily Crunch: Twilio CEO: Laying off 11% of company’s workforce is ‘wise and necessary’

TechCrunch

Use this link, or pop “DC” into the promo code box when you buy your passes to the hottest startup event of the summer. This “island” is not tropical : iPhone fanatics may have doubted the usefulness of “the notch” on the iPhone X, but Ivan writes that the new “Dynamic Island” feature for iPhone 14 is anything but.

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After a record year for Israeli startups, 16 investors tell us what’s next

TechCrunch

Platforms that are transforming how people and businesses operate, go about their business or leverage their core assets, using superior products, data and AI. This can be professional, personal or a mix of the two. There is an incredible, thriving entrepreneurship culture that breeds fascinating companies weekly.

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