Jason Malki

JULY 21, 2025

Brusseau, who is a global strategist at the intersection of data, creativity, and technology. After a decade immersed in digital strategy, fintech, and responsible AI, Rocio returned to Spain to co-found WAYS  — a tech-for-impact startup revitalizing cultural routes like the Camino de Santiago. Thank you so much for joining us!

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

Algorithmic trading is usually something only hedge funds or finance pros can pull off—if you don't know Python or have access to advanced platforms, you're out of luck. Corbin notes that you can reverse the logic for bearish strategies or add complexity by pulling in external data like news sentiment before making decisions.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

How to kickstart your AI automation strategy Automate intelligently with Zapier What is AI automation? Explore now In the realm of AI automation, this opens up powerful possibilities for automating creative and content-heavy tasks. AI automation often comes into the picture through BPM strategies like process mining.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

We dug into the research and saw clearly how many professionals search daily for support with career coaching, positioning, resumes, interviews, LinkedIn presence, and job search strategy. I wrote things like: freedom, creativity, intellectual stimulation, writing, psychology. But more than numbers, we saw a gap in quality.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Think creatives, developers, analysts, and other worker bees. Key RACI benefits include: Clearly defines responsibilities and expectations: No more "Well, finance said it was ready to ship." Who gives the final nod for the marketing strategy? Let's break each of those down. " moments.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Have you dreamed of starting a creative business? After the collective trauma that was 2020 and 2021, many of us are feeling burnt out, both creatively and mentally. It‘s possible to build a business and a life you love out of your creativity that is both fulfilling and profitable. . Here’s how to get started.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2024

Turning an idea into a sellable product takes grit, but limited budgets often require entrepreneurs to develop creative solutions that rely more on resourcefulness than cash. In the rocky economic climate of 2024, creativity fuels entrepreneurial success more than deep pockets.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Whether it’s related to your personal finances, business growth or world events, one characteristic many entrepreneurs share is a knack for preparedness. Enhance your self-discipline with these tips: Make habit-forming a priority by using apps or strategies like the 21-day rule. Change your strategy. Unwavering creativity.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

This experience allowed me to identify a critical void in financing companies: building healthy capital stacks and navigating the public offering process. With no revenue three years in and an ever-increasing pile of expenses, my personal finances took a hit. Loans replaced savings, and credit lines were stretched to their limits.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2024

The lean startup approach introduces a more dynamic and resource-efficient strategy. Such real-world input is crucial for deciding whether to persist with your current strategy, tweak your idea, or abandon the project altogether. While still in use today, that method comes with high risks, particularly when resources are scarce.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

At the end of the day, you want a thought partner who’s aligned with your strategy.” To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation. Think of who you want to partner with one, five, and ten years down the line. The soundbite: “Do your diligence on LPs too.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2020

Every day—perhaps every hour—you feel forced to reset your expectations, your goals and your strategy. Lean on industry peers for creative ways to support your staff and stay informed about the latest laws and resources in your area. • Will you survive? How long can you support your team?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

billion 2013 figure) have been massive financings at Honest Company ($70mm), JustFab ($85mm), ZipRecruiter ($63mm) and lord only knows how much SnapChat has actually accumulated. No less than Fred Wilson has credited Carlota’s work with having a major influence on his investment strategy at USV. But what about tech talent?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.).

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Smart Hustle Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

In addition, Gartner found that 74% of Finance leaders expected to shift 5% of employees to remote work permanently. Why Creative Leadership is Necessary for a Virtual Environment. The post Proven Strategies to Efficiently Manage a Remote Team appeared first on SmartHustle.com.

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A Smart Bear

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Online marketing teams are accustomed to throwing creative things at the wall, with new technology and platforms, because that’s the day-to-day reality of their job. But this also can make decisions more difficult, because finding a good solution is complex, often requiring compromise or creativity which requires time to be realized.

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Gust

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Sometimes creative efforts need more time before launch, or your efforts to run the company need tuning. That takes more money and time to set up, and more people to re-train and re-educate when forced to redirect your strategy. Sometimes survival requires staying under the radar. The best partners are ones who share costs and risks.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 3, 2021

How to execute an amplified marketing strategy. Marketers need a new plan of action that puts creativity before quantity, audience before engine, and sets connection as the top priority,” says Lindsay Tjepkema, CEO of audio and video content marketing platform Casted. How to execute an amplified marketing strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Here Cincinnati was really creative to its approach to attracting more venture capital to the region – including this author. In LA we have entertainment, finance, textiles, aerospace, transportation, fashion and so forth. In 2012 Upfront Ventures raised its 4th venture capital fund – this one was $200 million.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 1, 2022

Business Strategies That Can Make Difference in 2022. In order to grow in 2022, you need to excel at the core business functions – team, finances, use of technology, marketing, operations, etc. Here are some business strategies for the new year you can implement to boost growth: 1- Having a Clever Pricing Strategy.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

From this post, deep tech startups can formulate their marketing hiring strategy and attract and cultivate top talent to drive their go-to-market plan. To this end, marketers develop creative ways to gather lists of, and information on, key contacts at these potential partners. Whether the marketing team needs industry experience.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

TikTok, influencers and the dominance of native creative. How to acquire customer research that shapes your go-to-market strategy. How to acquire customer research that shapes your go-to-market strategy. Here’s what they’re preparing for: Less data, more privacy and the return of growth hacking.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2022

For companies looking to increase revenue and exposure, it is important to develop data-driven strategies that capture the attention of the consumer base. The thing to remember is that digital video consumers and users like fun and creative content. This option provides you with the utmost flexibility when it comes to financing.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Global growth of sustainable investing strategies 2016-2020 (The 2020 GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT REVIEW by Global Sustainable Investment Alliance) This wave of change is sweeping across various stakeholders. Here, environmental stalwart Lee Yu-jin shed light on strategies for carbon neutrality and green growth.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

Does the traditional VC financing model make sense for all companies? A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. 2018 also had the fewest number of angel-led financing rounds since before 2010.

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Y Combinator

OCTOBER 11, 2021

YC is hiring across many of our teams, including Admissions, Continuity, Software, People Ops and Finance. Given the number of YC companies raising Series As every year, you’ll have an unparalleled understanding of how these financings happen and the early-stage funding ecosystem. Find out more about the open roles here.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2022

Yes, it is a great time to reevaluate your project management initiatives, customer retention strategy, and HR processes. Most Popular: The Benefits of Encouraging Creativity and Innovation in the Workplace. As the business owner, you need to do everything you can to stay on top of your company’s finances.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

Finance teams were constantly needing them for things like creating pitch decks. Or put more simply, she wanted to build a new kind of cloud storage that would serve as an alternative to Dropbox and Google Drive “built by, and for, creatives.”. On top of that, she said, designers weren’t the only ones who needed to access the assets.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

What would happen if companies offered flexibility to their employees, backed by data and scalable strategies? Combining her high-end culinary skills with creative ingredients from the cereal aisle, Tosi created sweet culinary hits like Cereal Milk and Crack Pie. Anna Auerbach and Annie Dean / Werk Enterprises Inc.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

Amid market volatility, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is an area that continues to be in focus in both the crypto VC world and across the community as new use cases, protocols and projects arise. Anywhere from 20% to 50% of crypto-related pitches today are DeFi-focused, several investors we surveyed said. “To

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Kara Penn is the mother of four daughters and owner of Mission Spark, a management and strategy consulting company. So far, Penn has invested in five startups across a range of sectors including real estate, food, apparel and finance. . And now, thanks to Hustle Fund, she is also an angel investor.

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TechCrunch

MAY 4, 2021

Acronis has raised $250 million in equity, and co-founder and CEO Serguei Beloussov said in an interview the company plans to use the financing both to grow organically, as well as for acquisitions to bring more “proactive” technology into its portfolio. There is no cybersecurity skills gap, but CISOs must think creatively.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Comcast Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Real Estate Technology (RET) Ventures co-led the financing, which brings the company’s total raised to $32 million since its 2019 inception. Chipperfield previously served as global creative director at Tesla, head of special projects at Apple and head of digital at Burberry.

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StartupNation

MAY 9, 2021

Review your household finances and compare them to your estimated startup expenses. Be firm about how much revenue the business needs to generate and create an actionable strategy for reaching that goal. Begin with the question, “How much time and money am I able to invest in this undertaking?”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

The agency — which has spun out the likes of Nigerian artiste Joeboy and Ghanaian artiste Kwesi Arthur — now has its tentacles spread in marketing, distribution, publishing, management and finance services for independent artists and record labels.

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the Nowak Metro Finance Lab at Drexel University recently wrote , “cities need to organize economic stabilization teams… to offer short-term, focused relief until the federal government can offer some direct relief.” Cities need to be ready to harness this creative energy as part of their response plans.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

. “And while much of the oxygen has been soaked up by large legacy companies hitting the public market, there have been smaller deals that indicate a hunger for better creative adtech.” ” Creative adtech is on the cusp of a revolution, and VCs should take note. On Wednesday, September 22 at 9:05 a.m

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