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Why Convoy’s Dan Lewis expects digital freight to go mainstream within the year

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The following interview, which has been edited for brevity and clarity, is part of an ongoing series that focuses on founders in the transportation sector. We were excited to work with them because they’re an incubator and accelerator, so their whole system is designed around helping founders succeed.

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8 founders, leaders highlight fintech and deep tech as Bristol’s top sectors

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We surveyed: Coralie Hassanaly , innovation consultant, DRIAD. Coralie Hassanaly, innovation consultant, DRIAD. Coralie Hassanaly, innovation consultant, DRIAD. Bristol is strong in renewable and zero-carbon innovation, fintech and robotics. innovation. Pete Read , CEO and founder, Persona Education.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Unpacking BuzzFeed’s SPAC, curb your meeting enthusiasm, more

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Meetings should have a clear purpose, but instead, they’ve become a way to measure status and reinforce what is colloquially referred to as CYA culture. Changing your meeting culture is difficult, but given that 26% of workers plan to look for a new job when the pandemic ends, startups need to do all they can to retain talent.

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Top Ann Arbor Tech Companies and Startups to Watch in 2022

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Check out some of the Ann Arbor companies with the biggest growth, best funding and most innovative products to watch into 2022. EverActive has won multiple awards, including a recent 2021 IDEA Innovation Award. They have been recognized for this innovation in FreightDocs, FreightWaves, and Venture Michigan. DocNetwork.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

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billion in research and innovation it has to spend this year. G-Mak “The innovative security device equipped with a number of unique technological solutions that can physically stop or disorient an intruder.” Sigma Software Sigma Software Group includes a VC fund, business incubator, University, and R&D centers.

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Spain’s ten-year plan to put startups in the economic driving seat

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The broad-brush goals for the strategy are to increase growth in startup investments; attract and retain talent; promote scalability; and inject innovation into the public sector so it can bolster and support Spain’s digital development. “We are not only focusing on innovative entrepreneurship.

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Israel’s startup ecosystem powers ahead, amid a year of change

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Israel’s heady mix of questioning culture, tradition of national military service, higher education, the widespread use of English, appetite for risk and team spirit makes for a fertile place for fast-moving companies to appear. Via Transportation raised $400 million in Q1. Waze’s 100 employees received about $1.2