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How to Communicate Impact Metrics to Investors

StartupNation

Post-round, the same metrics framework became our quarterly board template, saving hours of prep. As a result, investors appreciated our transparency and clarity, which strengthened their trust in our team and conviction in our vision, ultimately leading to increased engagement and securing the next round of investment.

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How Startups Can Adapt to Evolving Cybersecurity Threats

StartupNation

ISO 27001 provided us with the framework, but real security came from enforcing the principle of least privilege, audit logging, and segmenting our infrastructure to minimize blast radius. As we scaled from a hardware-focused startup to a cloud platform for mission-critical tracking in logistics and manufacturing, we had to evolve rapidly.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

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Venture capitalists eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten VC

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

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TechCrunch+ roundup: Why your title matters, part-time CFOs, Sequoia’s new model

TechCrunch

Data collection isn’t the problem: It’s what companies are doing with it. Instead of raking in user data as a general practice, companies should aggregate information to optimize product development and create a superior customer experience, writes Maxim Kharchenko, director of fintech products at Rakuten Viber.

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Announcing the startups and judges onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022

TechCrunch

The Singularity Platform is essentially a combo of three tools that Koop built: Koop API, Portal By Koop, and Insurability Sufficiency Framework (ISF). Koop provides autonomy insurance through data collection and proprietary analysis, wrapped up in the UX/UI provided by the portal.” ” Mar Hershenson — Pear VC.

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Jon Brewton on Leading Data²: Harnessing AI for Real-World Impact in High-Stakes Industries

Jason Malki

Most organizations relied on traditional data management systems that either couldn’t handle the scale of the data or couldn’t provide the kind of real-time, actionable insights needed in high-stakes environments. I founded Data² to bridge that gap. Lastly, invest in building a strong team and culture.