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Why Docracy is the Most Revolutionary Company of Our Time

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Our recent health care reform bill? Whether you believe in 1% conspiracies or not, most would agree that those in power want to stay in power and a complicated legal framework helps stall social innovation and maintains the status quo. This is how software used to get developed. 1,990 pages!

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The New Business Preservation Act and the Tradition of U.S. Federal Government Support for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

Ian Hathaway

Senators led by Amy Klobuchar introduced the New Business Preservation Act to incentivize venture capital formation around the country. It avoids two well-known traps for government-sponsored venture programs by requiring that public funds are matched with private dollars and that capital is deployed by professional investors.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Corp dev handbook, Chicago startups, Brazil’s e-commerce landscape

TechCrunch

Whether you’re already in the fundraising process or plan to be in the future, be sure to read “A crash course on corporate development” that Venrock VP Todd Graham shared with us this week. Let’s make a deal: A crash course on corporate development. Let’s make a deal: A crash course on corporate development.

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Ripe For Disruption: The Asset Management Business

David Teten VC

Reilly: In your research, you use the Clay Christensen framework of “jobs to be done”. Another said, “I think it’s remnant inventory…the Craigslist of venture capital. However, few investors can impact the value of the underlying asset, except for typically private equity and venture capital investors.

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TechCrunch+ roundup: SaaS success stats, leveraging ad tech chaos, 2022 layoff trends

TechCrunch

For those of us who haven’t memorized economic frameworks: The Rule of 40 is a metric investors developed to gauge the health and growth potential of SaaS startups. Johnson, who is based in Houston, shared her investment thesis and strategies and spoke about her efforts to expand diversity in venture capital.

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

TechCrunch

Sales team health. 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. 5 must-have board slides for SaaS sales and revenue leaders.

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Women entrepreneurs breaking barriers for a sustainable future

Impact Hub

Unfortunately, women from emerging and developing economies are increasingly being seen as more vulnerable than men due to the negative impacts of climate change. . I was convinced that it was necessary to work on the development of new technologies to reduce the use of chemicals in agriculture and thus take care of nature and human health.