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Revyze is building the TikTok of educational videos

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In just a few weeks, Revyze managed to attract 35,000 downloads. “We talked with kids attending 30 or 35 different high schools,” co-founder Florent Sciberras told me. “We We asked them: ‘What do you think about school and what’s the best way to learn?’ And they told us that nobody had ever asked them those questions.”.

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Here’s What’s Driving Collaborative Consumption and Where the Market May Head Next

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You can of course view the presentation in SlideShare above or download it directly for free here. Network Up. Why is Collaborative Consumption Becoming a Hot Trend for Startup Companies? Prices down. But what else? In the US that number is 17%, which is still too high. Add unemployment to debt. An obvious example of this is oDesk.

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Entrepreneurial Networks are Driving Global Change, According to Impact Hub Network’s 2019 Global Impact Report

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Ahead of this year’s Global Climate Strike (20-27 September) and the Global Goals Week (21-30 September), the Impact Hub network is launching its 2019 Global Impact Report. The members surveyed said that being part of such a network had helped them to: Feel part of a larger community: 84%. Strengthen their motivation: 77%. Startarium.

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Understanding the Underbelly of Online Marketing & Why You’ll Lose if You Don’t

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But being best-in-class at online marketing is also a sine qua non to standout from your peer group. They had a viral promotional technique that encouraged your friends to download their app to watch a video they posted and a channel (Facebook) that was trying to grow its video audience. It’s worth a quick read. This will fail.

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A Deep Dive into What Has Really Changed in Venture Capital

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Every year I try to answer the question of “what has changed in the Venture Capital industry” and this year my colleague Chang Xu and I took a deep dive through the data and called many of our peers for confirmation. Others believe that new business models are emerging that could replace venture capital all together. More on that later.

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Quickly Unpacking Spotify’s Acquisition Of Gimlet Media

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Spotify will also get into commerce like its social network peers, but that’s a subject for another post.] This premium tier also allows users to download content to their device for offline viewing.) So, here goes…. Well, actually, before I begin, this post needs a few disclaimers. 2/ Big Consumer Tech Cares About Audio.

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Matter raises $7 million Series A to build a better reading app

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The app enters a space where technologies for saving articles to read later, like Instapaper and Pocket, have lagged behind how people are now consuming online reading — through newsletters, personalized recommendations in other apps or through suggestions from peers on social platforms, for example. This is what Matter is aiming to do.