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Q&A: How Verizon Small Business Digital Ready Can Help You

StartupNation

We reached out to Brianna Ellison, director of community engagement for Verizon, as part of our initiative to bring the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready program to Michigan entrepreneurs and aspiring business owners. Brianna Ellison. It concludes with a Pitch Showcase awarding at least $25,000 in prize money. How do we bridge this gap?

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Three Learnings for Startups after Big Tech’s Q3 Earnings Beatdown

Entrepreneur's Handbook

What about post-sales support to keep customers satisfied? As an investor that has a basket of potential investment options to choose from, those opportunities with more visibility in the sustainability of their cash flows are at an advantage in uncertain economic environments. How much will you need to spend on SEO?

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Why Checkout??.com lowered its internal valuation

TechCrunch

It supports card payments, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Alipay, bank transfers, SEPA direct debits and it also lets you issue payouts. But that metric is imperfect, as companies don’t raise at the same time and the economic environment can drastically change from one year to another. Let me take a step back first.

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Dan Teran shares Gutter Capital’s challenge of closing its first fund

TechCrunch

We’ve covered the dry powder that venture capital firms are sitting on and also how difficult it is to raise funding in this economic environment. So far, the firm supported 46 of the 89 hires made by the Gutter Capital portfolio in 2022. “As Teran and Gettinger are investing initial $1.5

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Insights: COVID-19 Alert Level 3 FAQs

NZ Entrepreneur

Am I able to apply for the COVID-19 Leave Support scheme for my employees? As of 28 April, the COVID-19 Leave Support scheme covers all workers (outside of the state sector), not just those in essential services. Applications for the COVID-19 Leave Support scheme can be made from 1 May on the Work and Income website. “no

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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

2022: The Aftermath In 2022 war, inflation, rising interest rates and a tougher economic environment–one not buoyed by historically low interest rates–brought an end to the long-term bull market in assets (the “everything bubble”), including startup capital. From VCs to Investment Advisors… and back again?

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9 Steps to Start Making Money in Crypto

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Here are eleven top people to follow on crypto Twitter (listed alphabetically): Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano ( @Apompliano ): provides great content on bitcoin and interviews with innovative entrepreneurs (including ones outside of crypto!) internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment.