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

StartupNation

To stay competitive in the new economic environment, small businesses must be agile and adapt to shifting consumer preferences. To stay competitive in the new economic environment, small businesses must be agile and adapt to shifting consumer preferences.

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Proptech in Review: 3 investors explain why they’re bullish on tech that makes buildings greener

TechCrunch

This economic environment will continue to test a lot of companies,” said Jake Fingert, managing partner, and Lionel Foster, investor, at Camber Creek. Technology that improves how much we can utilize and enjoy these spaces at any stage of a building’s lifespan is relevant and valuable. That’s what matters.

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Mayfield’s Arvind Gupta discusses startup fundraising during a downturn

TechCrunch

He characterizes his process as “simple,” but that is a bit reductive: after reviewing a deck and scheduling a meeting with the founders, he’ll spend many hours acquainting himself with both the underlying technology and the individuals on the team. So I haven’t seen a slowdown at all really, in the seed, pre-seed or Series A areas.

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Soci raises $120M in debt and equity to grow its marketing management platform

TechCrunch

“Soci became an essential partner to brands for this transformation, which led to an increased need for brands to turn to technology to manage their presence in local digital market channels.” “Despite the challenging economic environment, Soci has continued to thrive, innovate and drive value,” Khoury said.

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9 Steps to Start Making Money in Crypto

Entrepreneur's Handbook

To learn more about this revolution, I recommend the following: Watch Don Tapscott’s TED Talk on blockchain technology. This timeless talk explains how blockchain technology (i.e., the technology behind crypto) is powering a social, economic, political, philosophical, and technological revolution. and loudest?—?voices

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Even well-funded fintech companies are laying off workers

TechCrunch

Schulman added: “Over the past year, we made significant progress in strengthening and reshaping our company to address the challenging macro-economic environment…While we have made substantial progress in right-sizing our cost structure, and focused our resources on our core strategic priorities, we have more work to do.

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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. By Q4, for every dollar of available capital there were 1.4x