Berkonomics

AUGUST 13, 2020

The economic environment changing downward. Add the economic environment to the mix of reasons for failure, including jolts such as the Great Recession of 2007-8 or COVID’s devastation to travel, retail and other personal experience-based businesses. Failure as an opportunity? Any business can use more money.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

And at a time when other financial players are increasing rates due to the difficult economic environment, Constrafor is able to lower its price to customers and pass on the savings to them, he added. That potential for additional capital gives Constrafor “scalable credit and capital for our business,” Ghauche said.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2022

In this economic environment, I’ve been asked by many founders how they can raise capital successfully, especially by those who feel demotivated by how long the process is taking. As a founder, how can you navigate this environment and successfully raise a round? Don’t dilute yourself for more than 10%-15% in any given round.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2022

“Like many other firms right now, we have course-corrected heading into the new year given the economic environment and we have taken what we think are appropriate steps to account for the uncertain times ahead.” That’s the opportunity but also curse of working in any ecosystem.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Yammine told TechCrunch that the team’s experience with their former employers gave them the opportunity to speak to hundreds of enterprise companies about the challenges they faced tracking and reporting on scope 3 emissions. . A CDP report shows that scope 3 emissions account for as much as 75% of total corporate emissions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

I’ll be honest, the diversity of the answers surprised me — ranging from how climate and workforce mobility are edtech’s next opportunities to how the departure of tourist VCs is playing out differently depending on company stages. The tone also felt balanced: Many admitted that things have changed, but opportunity continues to exist.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

While it is still quite difficult to raise a funding round in the current economic environment, Riot managed to put together an interesting list of investors. Dialogue-based language models like ChatGPT unlock new opportunities. Or maybe they could use voice messages so that their messages are more credible.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Any change is an opportunity to create leverage, and a downturn is no exception,” writes Masha Bucher, founder and general partner of early-stage VC firm, Day One Ventures. In this TC+ post, she discusses the current economic environment and shares “actionable tips for closing pre-seed to Series B rounds.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

“In a turbulent economic environment, security will remain a top priority for companies. “When we first invested in Arctic Wolf, we saw a massive market opportunity, a clear market leader, and a phenomenal team to execute on the thesis,” Jar and Aharoni said.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 22, 2022

No matter how hard you work, you can’t control economic trends and market fluctuations, but you can tweak your strategies to accommodate difficult financial times and proactively prepare your business for your customers’ mindsets during these periods. Adjust your business model. Trim the fat on socials.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2022

They join for the opportunity to have an impact and to grow. And so in a lot of cases, it may be a more opportune time to take a chance in an early-stage company because you can focus on that long-term horizon, and you can get that opportunity to grow and have an impact,” Hoffman told me.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

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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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

ECONOMIC: Consider the economic environment. Is this an opportunity to be opinionated, take a stand or champion a cause that your audience can align with? Is this an opportunity to be opinionated, take a stand or champion a cause that your audience can align with? And how can they deal with it?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2022

We believe that this opportunity to switch gives us better chances to be successful.”. Last month, Arrival signaled plans to slash costs and cut as much as 30% of its workforce in an effort to protect the business from a challenging economic environment while meeting its production targets.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

We asked three venture capital firms investing at the intersection of proptech and climate tech about how a focus on reducing emissions can trim a building’s carbon footprint and offer new opportunities for returns. Those that survive will have an opportunity to expand market share.”. And the potential market is enormous.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The economic environment may be shifting in a way that means employees will need to earn more in order to live comfortably. Use It as An Opportunity to Learn About Your Employees. When an employee asks for a raise, it is important to see this as an opportunity to learn about your employees. Evaluate Finances.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 25, 2022

internal network) statistics for Bitcoin as well as the macro economic environment. So, the real cost of borrowing should include the opportunity cost of staking the LUNA yourself?—?and Dylan LeClair ( @DylanLeClair_ ): Senior Analyst at digital asset fund UTXO Management and expert in on-chain (i.e., and it is much higher.

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Startup Blogpost

APRIL 7, 2023

From using the slowdown to innovate to seizing the opportunity to recruit talent cheaper, here are 10 answers to the question, “What are some effective ways a startup can benefit from a recession?” This means that there are fewer players in the market, giving startups an opportunity to gain more market share.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

” I interviewed Gupta last month to find out more about the opportunities he’s looking for and get his advice for first-time founders, but last week’s Space was a chance to dive deeper. It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak. For a larger Series A check.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In a keynote address Zennström gave a blunt assessment of the economic environment, while unpacking how he failed several times in his own career during tough economic conditions. But once it was over, I had the opportunity to start afresh. My team had great experience and got amazing new jobs.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 30, 2014

Because the publicly traded SaaS companies continue to grow and because the economic environment is relatively stable, I’d argue the multiples will revert to right around the median, in the 4-5x range. At their lowest point in 2009, the basket reached 2.8x.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Because there was an opportunity and because the current economic environment doesn’t look great. While Pigment isn’t disclosing the valuation of the startup, it is going up following today’s deal. So why did Pigment raise again so quickly? IVP and Meritech Capital are leading the round.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

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.

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