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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. How do we bridge this gap?

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

TechCrunch

This requires the collection and visualization of an incredible breadth of local insight and data, the development of hundreds of local strategies based on that data, and a sophisticated tool and process to deliver on such strategies across tens of thousands of digital pages,” Khoury said.

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7 investors discuss why edtech startups must go back to basics to survive

TechCrunch

How has this affected your edtech portfolio’s ability to grow, and how are you changing strategy? Last year, we were price-disciplined and adhered to our investment strategy as we deployed capital, bringing many of the valuations we’re seeing today in line with our existing philosophy and expectations.

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Mayfield’s Arvind Gupta discusses startup fundraising during a downturn

TechCrunch

After that $150 million is in, tell me about that next stage — that’s going to require more creative business models, different go-to-market strategies that generate revenues along the way. It’s just different in different economic environments, it’s never shut, so to speak.

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The end of a second straight month of layoffs in tech

TechCrunch

Strategy ranges; some companies are laying off specific teams, others are distributing cuts across all departments, and many aren’t responding to comments when asked for further information. Either way, the data is grim. Amount, a fintech that reached unicorn status last year, has laid off 18% of its workforce , reports Mary Ann Azevedo.

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Should Founders Still Raise in an Economic Downturn?

Dream It

Jason sat down with Steve Barsh , Managing Partner of Dreamit, to give founders relevant downturn strategies. In general, companies can expect to come out of accelerators at half the valuation they would otherwise have in favorable economic environments. In fact, Jason started investing during the financial crisis.

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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. Stronger Survivors.

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