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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. Runway is a crucial indicator of survival that signifies your company’s future financial ability to sustain operations. If you cannot sustain operations for 18 months, cut your burn rate so you can extend your runway.

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

StartupNation

This program is preparing and connecting Metro Detroit Black-owned businesses to various funding resources to ensure their sustained success. 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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7 investors discuss why edtech startups must go back to basics to survive

TechCrunch

I would say the past few years have been more of an anomaly, and we are getting back to a more sustainable pace. How has this affected your edtech portfolio’s ability to grow, and how are you changing strategy? billion in Europe thus far in 2022, 40% more than a year earlier, reports say). But the sector is now facing a downturn.

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How to put a stay on the unsubscribe button

NZ Entrepreneur

The Director of Strategy and Business Development Asia Pacific at Mashable, Gwendolyn Regina, told Ad:tech New Zealand in November that the overwhelming competition for attention has made it into currency. ECONOMIC: Consider the economic environment. And how can they deal with it? What should they expect?

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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. However, effectively navigating today’s reality requires investment in long-term sustainability. Either way, the data is grim.

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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 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. The exit markets fueling higher valuations are essentially closed.

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