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Why Every Angel Needs to Invest in at Least 20 Companies

Gust

When people hear about the 25 percent annualized rate of return that active angel investors obtain, they assume that there must be some secret involved—perhaps an old-boy network of hidden links that connects angels to brilliant entrepreneurs and tech innovators or a mathematical algorithm developed by some genius at MIT that helps angels identify and invest in the businesses that are guaranteed to be the Apples, Googles, and Facebooks of tomorrow.

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India’s Udaan scores $340 million in new funding

TechCrunch

The investment arm of the UK retail bank M&G has led a funding of $340 million into Udaan, a business-to-business e-commerce startup, in one of the largest financing rounds secured by an Indian startup in 2023. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which helps merchants in smaller Indian cities and towns secure inventories from major brands as well […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Synthesis as Brilliance : Worldly Wisdom from Charlie Munger

Tomasz Tunguz

I had pre-ordered Poor Charlie’s Almanack before Charlie Munger died & read it when it arrived. In the ten speeches that constitute the book, Mr. Munger reveals his frameworks for life. Mr. Munger was known for his worldly wisdom, a collection of mental models that helped him think about the world. Compound interest, confirmation bias, & something he calls the Lollapalooza effect - human psychology that shapes human behavior.

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Playground Global closes Fund III with $410M for early-stage deep tech investments

TechCrunch

The new fund invests across the computing, automation, infrastructure, logistics, decarbonization and engineered biology industries. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Navigating the Future: Generative AI, Application Analytics, and Data

Generative AI is upending the way product developers & end-users alike are interacting with data. Despite the potential of AI, many are left with questions about the future of product development: How will AI impact my business and contribute to its success? What can product managers and developers expect in the future with the widespread adoption of AI?

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ACA Calls on Members to Nominate, Apply for the FY25 Board of Directors

Angel Capital Association

This is the time of year when we reach out to our angel community seeking nominations for both the Angel Capital Association’s FY 2025 Board of Directors and committee volunteers to help ACA continue to grow and support our work on angel investing. As angel investors, we play a critical role in leading economic development through our unrelenting support of the entrepreneurial community and ongoing strengthening of angel investing.

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Could the Professor Who Inspired Star Wars Make You Better at Raising Venture Capital?

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If you’re an entrepreneur struggling to raise venture capital, it’s probably because you don’t know the work of a literature professor… Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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7 stellar photography gifts that won’t break the bank in 2023

TechCrunch

Shopping for someone whose love of taking pictures is bumping up against the creative constraints of their iPhone’s camera roll? There’s a whole world of photography gifts and gear out there, but you don’t need to spring for an expensive new camera body to get a gift that counts. If you’d like to stay well, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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Community in a football stadium

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Community in a football stadium In 2024, GCUC will be hosted in Salt Lake City Utah! We are adding another layer of community to this stadium. We have chosen.

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Linktree acquires link-in-bio platform Koji in its second investment of the year

TechCrunch

Australia-based link-in-bio platform Linktree announced today that it has acquired competitor Koji from its parent company GoMeta for an undisclosed amount. Linktree said that Koji’s link-in-bio product will shut down on January 31, 2024. The company is offering Koji users three months of Linktree Pro plan as a trial. But it’s not clear if Linktree […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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This Founder's Platform Is Unlocking the Secrets of Living Longer Through Personalized Nutrition

Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category

Dr. Gil Blander breaks down the science and the passion behind InsideTracker, a data-driven wellness platform designed to help us live healthier, longer lives.

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BoxGroup closes on $425M for two funds to back early-stage startups

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Each fund is $212.5 million and will invest in pre-seed, seed and Series A companies across consumer enterprise, healthcare, financial, biotech and climate. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Do employees value their options as ownership?

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How about employees all the way down the line and through the corporation? How do we align them to the goals and strategies of the enterprise? Obviously for the appropriate individuals, a bonus program aligned to the department’s goals is appropriate. But how about awarding stock options to all employees? The argument FOR… I discovered the power of ownership early in my management career, establishing an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), once popular as incentive compensation as well as a t

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Cruise slashes 24% of self-driving car workforce in sweeping layoffs

TechCrunch

Cruise, the embattled GM self-driving car subsidiary, is laying off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The layoffs are part of a plan to slash costs and attempt to revamp the company following an October 2 incident that left a pedestrian stuck under and then dragged by one of […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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How Embedded Analytics Gets You to Market Faster with a SAAS Offering

Start-ups & SMBs launching products quickly must bundle dashboards, reports, & self-service analytics into apps. Customers expect rapid value from your product (time-to-value), data security, and access to advanced capabilities. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) tools can provide valuable data analysis capabilities, but they have a barrier to entry that can stop small and midsize businesses from capitalizing on them.

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The World After Capital: All Editions Go, Including Audio

Continuations

My book, The World After Capital , has been available online and as hardcover for a couple of years now. I have had frequent requests for other editions and I am happy to report that they are now all available! One of the biggest requests was for an audio version. So this past summer I recorded one which is now available on Audible. Yes, of course I could have had AI do this, but I really wanted to read it myself.

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OpenAI thinks superhuman AI is coming — and wants to build tools to control it

TechCrunch

While investors were preparing to go nuclear after Sam Altman’s unceremonious ouster from OpenAI and Altman was plotting his return to the company, the members of OpenAI’s Superalignment team were assiduously plugging along on the problem of how to control AI that’s smarter than humans. Or at least, that’s the impression they’d like to give. […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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How To Craft An Offer So Good, People Say “Shut Up And Take My Money!”

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Supply chain attack targeting Ledger crypto wallet leaves users hacked

TechCrunch

Hackers compromised the code behind a crypto protocol used by multiple web3 applications and services, the software maker Ledger said on Thursday. Ledger, a company that makes a widely used and popular crypto hardware and software wallet, among other products, announced on X (previously Twitter) that someone had pushed out a “malicious version” of its […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.

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A 600 Million Dollar Basement Business with Larry Janesky

OkDork

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify Larry Janesky is the founder and CEO of Contractor Nation and Basement Systems Inc. With over 35 years in the business, Larry has revolutionized the basement waterproofing industry and expanded his ventures across the US and Canada. Larry started from nothing, selling seeds door-to-door, and now leads a home improvement empire with a 600,000,000 revenue.

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Instagram introduces gen-AI powered background editing tool

TechCrunch

Instagram introduced its generative AI-powered background editing tool to U.S.-based users Wednesday. Meta’s lead for generative AI Ahmad Al-Dahle posted on Threads saying that the tool will let users change the background to their images through prompts for Stories. When users will tap on the background editor icon on an image they will get ready […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Marketplaces in the Age of AI

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While the marketplace business model is evergreen, every new platform changes how and where transactions happen. The Internet took us from classifieds and poster boards to sites like Amazon, eBay, and Craigslist, while mobile enabled apps like DoorDash, Uber, and Instacart. Now, we believe generative AI promises to revolutionize marketplaces again. It will not only transform how products and services are sold — but also how they are made.

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MrBeast’s analytics platform ViewStats is out in beta

TechCrunch

The top YouTuber in the U.S., MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) co-founded the new analytics platform ViewStats, which is now available in beta. Similar to tools like Socialblade, ViewStats uses the YouTube API to unveil detailed stats about channels that both creators and their fans can see. MrBeast didn’t become one of the highest-earning creators of all […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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Embedding BI: Architectural Considerations and Technical Requirements

While data platforms, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and programming platforms have evolved to leverage big data and streaming data, the front-end user experience has not kept up. Holding onto old BI technology while everything else moves forward is holding back organizations. Traditional Business Intelligence (BI) aren’t built for modern data platforms and don’t work on modern architectures.

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[InsideTracker in Entrepreneur] This founder’s platform is unlocking the secrets of living longer through personalized nutrition

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The post [InsideTracker in Entrepreneur] This founder’s platform is unlocking the secrets of living longer through personalized nutrition appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Waymo launches curbside robotaxi pickup at Phoenix airport

TechCrunch

Select Waymo One riders can now get picked up or dropped off by the company’s robotaxis curbside at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Waymo became the first autonomous vehicle operator in the U.S. to launch a paid robotaxi service to and from the airport in November 2022. The service went to an airport shuttle stop […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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[Appdome in PR Newswire] Global Mobile App Survey: Consumers want better fraud protections and app maker accountability to ensure safe experiences

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The post [Appdome in PR Newswire] Global Mobile App Survey: Consumers want better fraud protections and app maker accountability to ensure safe experiences appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper confirms its super-fast satellite communication tech works in space

TechCrunch

Amazon’s Project Kuiper successfully validated key technology that will increase throughput and reduce latency for customers using its satellite internet service, the company said Thursday. That technology is called “optical inter-satellite links” (OISL), a type of optical communication that uses infrared lasers to send data between spacecraft on orbit.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.