Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Everyone knows that founders have been on a whipsaw over the past several years. Pivoting from growth at all costs in 2020 and 2021 to efficiency in 2022 and 2023 meant slashing budgets, shelving new projects, doing RIFs, and picking fights with your cloud provider over your bills. That’s hard work, and founders should be commended for doing it. But now, the market is stabilizing and companies’ optimization 1 cycles 2 are coming to a close. 3 Efficiency alone doesn’t build a generation-defining

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Seven startups begin a six-month program that will make them investment-ready To grow the Orange County, California ecosystem , the RevHub social enterprise incubator was established in 2019. Soon after, the RevHubOC Social Innovation Fund was launched, supporting 23 social enterprises to date—with another cohort of startups just announced. The new cohort will focus on climate action and health equity.

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

IFLYTEK, a global leader in artificial intelligence and speech technology, Zense Entertainment, a cutting-edge entertainment technology company, and Chulalongkorn University, Thailand’s prestigious academic institution, announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to accelerate the advancement of Thai speech recognition. Through this partnership, the aim is to propel the development of cutting-edge Thai speech […] The post iFLYTEK, Zense Entertainment, & Chulalongkorn Univers

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American Entrepreneurship

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Fundraise follows momentous year in which 36 million unsafe acts and conditions were identified for customers in 25 countries, and additional industry titans joined dozens of other Fortune 500 innovators in trusting Intenseye to transform their workplace safety at scale NEW YORK – Feb. 27, 2024 – Intenseye, the leader in AI-powered workplace safety solutions, secured $64 million in series B funding led by new investor Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Insight

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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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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Let’s talk about lawyers… Over the years in business and as a member of over forty boards, I have received good advice from corporate attorneys and on occasion bad advice as well. There is a line that should be drawn in a relationship between corporate attorney and CEO or board. Attorneys are paid to protect the corporation, not to give business advice.

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Red Rocket

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I was recently interviewed by ASBN , an online "television network" serving the small business community, about what key milestones a startup should track as it is getting its business off the ground. As you will learn, you can manage what you are not measuring, and these milestones will help you set the proof-points that will impress prospective investors.

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The Groove Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As stories of AI chatbots replacing entire customer support teams circulate, it’s easy to feel uneasy about the future. A notable incident involving a CEO who laid off 90% of his support staff after a chatbot outperformed them only adds fuel to the fire. However, let’s take a step back and assess the situation with […] The post Debunking the Myth: Why AI Enhances, Not Replaces, Human Customer Support appeared first on Groove Blog.

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Y Combinator

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

One trait that many of the best founders share is conviction. You can be great at programming, sales, and raising funds — but if you don’t truly believe in what you’re building, you’re probably not going to make it. Too often we see founders who get blown off course the second they get negative feedback, or who want to pivot after a few cold emails don’t get them the response they were hoping for.

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OkDork

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts Spotify Get the NYT bestseller – milliondollarweekend.com – Available Everywhere! In this episode, Noah reveals all, sharing the exclusive never-before-released AppSumo Teammate Handbook. This is how AppSumo efficiently runs an $80 million business and nurtures an incredible company culture. Learn about our unique ethos, core values, and the dynamic operating manual that evolves with time.

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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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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Corewell Health™ in Southeast Michigan is using virtual and augmented reality technology to enable patients to “tour” their own brains and assist physicians with planning and surgery. Corewell Health is the first and only health system in Michigan to use Surgical Theater’s eXperiential Reality platform in neurosurgery cases. Read more here.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Artificial intelligence. What was the subject of science fiction novels and films not too long ago is now seemingly everywhere in the real world. Everybody is talking about it, many are excited about what it can do, and some are scared that it may replace them in the future.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Velo3D, the Silicon Valley-based, metal additive manufacturing (AM) original equipment manufacturer (OEM), has released Developer, a new parametric control tool available through Flow 7.0, the latest update to the company’s print preparation software.

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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The post GenAI drives 1,760% surge in business email compromise (BEC) attacks, according to new report by Perception Point appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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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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OurCrowd

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The post HoneyBook and Freelancers Union partner to advocate for independent workers’ pay and empower business success appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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