TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

After more than two years of remote work, many employees have no interest in returning to the office — at least not without good reason. Employers have responded in kind, more or less, with tech companies in particular offering generous work from home and hybrid work options. Not all businesses are behind the changes , but there’s no denying that the pandemic rewrote the rules around the workplace — quite possibly for good. .

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 8, 2022

When fundraising gets tougher for startups, the existing investors (insiders) will often provide a bridge loan to the company to extend the runway for getting another round done. There is more of this sort of thing happening in today’s fundraising market and I thought I’d share some of the things I have learned about setting up bridge loans.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Vadym Synegin. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Vadym Synegin is a Ukrainian impact entrepreneur, philanthropist and investor in fintech and crypto projects with more than 15 years’ experience as an entrepreneur in Europe and the UAE. Ukrainians have often pioneered market-leading companies and built products that positively impact society, especially in the fintech sector.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 8, 2022

Pitch me a product that solves a problem, not a technology stack Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. This week it’s a dual-hosted event with transportation editor Kirsten Korosec and transportation reporter Rebecca Bellan steering the ship, er, car.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Miferia , a Mexico-based business-to-business wholesale marketplace, bagged $7 million in seed funding to continue developing its curated website connecting independent retailers in Mexico with domestic brands in categories like cosmetics, food and beverage and home décor. In 2021, nearly 300 million people were shopping online in Latin America; Mexico accounted for 27% of that e-commerce activity, according to Statista.

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INBIA

AUGUST 8, 2022

The post Global Organization Recognizes Diversity and Inclusion Excellence in Entrepreneurship Support appeared first on InBIA.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Magnus Grimeland. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Magnus Grimeland is the founder and CEO of Antler , a global early-stage VC firm. Coding is the new literacy — for years, people have been calling programming the X-factor that guarantees future success. It’s no surprise there is a widespread perception in the startup world that anyone who doesn’t know how to code should forget about trying to create anything.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 8, 2022

Are you prepared to face the first obstacle of the Entrepreneur’s Journey? Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Earnings season is slowing, with the largest U.S. tech companies already having reported second-quarter results. But oftentimes the most interesting results come not from your Amazons or Apples, but from smaller concerns — and even those that are not traditional tech companies. SoftBank, for example. Today, the Japanese conglomerate and startup investing powerhouse reported earnings that were more than a little bleak.

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Reforge

AUGUST 8, 2022

Table of Contents A Brief History of the Memo Sweating (The) Bullets: The Problem with Slide Decks Using a Memo to Help You Clarify, Engage, and Lead After the Memo: Invite Discussion to Make Faster, Better Decisions Putting it All Together What comes to mind when you hear the word “memo”? Is it Gary Cole’s obnoxious prodding about TPS reports in Office Space ?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Haus launched in 2019 as an answer to a generation’s craving for a more transparent alcohol brand, raising millions in venture funding from angels such as Casey Neistat, Away co-founder Jen Rubio and funds including Homebrew, Haystack Ventures, Coatue, Shrug Capital and Worklife Ventures. Haus has raised $17 million on rolling SAFE notes to date. Today, CEO and co-founder Helena Price Hambrecht tapped into the same ethos of transparency to announce that the startup’s Series A fell through and th

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Reforge

AUGUST 8, 2022

Table of Contents What is Churn & How Is Churn Rate Calculated? Churn Myth #1: All customer churn is bad & should be avoided Churn Myth #2: Improving churn rate requires resurrecting inactive customers Churn Myth #3: Churn means the end of a customer’s journey Want To Improve Churn? Focus On Retention Instead Let’s start with the obvious. You can’t have a successful product if too many customers churn.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Bluu Seafood , a German company developing “lab-grown” fish, is showcasing its first finished products as it prepares to begin the regulatory approval process for key markets in Asia, Europe and North America. Founded in 2020 (originally as Bluu Biosciences), Bluu Seafood is one of several companies working to solve the world’s seafood production problems, which includes overfishing, contamination from heavy metals and plastic, and cruelty.

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Feedough

AUGUST 8, 2022

Not so long ago, marketers could take almost a month. Read more. The post What Is Real-Time Marketing? – Characteristics & Examples appeared first on Feedough.

TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Two things are for certain: 1) There continues to be a lot of excitement around warehouse robotics and 2) Geek+ is extremely good at raising money based on that fact. The Beijing-based warehouse robotics firm just raised another $100 million in funding, labeled a “Series E1,” with participation from Intel Capital, Vertex Growth and Qingyue Capital Investment.

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Founder Bounty

AUGUST 8, 2022

With the growth of digital nomads in 2022 around the global post covid world and the likely hood of them growing further, there are a bunch of tools any digital nomad needs to have to help them to be successful. Email Marking - Postr Email lists are so important in building a business. Having an ROI as high as 4400%, you aim to devise email marketing campaigns with Postr.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hey, folks! A quick word on pitching. If you are starting your fundraising journey , apply to be part of the 2-minute life pitch practice on our TechCrunch Live series. If you’ve already raised some money , Haje is always on the lookout for pitch decks to feature as part of his Pitch Deck Teardown series on TechCrunch+.

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Feedough

AUGUST 8, 2022

The medical industry is one of the most challenging industries, Read more. The post What Is Medtech? – Use Cases, Examples, & Future appeared first on Feedough.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has acquired two startups in South Korea — payment service provider PnLink and virtual asset provider OK-BIT — for an undisclosed amount, Crypto.com said. . The company also said Monday it has secured registrations under South Korea’s electronic financial transaction act and as a virtual asset service provider.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Accel has led a $2.6 million funding in Produze, an Indian startup that is attempting to help local agri producers sell to international retailers, the latest in a series of bets as investors and entrepreneurs look to bring efficiency to supercharge one of the world’s largest agri producers. “We are helping agri-producers to reliably access international markets where they can make more margins for their produce,” said Ben Mathew, who previously worked at Ninjacart, a Flipkart-

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

The pandemic prompted countless companies to migrate to the cloud. By 2025, driven partly by the need for digital services, 85% of enterprises will have a cloud-first principle, according to Gartner. But the transition isn’t always easy. In a recent MuleSoft survey , 84% of organizations said that data and app integration challenges were hindering their digital transformations and, by extension, their adoption of cloud platforms.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 8, 2022

Alex and Grace are back to cover the biggest and most interesting technology, startup and markets news. This morning was a fun mix of stuff that we don’t always get to, so strap in for the following: Stocks and cryptos are mostly higher today, meaning that most listeners of the show are now richer than they were Friday. Congratulations! Coinbase earnings on the horizon, but we got word today from Palantir and SoftBank.

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