Wed.May 20, 2020

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A Bigger Truth About Restaurant Food Delivery

Both Sides of the Table

Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash I was listening to Dan Primack’s podcast on Pro Rata and he was interviewing Senator Klobucher who is now publicly and vocally speaking out against Uber purchasing Grubhub and has tried to mobilize against this. Her argument is that if Uber buys Grubhub (which itself once merged with Seamless) it would mean that Uber Eats / Grubhub would control half the market and that with DoorDash the two together would control 90% of the market.

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Fiber To Home

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I’ve been working on getting a fiber internet connection to the home we are quarantining in. With nine of us living and working from home together, we are consuming a lot of bandwidth. And with everyone on our block doing more or less the same thing, the cable internet connections we all have are bogged down. As I understand it, cable internet suffers from a few problems relative to fiber.

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Adobe’s Gary Specter Talks E-commerce and How to Make Shifts to Support New Shoppers

Smart Hustle Magazine

The way businesses and consumers shop has dramatically changed since the COVID-19 crisis set in during mid-March. While buying essential items is still possible in-store, many people are shopping online , in an effort to maintain self-isolation and social distancing. This means that people who don’t normally purchase items online are counting on e-commerce businesses to supply them with daily necessities. .

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The Attraction of Great Coworking Spaces

GCUC

Last week we partnered up with Bertie Van Wyk from Herman Miller to talk about how properly activated coworking spaces are the workspace solution. The post The Attraction of Great Coworking Spaces appeared first on GCUC Community.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

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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From Old Structures To New Beginnings

Impact Hub

The closing of one door is usually a symbol of a new door opening. The changes that are spreading across the world today, most of them linked to COVID-19, are turning the world upside down. This is a decade like no other, yet with turbulence comes reflection and change. And there has never been a better opportunity than there is now to explore new methods of constructing and building a better tomorrow.

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CYA: Liability Insurance for Directors

The Seraf Compass

No discussion about Board Directors would be complete without addressing Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance. While the risk for most directors of most early stage companies is reasonably low, there is risk, and it should be insured. D&O insurance is a key part of recruiting world-class directors, and such world-class directors will pay for the expense of insurance very quickly in terms of value-add.

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[Portfolio companies in CrowdFund Insider] Job Creating Machine: OurCrowd Portfolio Companies Need 354 New Employees Right Now

OurCrowd

OurCrowd, the world’s largest investment crowdfunding platform, is reporting that the number of job openings at its portfolio companies has risen to 354, with 90 new job vacancies added since the start of April. OurCrowd is based in Israel and 41 of the jobs are located there – but the rest are spread around the world in places like New York, California, Toronto, Spain, and Brazil.

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Stillwater dentist creates online portal for second opinions

Innovation 2 Enterprise

By Heide Brandes Copyright © 2020 The Journal Record. After seven years of being in dental practice, Stillwater-based dentist Russell Brorsen noticed a conflict of interest that he says affects not only patient trust but also dental businesses in general. Many times, the same dentist who diagnoses a condition will be the one who performs the procedures to correct that condition.

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[ThetaRay in PR Newswire] ThetaRay Launches FAST START to Accelerate Financial Crime Investigations as Solution to Covid-19 Pressures

OurCrowd

NEW YORK, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — ThetaRay, the leading provider of AI-based data analytics, today announced the launch of FAST START, a new offering designed to address the needs of financial institutions during the uncertainty of the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more here. The post [ThetaRay in PR Newswire] ThetaRay Launches FAST START to Accelerate Financial Crime Investigations as Solution to Covid-19 Pressures appeared first on OurCrowd.

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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#DIYInternship

Continuations

I have been getting a large number of requests for help with internships. Many students either never got one for this summer or had theirs canceled. My advice to them is: create your own. Figure out what it is you want to learn, start learning it, write about it online and find others to join your effort. These days there are amazing resources online on almost any topic plus you can social networks to find like minded DIYers.

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[DailyPay in Payments Journal] A DailyPay Benefit Can Reduce Employee Stress Over Paying Monthly Medical Bills, Says New Survey

OurCrowd

A new co-branded survey from the Mercator Advisory Group and DailyPay, of salaried workers earning less than $75,000 per year, reveals that by introducing an on-demand pay benefit, employers can help their workers reduce the stress associated with paying monthly bills. Read more here. The post [DailyPay in Payments Journal] A DailyPay Benefit Can Reduce Employee Stress Over Paying Monthly Medical Bills, Says New Survey appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[TechSee in TVTechnology] Consumers Prefer Remote Help for Cable Issues Amid COVID-19

OurCrowd

TEL AVIV, Israel—A new report from TechSee shows how consumers are being impacted by the coronavirus pandemic when it comes to getting service for utilities like cable. Read more here. The post [TechSee in TVTechnology] Consumers Prefer Remote Help for Cable Issues Amid COVID-19 appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Phantom Auto in The New Your Times] A City Locks Down to Fight Coronavirus, but Robtos Come and Go

OurCrowd

A pandemic may add to demand but does not change what you can deploy, said Elliot Katz, who helps run Phantom Auto, a start-up that helps companies remotely control autonomous vehicles when they encounter situations they cannot navigate on their own. Read more here. The post [Phantom Auto in The New Your Times] A City Locks Down to Fight Coronavirus, but Robtos Come and Go appeared first on OurCrowd.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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[DailyPay in PR Newswire] DailyPay Joins The “Funding Our Future” Alliance

OurCrowd

NEW YORK, May 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — DailyPay, the leading fintech platform and premier provider of the daily pay benefit, has joined forces with the Bipartisan Policy Center’s “Funding our Future” alliance of organizations dedicated to making a secure retirement possible for all Americans. Read more here. The post [DailyPay in PR Newswire] DailyPay Joins The “Funding Our Future” Alliance appeared first on OurCrowd.

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