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5 Revolutionary Business Ideas Changing the Startup Landscape

StartupNation

While the pandemic has shaken the world from every corner, it’s also motivated new businesses to think smarter. . From automating mundane processes to satisfying changing customer demands, startups count on agility and creativity to see them through. The fruits of that labor are finally clear as we witness revolutionary business ideas changing the startup world as we know it. .

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Warehouse robotics system Exotec raises $335 million

TechCrunch

French startup Exotec has raised a $335 million Series D round in a new round of funding led by Goldman Sachs’ Growth Equity business. Following today’s investment, the company has reached a valuation of $2 billion. Exotec sells a complete end-to-end solution to turn a regular warehouse into a partially automated logistics platform. It’s a hardware and software solution that replaces some human tasks. 83North and Dell Technologies Capital also participated in the funding round.

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How to Keep Flight-Risk Employees From Joining the Great Resignation

StartupNation

Throughout the last year, a myriad of U.S. employees quit their jobs, leaving many positions unfilled. And today, companies are still struggling to fill positions as we enter the new year. The reasons for the mismatch between labor offering and demand are multifold: People are increasingly handing in their notice because they want a better work-life balance , greater benefits, and a more flexible approach to their work.

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Investor Jarrod Dicker on how “the emergence of NFTs has brought provable digital ownership to the internet. This evolution can’t be overstated.”

Hunter Walk

And Why He Abandoned a Career in Web Ads for Leading Crypto Investing at The Chernin Group. Even before my Jarrod Dicker starting tweeting in his “web2 vs web3” style, I gave him s**t about his thought leadership which seemed to be 80% “that’s smart” and 20% “what did you just smoke because I have no idea what this means?” Sometimes I’d just DM him the latter with “20” written alongside.

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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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Social robotics company Furhat buys Sphero spin-out company Misty Robotics

TechCrunch

Misty has had a hell of a journey of it. After raising $11.5 million from Foundry and Venrock , then crowdfunding its personal robot , the company hit a series of challenges. Today, Swedish social robotics company Furhat Robotics is offering the beleaguered startup a gentle landing in what the Swedish company says is an all-cash deal. Furhat is tight-lipped about the financial details of the deal, but tells TechCrunch that the acquisition was designed to give Furhat a leg up on the hardware side

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Pros and Cons of Setting Up Your Business Up as An S Corporation

StartupNation

Whether you’re just starting out or if you’re thinking about expanding, you need to consider which legal structure is best for your business. No one option is best for every type of business. In fact, the right choice depends on several factors, including your business goals, the number of owners, and taxation. There are many legal structures you can choose from – including sole proprietorship, general partnership, Limited Liability Company (LLC), or corporations (C Corp and S Corp).

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[BriefCam in WAM – The Emirates] Moro Hub teams up with BriefCam to develop its turnkey integrated physical security platform

OurCrowd

Moro Hub (Data Hub Integrated Solutions), subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), announced a partnership with BriefCam to be one of the technology providers to power its Integrated Physical Security Platform (IPSP) for government entities and enterprises in the region. Read more here. The post [BriefCam in WAM – The Emirates] Moro Hub teams up with BriefCam to develop its turnkey integrated physical security platform appeared first on O