Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Mistakes made in building and selling an agency Image: Jodie Cook Once they reach a certain level, business owners can get pretty cocky. Sure of themselves and their ability, they start to believe they are invincible. That’s how I felt in January of 2020. For nine years, I’d been running JC Social Media, a social media agency I started in 2011, fresh out of university with nothing but a big smile and a business plan of two words: get clients.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

With students learning in more places and different ways than we have ever seen, the pace of change in education is dizzying. Can this progress narrow learning gaps exacerbated by COVID-19 or will it fuel divides? How can we make the most of this once-in-a-generation opportunity? Join our panelists from Khan Academy, PrismsVR, and Minecraft Education as we discuss the classroom of the future, and how important technologies including AI, XR, and gaming should play a role in it.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Self-driving cars have been on the horizon for quite some time… But they might actually be here. We got to ride around in one all over San Francisco with Waymo’s Chief Product Officer. We discussed so much, including the five levels of autonomy, the infamous LIDAR vs video debate, regulation, UX, and the role of AI in fine-tuning these models. But most importantly, if autonomy is here… now what?!

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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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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The post [CropX in PR Newswire] Zuari FarmHub collaborates with CropX Technologies to boost precision farming in India appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2023

French startup Orus has raised an $11.6 million Series A funding round (€11 million). The startup offers insurance products specifically designed for small and medium companies. Interestingly, today’s news comes just a few months after Amsterdam-based insurtech startup Insify completed its Series A funding round with another €10 million.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

With the world constantly generating more data, unlocking the full potential of AI means a constant need for faster and more resilient hardware. In this episode – the second in our three-part series – we explore the challenges for founders trying to build AI companies. We dive into the delta between supply and demand, whether to own or rent, where moats can be found, and even where open source comes into play.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Barcelona-based Heura, a disrupter in the plant-based protein space since 2017, has a product hitting shelves shortly in Spain and France that it reckons will have the most committed meat eaters sitting up in disbelief. These new 100% plant-based “Jamón York style” slices are not actual ham.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The holy grail of company building is finding product-market fit. But what most people don’t tell you is that once you’ve found it, product-market fit brings its own set of challenges, particularly when it comes to scaling rapidly and hiring the right executives at the right time. Drawing from their extensive experiences, a16z cofounder Ben Horowitz and Databricks cofounder and CEO Ali Ghodsi sit down to talk about the hardest things about executive hiring and firing, and what is at stake.

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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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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup WM Motor has officially filed for bankruptcy. The Shanghai Third Intermediate People’s Court has processed the bankruptcy application, as disclosed in a recent announcement on the national enterprise bankruptcy information platform.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This week, a16z’s own cofounder Marc Andreessen published a nearly 7,000-word article that aimed to dispel fears over AI’s risks to our humanity – both real and imagined. Instead, Marc elaborates on how AI can “make everything we care about better.” In this timely one-on-one conversation with a16z General Partner Martin Casado, Marc discusses how this technology will maximize human potential, why the future of AI should be decided by the free market, and most importantly, why A

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Secure Docs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

M&A Falls, but Sentiment Rises Economic uncertainty and higher interest rates put a damper on Q2, continuing a recent trend of lower performance. Activity was well above the previous quarter, but deal value was down 25% from Q2 2022, while volume was down 20%. North America, particularly the United States, proved more resilient than Asia and Europe, while Latin America and India are standout performers.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Demand for electric cars is booming. More than 10 million electric cars were sold worldwide in 2022, and consumer behavior is changing as more people embrace alternative and sustainable modes of mobility. While the electrification movement is a critical element of climate action, it also presents new challenges – from the sky to the sea. In this episode, industry experts Gregory Davis, CEO of Eviation Planes, Mitch Lee, co-founder and CEO of Arc Boats, and Duncan McIntyre, founder and CEO

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The post [DailyPay in PR Newswire] New research conducted by Arizent demonstrates the positive impact earned wage access can have on employees’ financial wellbeing appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Despite the ease of product building, sustainable growth has become increasingly challenging as many traditional channels no longer deliver the same results. In these challenging times, we explore the remaining growth opportunities. How can we achieve a balance between efficiency, profitability, and growth? Which channels are still relevant and how can they be effectively mastered in 2023?

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The post [NeuReality in Globe Newswire] Arteris Interconnect IP deployed in NeuReality Inference Server for Generative AI and Large Language Model applications appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

With software becoming more important than ever, hardware is following suit. As the world generates more data, unlocking the full potential of AI means a constant need for faster and more resilient hardware. But how much does this all really cost? In this final segment of our AI hardware series, we tackle that question head on. Show Notes 00:00 – The cost of compute 02:20 – Is this sustainable?

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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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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2023

SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Stellar Cyber, the leading Open XDR provider for MSSPs, showed MSSPs how to build high-margin security services in a panel led by Stellar Cyber Global VP of Service Providers David Wagner.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In 2011, Marc Andreessen said, “software is eating the world.” And in the last year, we’ve seen a new wave of generative AI, with some apps becoming some of the most swiftly adopted software products of all time. So if software is becoming more important than ever, hardware is following suit. In this episode – the first in our three-part series – we explore the terminology and technology that is now the backbone of the AI models taking the world by storm.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The post [Appdome in PR Newswire] Appdome announces new attack evaluation tools in digital economy’s first mobile XDR appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Remote work is a big, divisive topic right now. Some think it’s the future, while others think it was an experiment gone wrong. But it’s also not the only way to attract top talent. And the equation for doing so has only gotten more confusion as a myriad of trends intersect, from layoffs to emerging technologies like AI. So how can companies navigate this storm and truly attract the talent that matters?

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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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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The post [Beyond Meat in Little Black Book] Beyond Meat and Chemistry Launch ‘This Changes Everything’ Campaign appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Cyabra, an Israel-based social media threat intelligence works with Israeli security to curb misinformation. The conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated to a full-blown war. Watch here.

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