Tue.Nov 03, 2020

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5 Pro LinkedIn Tips for Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

If you’re not utilizing LinkedIn to network, build and grow your brand, you’re missing out on an essential resource. According to Hootsuite , in 2019, 30 million companies were on LinkedIn (and that number is constantly growing) – so why not yours? For a technology software company like mine, LinkedIn has been a powerful tool for growing our personal and professional exposure.

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Got the right stuff? Exhibit and pitch at TC Sessions: Space 2020

TechCrunch

Do you find expression “the sky’s the limit” well, limiting? Join a global community of brilliant visionaries, makers and investors on December 16-17 for TC Sessions: Space 2020 , an online conference dedicated to moving beyond the confines of this world through innovative tech and to creating stellar startup opportunities. Speaking of a stellar opportunity, this one lets you navigate your startup into the orbit of the space industry’s leading experts and decisions makers.

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Lessons I Learned from My Millionaire CEO

Entrepreneur's Handbook

After 3 years of working 10 meters away from his office Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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How startups can shake up their first idea and still crush the market

TechCrunch

When Quibi announced it was shutting its doors recently after raising $1.75 billion , it begged an obvious question: If the original idea didn’t work, why not adjust its model or do something completely different while it still had capital? It wouldn’t have been the first company to decide to shift gears. Perhaps because of the unusually large amount of money it burned through in just six months of public operation, pivoting wasn’t an option for Quibi, but it has been for count

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The Big Payoff of Application Analytics

Outdated or absent analytics won’t cut it in today’s data-driven applications – not for your end users, your development team, or your business. That’s what drove the five companies in this e-book to change their approach to analytics. Download this e-book to learn about the unique problems each company faced and how they achieved huge returns beyond expectation by embedding analytics into applications.

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Pornographer Has Existential Crisis?—?Helps Invent Email Marketing for Fortune 500 Companies

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Important tools sometimes come from unexpected places Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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SEC Framework Amended to Promote Capital Formation and Expand Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer The Angel Capital Association’s continued advocacy toward harmonizing and simplifying the existing framework to improve capital raising pathways and expand investment opportunities has yielded successful results for U.S. investors. The Securities and Exchange Commission voted yesterday to amend rules that will harmonize registration exemptions and eliminate complexity to facilitate access to capital while still preserving investor protections.

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Vote

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

I am not working today. USV gave everyone the day off. It is Election Day in the US. I believe it should be a national holiday so everyone can have the day off and vote. I can’t think of many things more important than participating in the selection of our government. I saw that over 100mm people have already voted in the US. And I’ve read that another 50mm people are expected to vote today.

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Crypto wallet app ZenGo to launch debit card

TechCrunch

ZenGo , a mobile app to manage your cryptocurrencies, is about to launch a Visa debit card in the U.S. This isn’t the first crypto-powered debit card — Coinbase announced a U.S. expansion for its debit card just last week. But ZenGo is a non-custodial wallet, which means that you’re in control of your crypto assets. When you leave your crypto assets on an exchange, somebody could log in to your account and send your assets to other wallets.

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Communicating with Customers During Challenging Times

Smart Hustle Magazine

Kim Spalding spoke at the Survive and Thrive Summit and talked about how to communicate effectively during challenging times. H osted and produced by Ramon Ray of Smart Hustle Media, the first Summit was held in April 2020 with the next one will be in Spring 2021. It's free, so sign up to find out when registration starts. Marketing and communication are two business fronts that need constant work.

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PE Mastery: CAPTARGET's Playbook for Quality Lead Flow

CAPTARGET presents a masterclass in M&A deal sourcing. Learn to cast a wide net, embracing seller self-identification. Consistency is the linchpin: keep the origination process steady for a reliable flow of opportunities. Diversify your tactics, employing various tools and vendors. Tech matters! Understand DNS settings, domain authority, and brand presence for optimal outreach.

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Udacity raises $75M in debt, says its tech education business is profitable after enterprise pivot

TechCrunch

Online education tools continue to see a surge of interest boosted by major changes in work and learning practices in the midst of a global health pandemic. And today, one of the early pioneers of the medium is announcing some funding as it tips into profitability on the back of a pivot to enterprise services, targeting businesses and governments that are looking to upskill workers to give them tech expertise more relevant to modern demands.

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Seth Godin Talks Creativity and How to Find Your Passion

StartupNation

In his newest book, “The Practice: Shipping Creative Work,” author and entrepreneur Seth Godin provides the roadmap for all creative people seeking to implement change in the world through their work. “The Practice” is a little book packed with lots of wisdom. Based on The Akimbo Workshops created by Seth and his team, readers now have a compass on how to “ship” creative work , create change by trusting themselves and their voice, and work without waiting for flow.

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4 takeaways from fintech VC in Q3 2020

TechCrunch

Fintech has been a key startup story in recent quarters, with leading players in the genre raising titanic rounds at eye-popping valuations. Consider companies like Robinhood, and its epic capital run this year on the back of huge revenue growth , or Chime, which also raised huge sums while riding a tailwind provided by the savings and investing boom.

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Pulled Ant Group IPO costs Alibaba nearly $60B in market cap

TechCrunch

News today that Ant Group’s IPO is suddenly on hold in both Shanghai and Hong Kong caused a sell-off of Alibaba shares. This afternoon, equity in sister-company Alibaba is off around 8% in the wake of the delayed offering and news that Ant had run into regulatory issues with the Chinese government. Ant was spun out of Alibaba, which owns a one-third stake in the financial technology powerhouse.

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Monetizing Analytics Features

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Five years ago, they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Turning analytics into a source of revenue means integrating advanced features in unique, hard-to-steal ways. Download this white paper to discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your analytics.

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Gaming rules the entertainment industry, so why aren’t investors showing up?

TechCrunch

As gaming’s popularity reaches epic heights, venture investors’ activity in the industry doesn’t seem to equate with the overall size of the games market. Spurred by an unreal year where traditional entertainment has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic and consumers find unity in virtual worlds like Animal Crossing and Fortnite, gaming has never been more popular.

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