The Seraf Compass
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Travel to almost any part of the world these days and you are likely to run into clusters of entrepreneurship. Whether you are located in a hotbed of technology like Silicon Valley, a huge emerging market such as China, or in the ancient city of Byblos, chances are you will stumble upon a collection of entrepreneurs working to create new, vibrant companies.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Many of the e-commerce roll-up companies, also known as aggregators, slowed down this year after a record 2021. However, some younger companies in this space are still thriving. One of these is OpenStore , a company founded in 2021 as a way for Shopify entrepreneurs looking to move on to sell their businesses in a matter of days with a cash offer and less stressful experience.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Unsuspecting scenarios that could spell trouble Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
JBalvin, the Prince of Reggaeton, has been candid with his fans about his mental health struggles and healing journey. Now, he’s productizing some of his journey by launching OYE , a Spanish/English wellness app. The app, which seeks to support those struggling with mental health issues, was built by Balvin and his two co-founders Mario Chamorro, a creative wellness activist and acting CEO; and Patrick Dowd, a creative strategist, and the company’s COO.
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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.
OnStartups
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The following is a guest post by Arjun Moorthy , founder of The Factual. Arjun and I have known each other for a long time, originally when he was a member of the HubSpot leadership team. He's one of the smartest people that have come through the halls of HubSpot. -Dharmesh. Startups are hard. 90% fail, 10% within the first year itself. If you’re a startup founder you already know these statistics and yet you are irrationally proceeding forward.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Learn from the founder of Florence Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Welcome to the Entrepreneur’s Handbook Podcast, where we share inspiring startup stories and practical takeaways for you, the listener. Doctor turned founder Charles Armitage built company Florence from the ground up— raising $50 million in funding and serving over 90,000 care professionals and 2,000 organizations.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
It was around this time last year that we reported on Immunefi – one of the emerging bug bounty and security services platforms for DeFi – had raised $5.5 million in funding. Given that almost $2 billion has been lost to hacks and scams in crypto so far this year, it would seem this was a pretty low investment. And sure enough, it was. Because Immunefi has now raised $24 million as part of its Series A.
NZ Entrepreneur
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Got your tickets to the 2022 NZ SME&E Festival this 8th and 9th of November? Each week we’ll be sharing a podcast from some of the many great business speakers and mentors you can catch at the festival. Small business structure and cashflow management. In this episode of the SME&E Festival Podcast, festival organiser Craig Murray speaks to special guest Miriam Hewson.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Making sneakers is a dirty business; one that’s heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Shoe companies have experimented with various ways to reduce their footprints, from uppers made of recycled plastic to midsoles made of foam derived from sugarcane. Now, there’s a new approach — upcycling. Materials startup Novoloop and running-shoe manufacturer On will announce a partnership later today to produce an outsole made with upcycled thermoplastic polyurethane.
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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.
Berkonomics
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Empathy comes from experience. Over fifty years ago, I was CEO of a record manufacturing company in Hollywood. We were the only such facility on the West coast to provide and control the entire process from studio, through finished vinyl record pressings in the same building, therefore able to promise quality control others could only dream about. The “clean” work in the front office.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 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. Due to excessively poor judgment, today’s Christine and Haje show is brought to you by Haje and Christine. Meanwhile, mark your calendar for September 23 at 10:00 a.m. PDT/1:00 p.m. EDT when we bring you a special Twitter Spaces, “ Immigration law for startups ,” featuring Silicon Valley–based attorney and TechCrunch+ columnist Sophie Alcorn.
OkDork
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify. In today’s episode, I talk to Nadav Keyson of CEO and Co-founder of Riverside.fm. Riverside is a fast-growing software that you can do your podcast and audio recording. People that have used the platform include Bill Gates, Michelle Obama, Gary Vee, and your's truly.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Julio Vasconcellos. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Julio Vasconcellos is the managing partner of Atlantico , a venture capital fund focused on Latin America. He was previously the founder of Canary and Peixe Urbano, and was Facebook’s first employee in Brazil. More posts by this contributor. Latin America’s second wave of digital transformation. Latin America’s digital transformation is making up for lost time.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
I gave myself a 6-figure hole to crawl out of; don’t make the same mistake Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
French startup Bump has signed a multi-year financing partnership with DIF Capital Partners in order to roll out more charging stations for electric vehicles and double down on growth in general. It is an equity and quasi-equity $180 million deal that will be progressively unlocked from 2022 to 2030. Yesterday, ZePlug also announced a significant investment — but ZePlug focuses on a different market with partnerships with residential and office buildings.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Take the short quiz below to see if you are on the right track Photo: Pexels You have worked hard to get the business up and running and find product market fit. You have achieved what most founders do not, real customers, paying for something you have created. It feels good. But, just as you thought things might get easier, the pressure builds. Everything is still channeled through you.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Matt Blumberg. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Matt Blumberg is the co-founder and CEO of Bolster. He is also the co-author of Startup Boards: A Field Guide to Building and Leading an Effective Board of Directors , and the author of Startup CEO , Startup CXO and the Startup CEO blog. Was anyone else as appalled as I am by the contents of Connie Loizos’ recent article, Coming out of COVID, investors lose their taste for board meetings ?
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Andreessen Horowitz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
It’s no secret today’s young people prefer searching for recommendations on video apps over text-based search engines. Even the executives at Google know this. SVP Prabhakar Raghavan recently said that according to the company’s internal studies, 40% of young people … The post What China Can Teach Us About the Future of TikTok and Video Search appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
A new startup wants to make it easier for any company to sell phone and data plans as part of their own branded mobile network subscriptions — and to help, it has secured the backing of big-name investors including Google’s early-stage venture capital arm Gradient Ventures and Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. Gigs , which was founded out of Germany back in 2020 and pitches itself as the “Stripe for phone plans,” has largely flown under the radar until now.
Andreessen Horowitz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
When capital becomes more expensive, how do you evaluate and decide on the best financing option for your company? There is (or at least there should be) a VC industry saying: “Give me your headline price, and I’ll give you … The post Funding When Capital Isn’t Cheap appeared first on Andreessen Horowitz.
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Keeping up with tax compliance for cryptocurrency can be tricky, especially since many laws are new (or haven’t been written yet). That’s why Binocs was founded. Users integrate their exchanges and wallets, and Binocs provides a tax report and other accounting details. The startup announced today that it has raised $4 million to expand in markets like the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
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Andreessen Horowitz
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
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TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
It was back in 2019 that we reported on Visionaries Club , a new, Berlin-based, European VC focusing on B2B, founded by Sebastian Pollok and Robert Lacher. At the time, Visionaries Club had launched two new €40M micro funds for seed and growth-stage B2B. Pollok was previously a VC at e.ventures in San Francisco and also founded Amorelie, which exited to Pro7Sat.1 Media Group.
Mark MacLeod
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Have you noticed that some meeting and activities drain you while others feed you? As CEO, you get pulled in many directions. Your work days can be intense. While intensity is needed if you want to build something big, you […].
TechCrunch
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
The crypto industry seemed to age several decades over the past bull run, maturing in some places while barreling ahead in ambitious new pursuits, including DeFi, NFTs and web3. And while scams continued to proliferate and hacker heists became a weekly occurrence, the space onboarded an onslaught of retail investors and fostered feverish excitement among young technologists eager to bet their careers on the blockchain.
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