StartupNation
AUGUST 13, 2021
Summer is in full swing, and in some areas of the country, mask mandates have lifted and event production companies now have packed schedules. It seems like we are starting to finally overcome and move beyond the COVID-19 crisis. If you’re a business owner, you may be wondering what steps to take to ensure the long-term prosperity of your enterprise post-pandemic.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 13, 2021
Although older adults are one of the fastest-growing demographics, they’re quite underserved when it comes to consumer tech. The global population of people older than 65 will reach 1.5 billion by 2050, and members of this cohort — who are leading longer, active lives — have plenty of money to spend. Still, most startups persist in releasing products aimed at serving younger users, says Lawrence Kosick, co-founder of GetSetUp, an edtech company that targets 50+ learners. “If you can
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Angel Capital Association
AUGUST 13, 2021
By: Daren Cotter, Tech Entrepreneur & Investor, Member of Gopher Angels I’ve been asked this question many times over the past 8 years. As my portfolio has grown, so has my answer to this question. I’m sharing my thought process because perhaps it will nudge some of you to angel invest too! I consider myself a furiously curious person, and angel investing is one of the most rewarding ways I’ve experienced to satisfy this curiosity.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 13, 2021
Kiddom, a platform that offers a digital curriculum that fits the core standards required by states, announced today that it has raised a $35 million Series C round led by Altos Ventures, with participation from Owl Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Outcomes Collective. The financing came nearly three years after Kiddom’s Series B, a $15 million round led by Owl.
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Entrepreneur's Handbook
AUGUST 13, 2021
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Entrepreneur - Entrepreneurs Category
AUGUST 13, 2021
Hindi Zeidman explains how caring for her foster son Ollie has led to a business that is making a huge positive impact on the lives of infants and their families across the country.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 13, 2021
Karl Laughton. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Karl Laughton is president & COO of Insightly, which makes scalable CRM software that enables companies to go beyond transactions and grow lasting customer relationships. Nearly three in 10 employees (29%) would quit their job if they were told they were no longer allowed to work remotely, according to a recent survey.
Derek Sivers
AUGUST 13, 2021
I used to have too many pets. Each time I adopted one, I was fully in love. I was enamored with the potential. Each new pet was meant to be my constant companion. So I would take it home, and love it. But eventually I would discover a new pet, and the process would repeat. My house was overflowing. But it didn’t feel that way at the time. In each moment, I was giving just one pet my full attention.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 13, 2021
Luis Mario Garcia grew up in Mexico making deliveries for the grocery stores in his neighborhood. After honing his startup skills in San Francisco, he returned to Mexico with the idea of building a software company. That’s when he met his co-founder Javier Gonzalez and the pair started Orchata in 2020, a mobile app enabling consumers to get groceries delivered in 15 minutes, with no substitutes and at supermarket prices.
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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.
OurCrowd
AUGUST 13, 2021
(CNN) If you’ve ever dreamed of what it might be like to live on another world, here’s your chance. Applications are now open to participate as a crew member in NASA’s first one-year simulation of living on Mars. Read more here. The post [ICON in CNN] Mars on Earth: Apply for NASA’s simulated Martian mission appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 13, 2021
The dollars keep flowing into Latin America. Today, Argentine personal finance management app Ualá announced it has raised $350 million in a Series D round at a post-money valuation of $2.45 billion. SoftBank Latin America Fund and affiliates of China-based Tencent co-led the round, which included participation from a slew of existing backers, including funds managed by Soros Fund Management LLC, funds managed by affiliates of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Ribbit Capital, Greyhound Capital, Mo
OurCrowd
AUGUST 13, 2021
New technologies aim to help comfort, entertain and inform seniors but critics say machines trying to mimic human intimacy raise ethical issues. Read more here. The post [Intuition Robotics in The Guardian] ElliQ is 93-year-old Juanita’s friend. She’s also a robot appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 13, 2021
Hello and welcome back to Equity , TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Our beloved Danny was back, joining Natasha and Alex and Grace and Chris to chat through yet another incredibly busy week. As a window into our process, every week we tell one another that the next week we’ll cut the show down to size.
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OurCrowd
AUGUST 13, 2021
In a matter of months, the specialty surgical robotics producer Memic leapt from an FDA green light to a $96 million funding round, and now to an acquisition agreement that promises to take the company public with a billion-dollar valuation. Read more here. The post [Memic in Fierce Biotech] Surgical robot maven Memic takes SPAC track to boost Hominis system launch appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
AUGUST 13, 2021
Jenny Wang. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Jenny Wang is a principal investor at Neo and co-host of the “ Techsetters ” podcast. Five years ago, the playbook for launching a new company involved a tried-and-true list of to-dos. Once you built an awesome product with a catchy name, you’d try to get a feature article on TechCrunch, a front-page hit on Hacker News, hunted on ProductHunt and an AMA on Quora.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
AUGUST 13, 2021
Here are the lessons I learned. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
AUGUST 13, 2021
Houston-based ThirdAI , a company building tools to speed up deep learning technology without the need for specialized hardware like graphics processing units, brought in $6 million in seed funding. Neotribe Ventures, Cervin Ventures and Firebolt Ventures co-led the investment, which will be used to hire additional employees and invest in computing resources, Anshumali Shrivastava, Third AI co-founder and CEO, told TechCrunch.
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