Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2021

At the core of Entrepreneurs’ Organization ‘s mission is helping entrepreneurs achieve their full potential. And one of the most powerful ways to accomplish this is by encouraging valuable experience sharing. Insights and lessons from peers around the world are the key benefits of EO membership. . When asked if entrepreneurship is lonely, EO members shared these thoughts. . “There are things you can do to make sure you’re not alone” Andrea Grisdale, founder and CEO at IC

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Venture Well

JANUARY 20, 2021

For 25 years, VentureWell has closely supported early-stage STEM entrepreneurs who are designing groundbreaking innovations for the world’s most urgent problems. This year, we’ll be exploring four big ideas that are critical to addressing the challenges ahead. The post big ideas 2021: a bold path forward for innovation and entrepreneurship education appeared first on VentureWell.

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The Seraf Compass

JANUARY 20, 2021

We all love toys, new ideas, shiny new baubles. Part of the fun of investing in early stage companies relates to the joy we get in trying out new products or imagining how the world will be a better place when a new medical device comes to market. But you have to look beyond the prototype, ignore the flashy product demo, and really dig into the technology before you write that check!

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UBI Global

JANUARY 20, 2021

This is how to keep the innovation flowing in today’s remote work environment The concept of remote work isn’t new by any means, but with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many companies had to quickly embrace the concept as the new normal. Almost one year on, and many corporations have made remote working the […]. The post Innovation 2021 – Is Remote Work Killing Corporate Innovation?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Ironhack , a company offering programming bootcamps across Europe and North and South America, has raised $20 million in its latest round of funding. The Miami-based company (with locations in Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Lisbon, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Paris and São Paulo) said it will use the money to build out more virtual offerings to complement the company’s campuses.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2021

Being a part of the business community plays a critical role in the success of small business owners. If you look at the thriving small business owners, you will find that most of them are outstanding community players. To be a part of a community offers you much-needed guidance to survive in a difficult time like now. Also, a community provides you with tons of networking opportunities to grow your business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

The fourth quarter of 2020 was as busy as you imagined, with super late-stage startups reaching new valuation thresholds at a record pace, and total venture capital funding in the United States recording its second-best result of all time. That’s according to data released recently by CB Insights, which complements our look back at 2020’s venture capital year in America from yesterday.

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Y Combinator

JANUARY 20, 2021

Running a biotech company is capital intensive, and this can make it intimidating to get started. Founders sometimes face a chicken and egg problem: how do you make progress without millions of dollars in funding, and how do you raise millions of dollars in funding without having made progress? However, it is quite possible today to start a biotech company on a shoestring budget ($0-$200k starting costs).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2021

Plenty of people dream of launching their own business, but then they undermine themselves, coming up with reasons to put off their dream just a little longer. And then they put it off again. And again. Maybe they don’t feel like they have the capital to pull it off. Maybe they simply can’t summon the nerve to take the risk. But, with the arrival of 2021, perhaps now is the time to ask yourself this question: “Am I ready ( finally!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

ULesson , an edtech startup based in Nigeria that sells digital curriculum to students through SD cards, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding. The round is led by Owl Ventures, which closed over half a billion in new fund money just months ago. Other participants include LocalGlobe and existing investors, including TLcom Capital and Founder Collective.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 20, 2021

What I learned in my first startup failure and how you can determine if and when to cut your losses. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Curtsy , a clothing resale app and competitor to recently IPO’d Poshmark, announced today it has raised $11 million in Series A funding for its startup focused on the Gen Z market. The app, which evolved out of an earlier effort for renting dresses , now allows women to list their clothes, shoes and accessories for resale, while also reducing many of the frictions involved with the typical resale process.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2021

While the COVID crisis has decimated certain business sectors, it is accelerating many others right before our eyes. One of those sectors growing significantly? Multi-level marketing, or MLM. Sixty three percent of companies reported to the Direct Selling Association, the industry’s main trade group, that they’ve seen a positive impact on their U.S. revenues since the start of the pandemic.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Fyllo has acquired DataOwl , a company offering marketing and loyalty tools for cannabis retailers. Fyllo said it already works with 320 cannabis retailers across 25 states (plus Puerto Rico and Jamaica). According to Chief Marketing Officer Conrad Lisco, this acquisition allows the company to offer the industry’s “first end-to-end marketing solution,” combining consumer data, digital advertising, regulatory compliance (thanks to Fyllo’s acquisition of CannaRegs last year

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StartupNation

JANUARY 20, 2021

AR and AI tools are a goldmine for retailers that can gather customer data to improve marketing, product development and personalization. Read how AR and AI work together to drive trendy new innovations like touchless makeup trials that make distance shopping easier. Theresa Novicky knows makeup. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Novicky, a beautician, loves to help her clients, many of them brides-to-be, wear the right looks for their big day.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

French startup Georges — or Georges.tech — is raising a new round of funding of $42.4 million (€35 million). The company is also getting a new name and will be called Indy going forward. The startup has been building an accounting automation application for freelancers and small companies. Singular is leading today’s funding round. You might not be familiar with Singular, but it makes a ton of sense to see the VC firm on the cap table.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 20, 2021

The aviation mindset all businesses can learn from Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

HiPeople , a HR tech startup based in Berlin that wants to automate the reference checking process, has raised $3 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Mattias Ljungman’s Moonfire , with participation from Capnamic Ventures, and Cherry Ventures. It follows a $1.1 million pre-seed in late 2019. Notably, the seed round was closed fully remote, without any in-person meetings.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 20, 2021

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Genflow , a London an0d LA-based brand building agency that offers an e-commerce and mobile tech platform to let influencers start companies, has raised $11 million in funding. Leading the round is U.K. investor BGF. The injection of capital will be used by Genflow to further scale its offering and for international expansion. Founded in 2016 by entrepreneur Shan Hanif to help social media influencers develop their brands and extract revenue from their audiences, Genflow combines aspects of a tr

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GCUC

JANUARY 20, 2021

Instagram is rapidly becoming one of the most popular social media platforms to not only share our daily lives but to connect with others. The post Optimizing Your Instagram for Business appeared first on GCUC Community.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

JANUARY 20, 2021

About Ten-Nine Tech Ten-Nine Technologies is dedicated to developing new materials for new economies. Venture-backed and based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is led by founder and inventor Paige Johnson. In 2017, Ten-Nine Technologies announced a world-first achievement of fossil-fuel level energy density in a battery material. By Scott Meacham. If you asked me to name the profession most similar to entrepreneurship, I would say science.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

JANUARY 20, 2021

State College, PA – The largest early stage investor in the region, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central & Northern PA, is pleased to announce it is one of the 20 recipients of an SBA grant intended to expand training resources that support women-owned small businesses across the country. The SBA’s Women Business Centers are a national network of 136 centers that offer one-on-one counseling, training, networking, workshops, technical assistance, and mentoring to women entrepreneurs on

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 20, 2021

How to invest your time and energy in the right project Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 20, 2021

Monzo founder Tom Blomfield is departing the U.K. challenger bank entirely at the end of the month, staff were informed earlier today. Blomfield held the role of CEO until May last year when he assumed the newly created title of president and resigned from the Monzo board. However, having been given the time and space to consider his long-term future at the bank he helped create six years ago, and with a refreshed executive team now in place, he says it is time to “hand over the baton̶

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