Wed.Mar 25, 2020

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Angel Investing in Challenging Times

The Seraf Compass

It’s amazing how the world economic situation changed seemingly overnight with Covid-19. One moment we were enjoying a healthy economy with a robust outlook on the future. Suddenly, a pandemic crisis sweeps over the globe creating uncertainty in all aspects of our lives. We’ve been through economic downturns before, yet this time it feels different.

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How Big Business Could Help Small Business in Kansas City

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For the first time, our small businesses are leading the recession. An article by Joel Mathis in The Week puts the crisis for small businesses in stark terms. “Amazon seems to be doing well in the current crisis — it announced Monday it will hire 100,000 new workers for increased demand for delivery services. Mom-and-pop businesses, the kinds of establishments that make up the backbone of a community, stand to do much worse.

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FINALISTS IN BEN FRANKLIN’S BIG IDEA CONTEST ANNOUNCED!

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Over the course of the past two months, hundreds of people located in the counties of Bedford, Blair, Fulton, Cambria, Huntingdon, and Somerset in Pennsylvania visited BIGIDEA.BenFranklin.org to check out the rules and the easy application process for our recent $50,000 contest. This week, our team had the difficult job of identifying just six finalists from all the applications received from the region’s emerging tech-entrepreneurs, innovators, and small manufacturers.

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How To Sell Online:He Sells Suspenders and Shares His Digital Success

Smart Hustle Magazine

How to sell online is what Jackson Cunningham of JJ Suspenders does best. He believes in not letting imperfection slow him down and in building something and getting it better and better. Often times, it's waiting for perfection and fear of critique that keep people back. Listen to the interview on the Smart Hustle podcast and read about it below. Sign up for the Smart Hustle Podccast on iTunes or Stitcher.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

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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Data Lake Engines - The Essential Layer of the Next Generation Data Architecture

Tomasz Tunguz

In 2015, we partnered with two young founders to build Dremio. Tomer Shiran and Jacques Nadeau had just left MapR, and they came to work from our offices in Menlo Park. We shared a vision for a new way of working with data. Today, the company is announcing a $70M Series C to help them along that journey. More data is being stored in data lakes like Amazon S3 and Azure Data Lake Storage.

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Los cuatro mejores métodos presupuestarios para probar

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Por Jewelle Saunders. La administración monetaria varía de una persona a otra. Tus ingresos pueden fluctuar, tus gastos pueden ser distintos de un mes a otro y tus metas pueden cambiar rápidamente según una serie de factores. Ningún método presupuestario funciona para todo el mundo, pero es importante intentar encontrar uno que te sirva a ti. Prepárate entendiendo varios métodos y pon a prueba lo que funciona mejor para tu estilo de vida.

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[Surgical Theater in Jewish Journal] During COVID-19, Israeli Innovation Strikes Again

OurCrowd

Surgical Theater, co-founded by Israelis and based in Cleveland and Los Angeles, has harnessed expertise from the Israeli Air force to create a virtual flight simulator for brain surgeons. Read more here. The post [Surgical Theater in Jewish Journal] During COVID-19, Israeli Innovation Strikes Again appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Top 4 budgeting methods to try

Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

Money management looks different for every person. Your income may fluctuate, your expenses may differ from month to month, and your goals may change rapidly depending on a number of factors. No one budgeting method fits all, but it is important to try to find a method that works for you. Equip yourself with the understanding of various methods and try what works best for your lifestyle.

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[Signals Analytics in BioSpace] Signals Analytics Announces a COVID-19 Playbook Leveraging Advanced Analytics for Accelerating Vaccine Development and Drug Discovery

OurCrowd

NEW YORK, March 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Signals Analytics, the next-generation advanced analytics platform that leverages external data to uncover trends and predictive insights, today unveils its COVID-19 Playbook, providing access to critical market intelligence and trends surrounding potential treatments for the novel coronavirus. Read more here.

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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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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

If you are a crypto enthusiast like me, how do you stay on top of the daily crypto news cycle? There is crypto twitter, but that’s not for the faint of heart. If you hang out there, you know what I mean. You can read the news at Coindesk , Cointelegraph , and the other leading crypto news sites. I do both of these things as well as participate in a number of chat groups where we trade links.

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[OurCrowd in CBN] Meet the Israeli Tech Companies Fighting COVID-19 Head-On

OurCrowd

OurCrowd, a leading Jerusalem-based investment platform, says several of its portfolio companies are helping save lives. Read more here. The post [OurCrowd in CBN] Meet the Israeli Tech Companies Fighting COVID-19 Head-On appeared first on OurCrowd.

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Covid19 Business Resource Center Launches

Smart Hustle Magazine

The Covid19 Business Resource Center launches. Developed by HelloAlice the resource center is curated index of the best resources for small business owners. Ramon Ray , Entrepreneur-in-Residence at HelloAlice previewed it live on FB. The center contains 10 key categories of information, which include: Emergency Grant - HelloAlice is providing up to $10,000 in grants to small business owners, affected by the Corona virus.

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[Freightos in Splash247] COVID-19 hits hard, logistics industry rallies

OurCrowd

For the latest developments and expert advice on how to manage freight during the crisis, visit the Freightos.com marketplace updates page, or reserve your spot for our upcoming webinar for logistics providers on COVID19, its impact on the market, as well strategies and top tools to keep logistics moving during the crisis. Read more here. The post [Freightos in Splash247] COVID-19 hits hard, logistics industry rallies appeared first on OurCrowd.

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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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Invoice Fraud: Are You Paying Your Vendor or a Thief

Smart Hustle Magazine

Fraud is everywhere. It seems in challenging times, such as this period of time with Corona , criminal activity only increases, especially with digital crimes. I spoke with Brandon Spear, President of MST , which helps companies with B2B credit and accounts receivable management. He shared with us one aspect of fraud, invoice fraud, and what we can do to prevent it.

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[Edgybees in Jane’s] US Air Force awards Edgybees contract for Argus augmented reality software

OurCrowd

The US Air Force on 17 March awarded Edgybees a contract for the company’s Argus augmented reality (AR) software solution, according to a company statement. Read more here. The post [Edgybees in Jane’s] US Air Force awards Edgybees contract for Argus augmented reality software appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Tyto Care in No Camels] Tyto Care Expands Production to meet Telehealth Demand Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

OurCrowd

Israeli telehealth firm Tyto Care announced that it was expanding the production of its remote medical testing devices to meet the demand of healthcare organizations as they battle the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here. The post [Tyto Care in No Camels] Tyto Care Expands Production to meet Telehealth Demand Amid COVID-19 Pandemic appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[BioCatch in Find Biometrics] Behavioral Biometrics Can Protect Rising Remote Access Activity: BioCatch

OurCrowd

BioCatch is emphasizing the need for good fraud detection tools as social distancing forces many workplaces to transition from the office to the home. The company notes that there has been a dramatic spike in the number of people using Remote Access Tools (RATs) for the first time, especially in countries that have been heavily affected by the coronavirus.

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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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[Kryon in The Jerusalem Post] Israeli Robotic Technology on the Frontline Against Coronavirus

OurCrowd

In order to help achieve this goal, Tel Aviv-based company Kryon Systems not only set up technology to transfer thousands of COVID-19 lab test results from the Health Ministry to Maccabi Health Services in record time, but is also offering to provide the same solution to any health system in the world free of charge. Read more here. The post [Kryon in The Jerusalem Post] Israeli Robotic Technology on the Frontline Against Coronavirus appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Kryon in CTech] The Robot That Automates an Israeli HMO’s Coronavirus Data

OurCrowd

Tel Aviv-based enterprise software company Kryon Systems Ltd. has developed an automated system for Israeli health maintenance organization (HMO) Maccabi Healthcare Services, which enables the HMO to process coronavirus (Covid-19) patient data quickly and share it with Israel’s Ministry of Health, the company announced Tuesday. Read more here. The post [Kryon in CTech] The Robot That Automates an Israeli HMO’s Coronavirus Data appeared first on OurCrowd.

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[Tyto Care in USA Today] Coronavirus: The role of tech from telemedicine to Star Trek-like devices

OurCrowd

Halfway across the world, doctors in Israel are already using a $300 consumer device called Tyto to monitor people from afar. “Once the COVID-19 outbreak started, we knew we had to immediately adopt the best possible technologies to remotely examine infected patients in quarantine,” Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, chief medical officer and chief innovation officer at Sheba Medical Center in Israel wrote in an email.