Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Contributed by Madhavan Sivashankar , chief executive officer and founder, Gulf International Finance Limited. Sivashankar has been a member of EO UAE since October 2020. . “Life’s not about how hard of a hit you can give. It’s about how many you can take, and still keep moving forward.” ? Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa. When my business plans took a significant turn in March 2020, owing to lockdowns implemented to prevent the spread of Covid 19, my initial feeling was remorse.

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Source Link

DECEMBER 2, 2020

When it comes to building an entrepreneurial ecosystem, a collaborative and supportive network is worth more than a listing of organizations in a directory – a lot more.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

DECEMBER 2, 2020

It is very typical that options and RSUs that are issued to new employees upon joining a company will have “one year cliff vesting.” This means that the first year of vesting into your options or RSUs will not happen until you have completed one entire year. After that vesting usually happens quarterly or monthly. I am a fan of cliff vesting because if either the employee or the company made a mistake and the employment ends quickly, no equity has been spent on it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Step , a mobile banking service aimed at teens , announced this morning it has raised $50 million in Series B funding after growing to over 500,000 users only two months after its official launch. The round was led by Coatue, with returning investors from Stripe, Crosslink Capital, Collaborative Fund and Will Smith’s Dreamers VC. The startup also added some celeb investors to this round, including Charli D’Amelio, Justin Timberlake and The Chainsmokers, as well as big names from the world

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The 20-year journey of Ben Chestnut, founder of MailChimp Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 2, 2020

It’s funny how business is akin to so many things in life, be it sport, family life, relationships and many other things. For me, fishing provides some great metaphors that really resonate with running a business. So what happens when you miss out on the catch of your life? You have been building your business for years putting in the hard yards, extremely long hours and countless sleepless nights, not to mention taking lower pay, the impacts to your personal and family life, etc.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Sifting through the trillions of molecules out there that might have powerful medicinal effects is a daunting task, but the solution biotech has found is to work smarter, not harder. Genesis Therapeutics has a new simulation approach and cross-disciplinary team that has clearly made an impression: the company just raised a $52 million A round. Genesis competed in the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt last year, impressing judges with its potential, and obviously others saw it as well — in particula

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 2, 2020

30 minutes of pure, condensed entrepreneurial knowledge Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Adam Nash, a Silicon Valley-born-and-bred operator and investor, is back at it again. Today, on his personal blog , he announced that he has started a consumer fintech company that has already garnered initial funding from Ribbit Capital, along with other “friends and angels” who appear to have also pitched into the round, including Box CEO Aaron Levie, Mighty Networks founder Gina Bianchini, Superhuman founder Rahul Vohra and Amy Chang, who sold her startup Accompany to Cisco in 201

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 2, 2020

From deciding to sell to closing the deal Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Jio Platforms, the biggest telecom operator in India and which has raised over $20 billion from Facebook, Google and other high-profile investors this year, is leading a financing round of a San Francisco-based startup that develops augmented reality mobile games. Jio has led the Series A fundraise of Krikey, founded by sisters Jhanvi and Ketaki Shriram, the Indian firm said on Wednesday.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Zebra Medical Vision brings its deep learning medical imaging technology for early detection of osteoporosis, coronary artery disease, intracranial haemorrhage, pneumothorax, and more to the 106th Radiological Society of North America. Read more here. The post [Zebra in AIThority] Zebra Medical Vision Presents AI Solutions In Collaboration With Global Leaders Philips, Canon Medical Systems US, And Change Healthcare At RSNA appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Studying for med school is tough. What if it was more Pixar-like? Sketchy , a visual learning platform, takes complex material that a med student might need to memorize for an exam, and puts the information in an illustrated scene. For example, it uses a countryside kingdom to explain the coronavirus, or a salmon dinner to explain Salmonella. The goal is for a student to be able to mentally go back to the scene while taking an exam, walk through it and retrieve all of the information.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 2, 2020

OurCrowd, the world’s largest global venture investing platform, today announced an expansion of its Iberian operations through a partnership with Portuguese venture capital firm UnderRock Investments. UnderRock Managing Partner Miguel Horta e Costa will lead the initiative following a long and successful career in both the public and private sectors.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Amount , a new service that helps traditional banks compete in a digital world, has raised $81 million from none other than Goldman Sachs as it looks to help legacy fintech players compete with their more nimble digital counterparts. The company, which spun out from the startup lending company Avant in January of this year, has already inked deals with Banco P opular, HSBC, Regions Bank and TD Bank to power their digital banking services and offer products like point-of-sale lending to compete w

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Clinch, the Personalization Everywhere company that provides cross-channel dynamic creative optimization (DCO) technology to the world’s leading advertisers, announced today the launch of their real-time shoppable video ad units. Read more here. The post [Clinch in PR Newswire] Adelphic Inks First-to-Market Integration with Clinch appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

This morning AgentSync , an insurtech startup focused on agent compliance management, announced a new funding round worth $6.7 million. The financing event, led by well-known SaaS founder David Sacks’ Craft Ventures , included dollars from both Operator Collective and prior investors. The new capital will help AgentSync move faster, with co-founder and CEO Niranjan Sabharwal saying that it is pulling into 2020 hires earmarked for next year.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Every entrepreneur will face a poor customer review at some point, whether the critique is fair or not. When it happens, it stings. You and your team work hard every day to ensure your customers get the best of your products and services. Yet, despite your best efforts, things are bound to go wrong sometimes. And with social media a ubiquitous presence, it’s easy for a small issue to grow and get amplified quickly.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Nils Mattisson. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Formerly at Apple, Nils Mattisson is now CEO and co-founder of smart home tech company Minut. More posts by this contributor. The road to recurring revenue for hardware startups. When a friend forwarded this tweet from Paul Graham , it hit close to home: Startups are subject to something like infant mortality: before they’re established, one thing going wrong can kill the company.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Company Valued at $165 million following offering; Proceeds to go towards further solidifying its commitment to the marketplace. Read more here. The post [Highcon in PR Newswire] Digital Finishing Pioneer Highcon Systems Completes Successful $45 Million Initial Offering On The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Self-driving trucks startup TuSimple has closed a $350 million funding round from a diverse consortium of strategic investors that include major U.S. corporations in rail, retail and freight, according to sources familiar with the deal. . The round, which was oversubscribed, was led by VectoIQ LLC, confirming a report by TechCrunch in September. VectoIQ is the consulting and investment company founded by Steve Girsky, the former GM vice chairman, consultant and investor whose special purpose ac

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Every entrepreneur will face a poor customer review at some point, whether the critique is fair or not. When it happens, it stings. You and your team work hard every day to ensure your customers get the best of your products and services. Yet, despite your best efforts, things are bound to go wrong sometimes. And with social media a ubiquitous presence, it’s easy for a small issue to grow and get amplified quickly.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Orbit , a startup that is building tools to help organizations build communities around their proprietary and open-source products, today announced that it has raised a $4 million seed funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz’s Martin Casado. A number of angel investors, including Chris Aniszczyk , Jason Warner and Magnus Hillestad , as well as the a16z’s Cultural Leadership Fund, also participated, in addition to previous backers Heavybit and Harrison Metal.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 2, 2020

The story of my company, White Spider, began when I rented out the guest bedroom of my San Francisco apartment. I initially did it to make some quick cash to buy a used bike, but that weekend turned into many, and the bedroom became a mainstay on Airbnb. Eventually, I quit my high-paying job as a salesperson, and my side hustle grew into a successful design and guest management firm for vacation rental properties.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Given the attention that TechCrunch pays to Y Combinator’s Demo Days , we also try to keep tabs on the same startups as they scale and raise more capital. Yesterday we covered YC Winter 2020 participant BuildBuddy , for example. Today we’re taking a look at Heru , a startup based in Mexico City that is announcing a $1.7 million raise after taking part in YC’s Summer 2019 session.

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