Entrepreneurs' Organization
MAY 5, 2021
Contributed to EO by B. Jeffrey Madoff. When the first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in the US in January of 2020, the situation demanded a rapid response. A new, highly contagious virus posed an imminent threat to the world. This situation kicked off a chain reaction of events, including: Scientists began experimenting to create vaccines to combat the virus.
Source Link
MAY 5, 2021
During our March Quarterly Conversation, affiliates discussed the challenges moving from individual entrepreneur support organizations to a collaborative, community-based model. The affiliates that joined the conversation in March wanted to learn more about engaging with the resource partners in their network, so SourceLink® set aside time in April to continue the conversation and address unanswered questions.
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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC
MAY 5, 2021
There has been this narrative about investing in VC funds that you have to get into the top quartile (25%) or possibly the top decile (10%) in order to generate good returns. I have heard that for as long as I have been in VC and probably have written it here a few times. Well, it turns out that is not right. Half of all venture funds outperform the stock market which is the benchmark most institutions measure VC funds against.
Smart Hustle Magazine
MAY 5, 2021
In celebration of Small Business Week, Mailchimp and Oscilloscope Laboratories are announcing a specially curated lineup of films available to stream on Mailchimp Presents , Mailchimp’s global streaming platform. Editor’s Note – Huge props to Mailchimp for always INNOVATING. Via their Mailchimp Presents production studio, Mailchimp continues to innovate and be creative in how they spotlight and showcase creators, entrepreneurs and small business owners.
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TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
Lynk announced today that its “knowledge-as-a-service” platform will be integrated into UBS ’ investment process. The collaboration means the banking giant’s research analysts and institutional clients, including hedge funds, private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds, will have access to Lynk’s database of 840,000 experts around the world. Founded in 2015, Lynk has raised a total of $30 million in funding, including a $24 million round announced in January that was led by Brewer Lane Ventu
Startup Catalyst Brief brings together the best content for the entrepreneurial ecosystem from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
BIll Taranto. Contributor. GHI Fund President Bill Taranto has spent more than two decades in the healthcare industry and has 15 years of experience in healthcare investing. In addition to his venture investing knowledge, Bill has decades of management operations experience. More posts by this contributor. The virtual state of corporate venture capital today.
Smart Hustle Magazine
MAY 5, 2021
New Year brings new hopes, new inspiration, and new goals. Despite slumped sales, stalled supply chains, and looming uncertainty last year, small business owners are positive about 2021. . According to Oracle NetSuite Brainyard’s 2021 Business Leader Survey , around 73% of respondents are positive about this year. Being a small business owner yourself, you must plan and implement the best business growth strategies to shine in the ongoing year.
TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
People have been discussing the importance of expanding opportunities for women in venture capital and startup entrepreneurship for decades. And for some time it appeared that progress was being made in building a more diverse and equitable environment. The prospect of more women writing checks was viewed as a positive for female founders, a cohort that has struggled to attract more than a fraction of the funds that their male peers manage.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 5, 2021
Going from 23 with 6-figures in the bank to starting over on $1,000 revealed a huge surprise: Being “rich” was just a crutch. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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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.
TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
Flextock , one of the 10 African startups from the recent Y Combinator winter batch, has bagged an impressive pre-seed round just two months after graduation. . The five-month-old company, which helps consumers and businesses manage e-commerce and fulfillment operations — from warehousing and logistics to delivery and cash collection — has closed a $3.25 million pre-seed investment.
OurCrowd
MAY 5, 2021
The AI chip space is booming, with innovation coming from a slew of startups in addition to the usual suspects. You may never have heard of NeuReality before, but it seems likely you’ll be hearing more about it after today. Read more here. The post [NeuReality in ZDNet] AI chip startup NeuReality introduces its NR1-P object-oriented hardware architecture appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.
TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
Metacore , a Finnish mobile games company, seems to have an amazing “relationship” with Supercell, another (quite successful) Finnish mobile games company. Back in September 2020, Metacore raised $17.7 million in equity from Supercell and another $11.8 million line of credit, sometimes also called a debt round. That amazing relationship appears to be ongoing.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 5, 2021
Why going big can lead to your extinction Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
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TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
Text Blaze , which was a part of the recent Winter 2021 Y Combinator accelerator batch, announced that it has closed a $3.3 million seed round. The company’s investment was led by Two Sigma Ventures’s Villi Iltchev and Susa Ventures’s Leo Polovets. The company’s product hybridizes two trends that TechCrunch has been tracking in recent years, namely automation and the written word.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 5, 2021
A model from a Stanford scientist helped an e-commerce giant, and it helped my business too. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
EngineEars today announced a $1 million raise. The company’s first round of funding features investments from Kendrick Lamar, DJ Mustard, Roddy Rich and Slauson and Co. “Quality of sound is still important in music,” Lamar said in a quote provided to TechCrunch. “Ali has always been a progressive thinker. Engineers will transcend the culture.” The service was launched in 2018 by Grammy winner Derek “MixedByAli” Ali, who has worked on a slew of high-profile tracks from artists includi
The Seraf Compass
MAY 5, 2021
How often have you heard about a new product and thought “what a great idea”, only to find out later that the product failed miserably? It happens all the time… and I mean ALL THE TIME! As consumers of technology, we are inundated with new products on a daily basis. Many of these products serve a useful purpose, but they don’t change our lives or our productivity in a meaningful way.
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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.
TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
We’re looking for motivated early-stage founders who want to take advantage of every possible opportunity to launch their startups to new levels of success. Historically, one of the most effective ways to do that is to exhibit in Startup Alley , at TechCrunch Disrupt. This year at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 (September 21-23) we’re shaking up history and adding a new layer of opportunity exclusively for founders who apply for a Startup Alley Pass.
Entrepreneur's Handbook
MAY 5, 2021
From rags to respectable success. Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook ».
TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
Matt Johnson. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Matt Johnson is CEO and co-founder of QC Ware , a quantum computing software company. Matt was a managing director in private equity at Apollo Management and prior to that was a managing director in principal investing at Credit Suisse. The number of SPACs in the deep tech sector was skyrocketing, but a combination of increased SEC scrutiny and market forces over the past few weeks has slowed the pace of new SPAC transactions.
StartupNation
MAY 5, 2021
On this morning’s Business Beat, Jeff welcomes back Ryan Landau , founder of Purpose Jobs , to discuss Clearcover , a hot InsureTech company based in the Midwest that’s one to watch. Tune in to the Business Beat, below, to learn more about Clearcover: “Clearcover is just another signal that by basing yourself in the Midwest, you’re setting yourself up for success.” – Jeff Sloan.
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TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
Chime can apparently call itself the “ fastest-growing fintech in the U.S. ,” but it has agreed to stop referring to itself as a “bank,” per a new report out of American Banker. Evidently, the eight-year-old, San Francisco-based outfit was the target of an investigation by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation after Chime used “chimebank” in its website address, as well as used “bank” and “banking” elsewhere in its advertisements, according to t
Continuations
MAY 5, 2021
This is the second of a series of talks I gave for The Spark of Hudson about the climate crisis ( check out Part 1 Causes ). While titled solutions it really digs deeper into the causes. The goal is for listeners to be able to decide for themselves which kinds of solutions are likely to be effective based on having a deeper understanding of why atmospheric greenhouse gases are piling up rapidly.
TechCrunch
MAY 5, 2021
It was way back in 2018 that Omni:us appeared to disrupt the insurance market by applying AI to this most legacy of all industries. It has now gone on to raise $44.1 million. In a similar vein, Shift Technology in France has raised $100 million. Now a U.K. startup aims to do something similar, but this time it will be coming out of the key market of the U.K., where the insurance industry is enormous.
StartupNation
MAY 5, 2021
Yesterday, I received the following email from a customer, whom I had spoken with on the phone earlier when she was having trouble with a discount code: “ This company is a true old fashion customer service company. They have been helpful and a delight to work with. We highly recommend them and their products. ” Her use of the term “old fashioned” stuck with me because I have often used this term to describe the type of customer experience we hope to create.
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